You saved my ass 11 years later. Thanks.

I'm pretty sure you just saved me about 4 hours of editing, as well as cut down my excuses to procrastinate. I really gotta say, I love your calm demeanor, the way you explain what things are in a simple and understandable way, and the encouragement to finish projects. I constantly find myself stopping in the middle because I think, "No one is gonna like this," or "This is gonna suck," but this video was exactly what I needed to push through my procrastination block. Thanks again!

11 years on and this video is still helping folk, thanks very much, Phil :) .

LMFAO. That intro

This clip saved me from redoing a whole 30min interview i did for my podcast due to a bad mic setup! thank you a million!

For something made 10 years ago, this is really helpful

Hey, just wanted to say thank you. I'm a pastor and edit all my sermons for the radio here in Colorado. I get really loud and excited sometimes and then other times I'm very soft for effect. I had quit using the compressor and spent hours trying to get audacity to a normal level. Thanks for this...seriously.

😂😂 hilarious yet informative... Thank you for making my evening. God bless you🎉

Thank you so much for this video. It was super easy for me to follow along and edit where it was needed. Many blessings to you!

OMG THANK YOU! I've been trying to fix my audio for old videos I recorded since at the time I didn't separate my audio from my main recording so my voice was too quiet and would be overpowered by the other sounds in the clips. Now it's much better and I can finally finish this video I'm currently working on for my chanel. Thank you again

What most people don't realize is that you have to keep as much of the audio the same maximum level, as much as possible, rather than approximations. Always write down/remember the maximum level of peaks. Do the same with typical parts. Amplify non-peaked and peaked parts separately. EXPERIMENT with settings! USE Preview to analyze/observe each setting level! Each audio is different, in each part! Deal with Amplify before Compressor. Only use Compressor if the audio is too sporadic/out-of-control. Don't forget to try various tools to remove noise if present (like Noise Reduction, look up how to use). And only use Normalize as the final step, before lastly exporting to a lossless format.

Its 2021 and this tutorial still helps thanks so much brother. You really can get pro quality audio with crappy equipment if you understand Audacity...

"Does it mean I'm a bad person?" 😂 Thank you so much, you're an awesome teacher!

Man, Thank you sooo much. I've been watching a really long KZfaq gaming series and the KZfaqr has the in game volume really quiet while he leaves his mic volume to the point of clipping (probably intentional for "effect") It gets really annoying and this tutorial has really helped! Now the in game volume is similar to his voice! (except for when his talking which you wouldn't be able to hear any sound from the game anyway).

All of my googling got me nowhere. But your video told me everything I needed. You're the best. Thanks!

I like this guy hes so helpful and supportive/motivational I couldn't wait to start recording after watching this

You're welcome Kevin. Bless you for working on this for the rest of us.

wait this is easily the best compressor tutorial on this website thank you so much

Hello there! Phil you are amazing! This tutorial seriously saved my let's play videos that I was having issues with. Thank so much!

Thank you so much for this video.. I had been looking all over to adjust the volume levels but your video was so easy to follow and amazing. Thank you

well, anything used in excess will cause distortion but compressor is one of the most forgiving tools I have found. It only brings down the peaks and doesn't hurt anything else. It won't fix clipping of course. and y ou are very welcome to the turotials. I keep trying.

I second the late thank you of Blue Print. I record meditations on my phone (in a walk in closet to reduce background noise. I'm a total amateur) and use audacity to edit afterwards. But have never until now gotten the volume levels how I really wanted them until I found your instruction. Thank you very much

Thank you so much for your help Phil! I'm learning all kinds of things about microphone recording, an' people like you help make that possible! =3 Thanks!

Thanks for posting. That was helpful and delivered with a sprinkle of humour and motivation.!

Thank you for this video. I was editing a song because its volume was way to loud even though Windows Media player was at 50%. I had no idea the amplify option would also be the de-amplify option

This is my problem - too soft overall, but my loud bits (whenever there is dialogue, I'm finding...) are LOUD. This is EXACTLY the tool I need. :) Thanks!

Thank you random guy on the internet! I appreciate you for sharing this knowledge! You just helped me make my track 100% better.

Just looked at audacity for recording voice and your explanations are fabulous thank you. This has helped me a lot.

thank you for this so useful, cheers from london

Thank you so much! The ending really motivated me to do my work, god bless you with good health. Keep up the good work! :)

Thanks for the explanation very informative!!

Ahh! Wow! You are a god! Thank you, Sir!!! Makes my life and our listeners' lives much easier! :-)) I had no idea what to do before!

Most helpful. Thank you for sharing. :)

Not sure if you're still active on this channel but thank you so much! I was trying to fix this issue myself for hours!

Thank you so much! This is going to help me a ton.. I kinda have a really peculiar voice that only has two settings: Soft and sugar-high excited. As such, it has some very nasty spikes thrown in there. I was worried I'd have to go through it all and amplify it part by part... thanks :D

Thank you so much! Just what I was looking for.

Super helpful vid! Thanks!

This was so helpful, Sir! Thank you!

Fantastic content mate, thanks .

What a great ending! It made me feel hopeful that my efforts to correct this audio are worth it! I'm not too familiar with Audacity and it's confusing!

Awesome, Phil. Thanks!

PHIL, Thank you :D I had a screen-recording from an online Discord chat that I needed to use this on, and I was researching compressors, thresholds, ratios, etc. ....oh my lanta you solved it. Thank you, thank you, thank you

Very useful....thank you 🙏💙

Thanks Phil....great help....like your voice...

