
You'll notice the track's color change in the background, so you know you've selected the entire thing. You can press Cmd + A or Control + A to select the track. So here we have a track we imported into the workspace. Now that you understand the situations in which you'd need to normalize your audio, let's look at the different normalization components and how to add the effect within Audacity. If the volume is too low, you might not even see the waveforms or hear the content, making editing pretty close to impossible. Amplifying your audio quickly fixes all these problems! The other reason you would normalize audio is that your audio recording isn't loud enough. The last thing you want is to record a voiceover that's way louder than the clip that comes after it, or vice versa. You can use the Normalize tool to make sure one is not too loud or soft. Let's say you have an intro music segment, a narrated segment, and an interview section you want to all be at the same volume level. To match the volume levels across different clips There are two main reasons you'd want to normalize your audio files, and both situations arise in nearly every podcast edit. Cut that 3 seconds.When do you need to normalize your audio? Zoom in again & the 1st 3 seconds has no sound at all. Click ok and the software will begin to ‘Apply Noise Reduction’ and you’ll see another green bar fill up. This gets rid of ambient noise based on the 3 second sample for the rest of the recording. A green bar will start ‘filling up’ and your recording will play automatically (only a small sample will play). Effect, Noise Removal/Reduction, preview. Effect, Noise Removal/Reduction, Get Noise Profile, select the entire clip (ctrl A or selection tool).

You will do the same at the end-pause silently for 3-5 seconds. Zoom out/ctrl F to see the entire clip on the screen.

Click on that & it deletes the recording. Look on the left side of the wavelength mtns for a small X. If you start recording again it will make a new track. It is easier to make something louder than to take out distortion.

Record at a lower volume-that’s better than a higher volume. You can bring down the IN volume while you are recording in real time by sliding that slider next to the mic down (left) a bit. This means u are recording at too high of a level (too much volume going in). If they go too tall (off the chart upwards and downwards) that is ‘clipping’. Wavelengths/mountains will begin to appear. Push red record button & wait 3 seconds to get the ambient noise. Make sure the microphone is in the proper position.
