NORMALIZE AUDIO in Adobe Premiere Pro (Perfect Audio Levels Instantly!)

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[@mylesdesigns]

I was about to implode thinking of all the work I would have to do to level clips one by one in a client's project, your video is a life saver

[@WaveBits]

Quick Tip: You can also press (G) on the keyboard to quickly bring up the Normalize panel option!

[@WebGuru]

Thanks for the tip @Cory!

[@snoopdoggydog172]

you have saved me three hours of my life now when editing audio levels on my videos. Wished I watched this video yesterday

[@WebGuru]

Snoopdoggydog, thank you so much, I'm so glad you found it helpful.

[@CalifornianWayfarer]

Thanks. Once we normalize audio (right click, Audio Gain, Normalize Max Peak / All Peaks) on one or multiple tracks, and later return to the same Audio Gain dialog box for any one of those clips, it doesn't show us the number we set that clip to. Where can one see what number/s we entered for normalization, at any time we return to that audio gain menu?

[@WebGuru]

@Californian Wayfarer That is a good question. You will not see the normalization value. But you can calculate this by adding the Peak Amplitude and the Set Gain to values. Tricky, but it works.

[@CalifornianWayfarer]

@@WebGuru Thanks. Your videos are quite helpful and clear. So on the same string, if I've normalized a clip to -3 let's say, and I later return to Audio Gain for that clip, it shows 0. So let's say I don't remember whether I normalized that clip, as I'm seeing 0 in front of me. Let's say I normalize again to -3. What would happen? Alternatively, are there any visual cues (eg on the clip in the timeline) whether the clip has been normalized and to what level?

[@CeciliaVPeralta]

You do such a great job at explaining! Thanks

[@ColdCaseChronicles.]

Great video, you sir are outstanding. Short and full of very useful information! Thank you.

[@WebGuru]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vidjcb]

Awesome tutorial. I very much appreciate your time doing it. I learned a lot. Please keep on doint it. Best!

[@WebGuru]

vidjcb, you're very welcome. Thank you for the comment.

[@LittleAshThings]

Exactly what I needed. Direct and thoroughly concise. Thank you so much!

[@WebGuru]

You are very welcome, LittleAshThings.

[@Nysoupla]

Hey good stuff. What about doing the master clip in the source window, and Normalize there?? Thanks.

[@WebGuru]

Great suggestion! You can right click a clip in the Project panel and Normalize it there. However you must do this BEFORE adding the clip to the Timeline.

[@PetiaDavidova]

Great video, thank you for the explanation! I was wondering if there is away to somehow average out the volume of a single clip, here's my problem: when I vlog, whoever is holding the camera is closest to the mic and is the loudest and other people speaking are too quiet (even if they are next to the person holding the camera). Is there a way to even out the volume in a single clip or I have to chop it and apply the technique in this video? Thank you!

[@WebGuru]

Hello @Petia, This is a great question, and several people have asked the same thing. So I did another video on Audio Compression, which will help you even out the volume in a single clip. Check it out and let me know if it works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6qlhmCvn6ukppI

[@ManiSoft]

hi. thanks for this video. please tell me what\s the different between set gain and adjust gain. if you have anothr video for that, give me link.

[@WebGuru]

They will both adjust the gain, just by a slightly different amount depending on the numbers you enter.

[@FourKnown]

I've needed this information for a long time but most videos I've seen were too in depth and I just never wanted to take the time to wade through and find what I needed . Thanks very much for giving this quick and helpful tutorial! This is the last thing I need to do on my KZbin video- glad I found it!

[@WebGuru]

John, I'm very glad you found it helpful.

[@ursofab]

Perfect. Quick and well explained. Just what I needed!

[@WebGuru]

Great to hear!

[@IbrahimKotaesh]

Very good tip … many thanks 🙏

[@WebGuru]

Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful to you.

[@upin7482]

This step-by-step tutorial is amazing!!! Teach just things I need in a quick and straightforward way! Thank you!!!

[@WebGuru]

Thank you so much, Upin.

[@KROW_COMBOS]

i used to be able to raise the gain of a clip really high but now ALL my clips can only be raised to a Max of +15 db. I raise the db of some clips that are really quiet but now i cant seem figure out how to unlock this cap Any help would be appreciated!

[@WebGuru]

If you drag the white line in the timeline, you will be limited to 15db. So better is: right click clip > Audio Gain and then you can adjust the gain however high you want.

