[LAU] master levels

[Joe Hartley]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 15:03:01 -0800 (PST)
Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:

> > So, I could mix to -6db in Ardour and still use most of the headroom on
> > a CD?  Is there any advantage to keeping your peak level that low on the
> > master in the digital world?  Or, put another way, if I *could* get the
> > whole track to behave itself and not go above -1db at loudest peak, is
> > there a reason not to?
> 
> I do not know if there is something in ardour to do this, but if you 
> import the final wav file into Audacity, it is very easy. Once you have 
> imported the track, there is an "Effect" dropdown menu and the first 
> effect is called amplify. If you select that, the default amplification 
> will be the amount needed to set the highest peek to 0db.

Both Audacity and Ardour have a normalization function which will let you
amplify a track (or selection) to some selectable level.  It's quite handy.

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