Hello,
While editing in Vegas, I typically normalize my audio tracks to 0dB, and everything plays and sounds cool. To maintain a decent volume level when rendering to AC3, I've followed the help file, and set up a template that eliminates the default dynamic compression settings. However, when I bring a clip into DVDA, things seem to change because it sounds significantly quieter. When I look at the audio track in the timeline, it even looks attenuated. All this despite turning of the compression features. So, what's the deal? How do I get the volume level I hear in DVDA to match what I hear in Vegas? Interestingly, when I play the DVD in a software player, it sounds appropriately loud (just as the help file promised), but it does seem to be overdriven - as if that attenuated signal I see in DVDA is being boosted to get it back to normal. Again, what's the best way to get all the audio levels to match without all this funny business that seems to be happening.
P.S. I'm using headphones and an external VU meter to quantify my opinions on volume at various stages in the Vegas, DVDA, player chain.
While editing in Vegas, I typically normalize my audio tracks to 0dB, and everything plays and sounds cool. To maintain a decent volume level when rendering to AC3, I've followed the help file, and set up a template that eliminates the default dynamic compression settings. However, when I bring a clip into DVDA, things seem to change because it sounds significantly quieter. When I look at the audio track in the timeline, it even looks attenuated. All this despite turning of the compression features. So, what's the deal? How do I get the volume level I hear in DVDA to match what I hear in Vegas? Interestingly, when I play the DVD in a software player, it sounds appropriately loud (just as the help file promised), but it does seem to be overdriven - as if that attenuated signal I see in DVDA is being boosted to get it back to normal. Again, what's the best way to get all the audio levels to match without all this funny business that seems to be happening.
P.S. I'm using headphones and an external VU meter to quantify my opinions on volume at various stages in the Vegas, DVDA, player chain.