Thank you this helped me a lot!

Thank you, Phil.

Thanks. This post saved me some time. What is the noise floor?

Beautifully made! Thanks 😎

Great video !

This is so useful thank you sir!

Useful now too. Thank you

Great help. Thank you.

In my recording I transition from a clean quiet guitar to a louder distorted guitar. But after bouncing the quiet part is a little louder than the distorted part on a speaker. It sounded fine when I was mixing. I want it to sort of explode into loudness but the quiet part just keeps getting louder and the more intense part keeps on level or just below it.

You can also use Levelator to equal out all the sound.

Hello Phil, This is great finding you here. HAPPY NEW YEAR. Thanks for your continuing work on Librvox. I hope you can help me with an Audacity problem. I have quite a number of Audio Books on Cassette tape. I've converted a few of them to digital. The problem is the tapes are very old and stretched, so the digitized recording changes. What happens is the narrators voice sounds as if he is moving away from the mike then getting closer. Or perhaps simply moving his head away from the mike. I have your EMail from when we discussed some of your Librivox work so I could send you a minute or two of recording so you can hear the problem. Thanks

Hello! Thanks for the Tutorial! Does the compressor tool distort the sound in any way (if perhaps used in excess)? like, for example, when clipping occurs Again, thanks for all the video tutorials!

Thank you!

Thank you so much! This is more helpful to me than you know! Thank you!

Thank you for the video! Very informative.

Thanks for the video I recorded an audio track from my Yamaha keyboard 🎹 but one of the parts the Strings sound was too quiet but at least Audacity to the rescue

thanks, Phil

thank you thank you thank you your video helped me and Thank you for the straight forward name :)

Thanks!

You are funny. I subscribed.

Thank you Phil

Thanks sir

thank you ^^ very helpful

I hope you will help me. I recorded a history book, but the chapters were recorded separately and are not uniform in sound level. I have normalized at -3.0. equalized, compressed etc. I don't have peaks but just different chapter sound levels. I'm an absolute amateur so need some easily understood instructions to just adjust chapter by chapter to the same or similiar sound level.. I would so appreciate help. The recording is intended for submission to librivox

Thanks

Thanks:)

I have a sound track 91 db loud. I put compression on to make the loud and soft sounds even up but the over all sound track is rendered much louder than the 91db I started with! After compression, how do I determine how much louder the track has become? Are there any gauges on Audacity to know this and most importantly, how to I volume down to exactly the 91 db, I am wanting it to be?

YEP! THAT'S SO TRUE. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO, PARDON THE ALL CAPS I HAVE WORK TO DO!! THANKS TO YOU! LOL

When you do several songs this way, will they all sound the same level? ptfitzy

Thank you so much for this. Also, I Love your Voice. Do I get to have such sweet voice as I grow older?

wow thanks alot.

Would soft clip do the job on the spikes?

Hi Phil, at about 2:29 in the video you say "... let's say this would be -20 ...." - I've been trying to figure out how you determined that, but to no avail. Is there some indication that I'm just not seeing? I'm below a beginner at all this, so I'm still trying to claw my way through basic concepts and terms. Thank you :-)

I feel fairly certain that not even "one", much less millions of people, are waiting to hear my audio recording.

I have the opposite problem: the parts that are supposed to be soft are not soft enough. How might it be fixed? Is there a decompressor or something like that? In other words, I would like to increase the dynamic range.

How about pop filter affect, which would be great for your voice on this tutorial.

I have a song that has like 3 seconds of earrape in it. The original version of the song has poor bass which I don't like. Someone bass boosted I which made the better except one part is earrape. Can I fix that somehow?

II have to say, that a found your method very interesting. found another method.I would like to have yoour opiniòn: 1. First apply 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗶𝘅 just with the numbers Audacity gies you) 2 Apply 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 or Compress to the all track

thiz is.so educTional for beginnera like mee

Same problem

My question is in comparing the Compressor tool and the Normalize tool (or is it the Loudness Normalization tool, that would be comparable?) As far as I understand, the Compressor is best used when most of the audio is an even volume, but the occasional spikes need a little "squooshing down" so they can match; while the Normalizer is best used when the volume is all over the place, so the spikes are squooshed and the whispers are amplified simultaneously? Or is it just a matter of preference?

So this compressor will not effect the frequency at all? Thank you for this tutorial.

Audacity Compressor: Not being technically minded I leave All Settings as Standard. I compressed a movie soundtrack and was disappointed to find one short burst of speech 'dipped' down in volume! What can I do to prevent this, please? This seems to be a 'one off'. I have not had this happen before.

Thanks. But what do i do if i have several tracks? Some are singing, some are music... do i have to compress/normalize/amplify each individual track?

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! Thank you!

Is'nt amplify an effect? I don;'t want to distort my Dj mix by using a pre set called Amplify. I just wan't the audio to simply be louder :)

your voice is sweet

Sure. You can contact me inside of LibriVox easily, my forum name is philchenevert. Just send me a PM. Or you can send it to me a chapter or two in email. Let me know if you need my email address. And you are not an absolute amateur if you know how to normalize and compress! Don't worry, it will be fine.

im actually gonna vomit those mouth sounds are insane dawg

I already know this. Why am I watching this? It doesn't have a very interesting thumbnail or title even! 😂

Thank you!

Thanks