[@boxinggospel5334]

Select the clip and go to effects control and you can also adjust levels further there.

[@kristoffseisler2163]

at around 3:06 it didnt work in my experience. for me it edited gain instead of "max peak" no metter what i did to the clip.

[@WebGuru]

All of the options in the Gain dialog box do the same thing. They either increase or decrease the gain, but in different ways. If you see no difference after normalizing, your audio might already be peaking at the level you set.

[@JOHNnyIMAGERY]

Thanks I learned something new. I usually select multiple clips then select normalize max peak instead of normalize all peak. Thanks a lot.

[@WebGuru]

Glad it helped!

[@amillison]

Thanks so much, guru. So is -3 the standard level for talking? A long time ago someone said to me to keep the peaks between -12 & -6, and I did that ever since and didn't question. How did you decide on -3?

[@mpbMKE]

-12 is way too quiet. In radio we aimed to keep listener focus from -3 to -6 and background sound in the -20 range, with the occasional odd peak at 0 not being too much to worry about as long as you weren't burying the needle. Our friends over on the TV side were similar. With web video, obviously there's less of an imperative to keep everything strictly standardized, but it is very annoying as a viewer to watch a video where we have to crank up the volume, then the mid-video ads (on KZbin, for example) blow out your speakers because they've been mastered at traditional broadcast levels.

[@amillison]

@@mpbMKE Thanks so much. So where would you put the background music? Would that be at -20 or louder?

[@mpbMKE]

@@amillison Every time I put it at -20 I get notes back that it's too loud, lol. Even though it sounds good to me, my agency clients usually prefer it when I'm around -24 to -26.

[@amillison]

@@mpbMKE Thanks so much. I'm always getting comments that my music is too loud as well, so I have taken to just cutting it in and out entirely. But I'd like to find that balance so thanks for sharing the wisdom of your experience.

[@WebGuru]

Good question @Andrew! Television broadcast standards are more rigorous and they often restrict levels to -6 or -12 or lower. These standards don't exist on the Internet, and people are often using low-quality speakers. So I bring my levels up to -3 and sometimes higher, but never above 0. Background music or audio can be around in the -20 to -30 range.

[@Gamen4Bros]

great video man!

[@WebGuru]

Thanks a lot!

[@UltratecJS]

Thank you Web Guru! Saved me tons of time.

[@WebGuru]

Glad it helped!

[@nikyabodigital]

What if there's uneven volume in a single clip how to I compress it? I really don't understand how compresion works in xd because I can't visibly see the wave shift. It's just like an adjustment layer.

[@WebGuru]

See my video on COMPRESSION.

[@rocren6246]

It limits the peaks, but what about lows? Are there any ways to increase lows?

[@WebGuru]

@Roc Ren, this is a common limitation with normalization. It only looks at the peaks. What I recommend is to COMPRESS the audio and then to NORMALIZE it. So I did another video on that technique: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6qlhmCvn6ukppI

[@rocren6246]

@@WebGuru Thanks! What makes it difficult for me is my voice changes at different hours throughout a day, but the software cannot recognize that difference. The displayed wave seems the same but some part is extremely loud whilst others can barely be heard. I'd have to listen to each part of the recording and separate them into little clips, and manually adjust the boost, which is insanely time consuming.

[@WebGuru]

@@rocren6246 Yes it is. I would suggest training your voice to keep it the same throughout the day. It's really hard to fix this in post!

[@ChrisLehtoF16]

Great video! Subbed!

[@WebGuru]

Chris, thank you.

[@MatthewPolack]

Thank you...straight to the point and useful info (compared to another video I tried to watch where they waffled on about all manner of things not related to the topic!:) Thank you for the clarification...and great tip re static peaks that I never knew about. Thanks.

[@jakobotten7389]

bless your soul for jumping us straight to the technical steps

[@WebGuru]

Sure thing! I like to get to the point :)

[@jodyberry]

BIG thanks! That really helped. Just curious, alternatively could I also select the audioclip I fixed, then select Copy, then select the audio clips I need normalized, then choose Paste Attribute? Is there any negative to doing it this way? Thanks again!!

[@WebGuru]

@jodyberry I don't think you can copy and paste gain settings from one clip to another.

[@akshay4991]

Very useful to me...... Thank u Guruji.... G is the short cut to Audio gain in my windows. Thank u

[@WebGuru]

Aksh, you're very welcome, I appreciate your feedback very much.

