Which plugin is better for boosting or increasing an audio, without damaging or distortion?
is something else you know pls guide me..
To me through good bookshelf speakers, the dialogue seems a bit muffled. I would suggest first using an EQ plugin possibly ExpressFX Graphic EQ or Graphic EQ (10 or 20 band) because they offer a lot of control over the frequency range. They both have presets one of which might improve the audio without the need to manually fiddle around with the frequency sliders. The presets can also be manually tweaked.
The volume may need to be raised - depending on the final audio mix - and this can be done with the volume control in the audio track header, by adding the Volume plugin to the audio event, or by using a volume envelope on the audio track (keyboard 'V').
Re other plugins such a limiter or compressor, add them individually and test them out because, in the end, it will be your ears that will decide if there is an improvement or not with any such plugin.
I'd just use the volume Fx and see if you can get it to a range where loudness is acceptable looking at the loudness meters.
The compressor + limited would be especially useful if there are times where there loud peaks that you want to reduce so you can increase the volume of the rest (you don't want to make peaks louder).
@iEmby Looks like it was just recorded at too low a setting. Start by using track volume slider to bring it up. I usually aim for speech peaks around -6db on the meters. Then listen if the noise floor is too noticeable. If so, compressing is definitely not what you want. Seems pretty compressed already. Sometimes filtering the highs and lows can lower the noise floor without hurting speech content too much. But your highs already sound a little muffled so you might want to boost the highs which will make the noise floor worse. Some folks cover up the noise floor with a little soft background music. You can undo over-compression by boosting peaks and mids which pushes the noise floor down if you lower the volume to match. The Graphic Dynamics FX is great for doing that if you reshape the transfer line into a downward expander. Otherwise consider using a noise reduction app that allows taking noise-prints from quiet sections of the recording... I've been using Sound Forge's noise reduction tool with great success going back to its origins when it used to be a Sony extra cost add-on.
If you really want to get down in the weeds, throw on track volume and eq envelopes. Then you can pick out the vocal phrases to boost while cutting the rest.
If volume envelopes and/or an EQ do not get the level (or sound) you are looking for, a volume maximizer should work. I use the legacy 'Wave Hammer' a lot for it's vintage1176 FET 'slamming' sound for rock and pop .Wave Hammer is included with Sound Forge (not sure if it is included with Vegas) has two stages (comp/limiter and maximizer).
For a cleaner boosted sound, LoudMax works good and is easy to set with only two main parameters (threshold and ceiling).
Tone Booster's Barricade v3 is certainly worth mention and sounds good.
TDR's five-stage Limiter #6 is good, but is complicated for non-audio folks. All are basically free.
Thankyou gentlemen for your responses.
@iEmby Looks like it was just recorded at too low a setting.
@Howard-Vigorita it's my client sir... he is not understanding his new mic settings.
this is his new mic.
if you know any universal setting or preset, please tell me I can forward him. He tried his best from YouTube also, but he is just a podcast host not audio guy.
@rraud @Howard-Vigorita yes, I have sound forge, adobe audition too...
let me try once as per Ur suggestions once.
thanks again all for response and suggestions @Dexcon @RogerS @rraud @Howard-Vigorita
for extra information about mic i want to tell you he didn't connect this device to any other devices like mobile or PC he just connects his mics with it and start recording then he sends me these recordings from this device's memory card.
Vegas Loudness Meters are your friend. Learn -15 LUFS. Learn -2.0dBTP
Vegas Loudness Meters are your friend. Learn -15 LUFS. Learn -2.0dBTP
Indeed. Personally, depending on the recording quality....
I then use the loudness meters, along with pulling down the Wave Hammer thresholds to target -14 LUFS integrated (in my case for YouTube). If the compression doesn't sound quite right, I'll huck in LoudMax and turn off WH's compression, and/or maybe add TDR Nova to boost the mid-range and add a high-pass filter, say 80hz or so, to cut hum or wind noise.
For me, I get more precise loudness monitoring/targeting by adding MLoudnessAnalyzer to the master output. (https://www.meldaproduction.com/MLoudnessAnalyzer), setting the target to -14 LUFS, and shooting for close to 0.0.
I know, it sounds complicated but it really isn't. But I am also fascinated with audio.
Thanks everyone for these professional suggestions.
With due respect to everyone.
Actually, I am not an audio guy. So please show pity on me and give me very simple instructions or suggestions No too complicated. so that I can apply that easily.
Thank you so much.
Thanks sir.. but your resulted audio has reverb or may be echo...
and by boosting i mean increasing volume by 70% of original one without damage output.
You have a number of options here that will all solve your problem. I'd test them with a good pair of headphones (doublecheck the system volume is right by listening to properly recorded audio first- try Curtis Judd or Soundspeeds on YouTube assuming your final work will end up online).
See what increases the volume and gets you into an acceptable loudness range (-16 LUFS or so at the end of your edits; -14 is the absolute max YouTube will take) without too much work.
Curtis Judd
Highly recommened. He has a couple of excellent explanations of Volume vs. Loudness, which are two very different things -- just so we don't get caught up in terms.
While you're there, right-click, Stats for Nerds and look at the content loudness. He's usually a little under, while I shoot for closer to -0.5db. This ensures that YouTube does not further compress your audio, ruining your hard work.
Another piece of advice on headphones -- take a break after 15 minutes or so. Your brain will often adjust to the nuances of slightly bad audio.
Late to the party, but LoudMax is perfect for (really) low volume.
I tried wave hammer and LoudMax.. both works. Well.. Thanks..
will tell you which is better.
I tried wave hammer and LoudMax.. both works.
Either. Or.
Watch your audio meters and pull down the threshhold to boost everything above a certain level. Go too far and it will almost always amplify the noise floor, in which case you might have to add a bit of EQ/HP Filter or Noise Gate.
I usually start out conservatively, seldom thresholding more than -14db, but always setting my output level to -6db to leave some headroom.
Late to the party, but LoudMax is perfect for (really) low volume.
Heh. So is a 32bit audio recorder. 😁
My bride gifted me a Zoom F3, and it's been a game changer.
