Analog recording question

zstevek wrote on 9/18/2002, 8:28 PM

Does anyone know if VV3 has volume leveling? The problem I am having is when I capture an analog recording there are some parts where the decibel level is high and others when it is low. I would like to make a recording that possibly averages the two so one video sequence isn't overwhelmingly loud while the other is soft.

I know there is some things you can do with the audio features in Vegas, but I get distorted audio when the level is too high on some takes while it is just right on others. I need to adjust the level during the capture phase and not afterwards.

Thanks in advance,

Steve

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SonyEPM wrote on 9/18/2002, 8:59 PM

Are you recording audio through a sound card, or capturing digital video?

In either case, if you aren't clipping during the record/capture stage, you should be ok. Compression, limiting, normalizing, peak restoration, all no problem. Try normalizing the clip for starters, then add a volume envelope if needed.

zstevek wrote on 9/18/2002, 9:21 PM

I am recording from an analog VHS player to my PC's capture card (All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV) in the AVI format.

I have tried normalizing the audio and it seems to have no effect. Is there any particular trick to normalizing, when I do try it nothing seems to happen.

Thanks,

Steve