[@healwithquran5032]

how to normalize both high and lows in the same audio clip? as I need to make the lower waves a bit high and the higher ones to be lowered down so they don't peak cross the red line ?

[@GE3K]

Thank you x 10000 times this was the exact issue i was facing because some of my voice was high some was low thank you 100000 times Ty so much

[@WebGuru]

Glad it helped. This should help save you some time!

[@franciscosantannafilho]

Thanks Guru! helped me understand a little more about sound in Adobe Premiere.

[@WebGuru]

Francisco, thank you so much for the comment. I'm glad the tutorial helped.

[@yortravels]

This is really game changing!!! Thank you :)

[@FlashbackMoments]

Thank you...saved my time..

[@WebGuru]

You're welcome!

[@CloudieMcDoom]

Thank you I needed this! I also subscribed!

[@WebGuru]

Thank you so much for your comment and subscribing, Cloudie.

[@TheHamboneGroup]

Helpful, ,thanks.

[@WebGuru]

You're welcome!

[@tonimoss2261]

This is a real time saver - a pro approach. Love this!

[@WebGuru]

Glad you liked it @Toni! This has saved me a lot of time over the years :)

[@FathomMinistries]

I'm wondering why you don't just use Essential Sounds and hit DIALOG/AUTOMATCH? Does this produce a different outcome or is it just another way to achieve the same thing?

[@imraneo]

May I ask, what if you have an audio clip with many soft points and a few high spikes. Normalizing peaks will focus only on the spikes, leaving the soft parts of the audio to remain soft. Is there a way to make sure that the whole clip peaks out at a certain level throughout?

[@WebGuru]

@Imran That is one of the weaknesses of normalizing. If one part of the audio is very loud, it won't work well. So then I COMPRESS my audio and then normalize it. One day I might do a video on that :)

[@imraneo]

@@WebGuru Thanks for sharing. I got a setting which I liked by using single-band compressor, voice leveler preset and then adjusting the gain to my liking :)

[@WebGuru]

Very smart!

[@SangAcquiescentFroid]

Thanks for the video. What about normalizing audio within a clip?

[@WebGuru]

You can try COMPRESSION your clips. In the future, I'll do a video on that!

[@SangAcquiescentFroid]

@@WebGuru ok, thanks! I look forward to your video on compression!

[@WebGuru]

Here is the video on Audio Compression, which will help you even out the volume in a single clip. Check it out and let me know if it works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6qlhmCvn6ukppI

[@SangAcquiescentFroid]

@@WebGuru Amazing, thank you so much for getting back to me!!

[@LiamPorterFilms]

great video thanks professor

[@WebGuru]

No problem!

[@svMazy]

If you lock the video layers or layers/tracks you don't want to adjust you can just ctrl + a or cmd + a on mac) and select all

[@WebGuru]

Thanks for the input.

[@sripal.jain4]

Thanks ! you explained the Magic trick to Normalize audio 👍

[@WebGuru]

Glad you liked it!

[@meryemrabiabalkaya46]

wonderful. thank you so much! ::

[@WebGuru]

You're very welcome! @Meryem

[@OH8STN]

Excellent video, hugely helpful 👍👍👍

[@WebGuru]

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[@PizzaManNick]

Thank you for this great video!

[@WebGuru]

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[@realyiggen]

Thank you so much! It was fairly to the point with multiple ways for bulk and single. I love it! U helped save me a ton of time.

[@WebGuru]

Glad it helped! This technique can save a LOT of time.

[@waynehearst317]

So, this worked great on the high peaks. But my 20 minute, single audio clip has 5-10 seconds parts with people speaking too low. Is there a magic fix like this to bring up the "minimum" audio levels to a certain DB? @Web Guru

[@AeBlues]

Thank you for the concise tutorial!

[@WebGuru]

You're welcome.

[@AeBlues]

@@WebGuru I did notice an issue though. since it peaks every clip, some clips sound too loud then others and I need to adust manually. I sometime record tutorials, and occasionaly without intension speak louder or weaker. when I cut my audio to remove silence or mistakes, I occasionaly peak clips that should not be peaking. if that makes sense.

[@brian-lexiluproductions]

Awesome time saver thank you!!

[@WebGuru]

You're welcome, Brian!

[@user84074]

Great tutorial!

[@WebGuru]

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[@vatosgym]

Thank you, great explanation!

[@WebGuru]

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[@mukmama]

Great video. i liked your way of explanation

[@ThatSpadeGirl]

Thank you so much! I like your pace and simple instructions! Very helpful video!

[@WebGuru]

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[@Theonlyshaun]

Very clear and easy to follow. Many thanks!

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[@lejournaldedjak]

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[@WebGuru]

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[@lejournaldedjak]

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[@RaeManfini]

Helpful and easy to follow, thank you

[@WebGuru]

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[@WebGuru]

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[@kingallison3880]

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[@WebGuru]

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[@ryanduty10]

Awesome explanation! thanks

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[@andreyzice]

Straight to the point. Thanks.

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[@Naikdeen]

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[@WebGuru]

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[@marcsrel4mpn]

awesome concise and powerful tutorial

[@WebGuru]

Thank you so much, Marc.

[@DangerDIY]

Thanks. Exactly what I needed to know. Much appreciated.

[@WebGuru]

Glad it was helpful!

[@arizzohan]

Amazing video, It really helped me adjust a long clip for my project🙂

[@WebGuru]

Aariz, I'm so glad this was helpful.

[@devistudios407]

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[@WebGuru]

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[@ScottRamsey]

Thank you, great advice.

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[@WebGuru]

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[@TheQuietBeast]

Great video! Just what I needed

[@WebGuru]

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[@iriverriver]

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[@WebGuru]

Thanks so much :-)

[@sutv6754]

I like you and your tutorials but this did not work on my audio. I set my audio to normalize to max peak at -3 and it did come come close to negative 3. Boo.

[@WebGuru]

@SUTV where did it come to? You may have a small part of your audio that went to -3.

[@sutv6754]

@@WebGuru Thank you I think your are right. I've been experimenting and I understand now why. Thanks again

[@PetarLeykov]

Thanks for that great tip !

[@WebGuru]

Petar, You're welcome, happy to help.

[@JaiHindMovies]

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[@WebGuru]

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[@musicfan2403]

Super helpful and to the point. Thanks for the video!

[@WebGuru]

Glad it helped, thanks for the comment.

[@DvDzyn]

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[@WebGuru]

Thanks!

[@RecetasPOPMOMIX]

So useful, thank you very much! Like & sub.

[@WebGuru]

Thanks so much.

[@michaelpoczynek]

Thank you.

[@WebGuru]

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[@sutv6754]

excellent so excellent. Just discovered your channel by chance after a search and I like you style of teaching. Thank you. Looking forward to a lot more of your teachings.

[@WebGuru]

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[@0neWhoKnocks]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much! I've been working on up scaling DVD rips of a favorite show of mine for use on my media server(480i to 1080p), it took some time, but I finally got the video aspect of it exactly the way I want it, ran the export and audio would get quiet seemingly at random. The issue was the manual adjust for the gain, the tracks were so small i couldn't see that it defaulted to a place where it was clipping off the audio's peaks. Thanks again! I'm so excited to finish this project!

[@WebGuru]

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[@amcaesar]

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[@WebGuru]

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[@chipgregory9853]

Awesome! Thank you!!!

[@WebGuru]

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Thank you for this video.

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[@HeroicStumpy]

you are a real legend thanks!

[@WebGuru]

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[@GoffyTv]

First time i have seen this, well done, easy and well explained! subscribed!

[@WebGuru]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lynettejones1075]

This is a time saver thanks.

[@WebGuru]

Glad you liked it @Lynette. Keep up the great work with your films.

[@lynettejones1075]

@@WebGuru I have a question. I was able to make all the videos -3db but the room sound if different because it was shot with different cameras. The sound is leveled but one clip is still louder than other clips. How can you fix audio when it was shot with different cameras thanks.

[@WebGuru]

@Lynette Jones You will have to do more processing on your clips. I recommend- Remove Background Noise, Single Band Compressor, 10-Band Equalizer, THEN Normalize. One day I might do a video on this :) Send me some sample footage at [e-mail] and I'll check it out.

[@lynettejones1075]

@@WebGuru Nice thank you I appreciate it.

[@iGoldeneYe]

Excellent. Nicely explained. Thank you.

[@WebGuru]

You're very welcome, thank you for the comment.

[@sakibahmedniloy]

Thank you so much Sir!

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

thank you man! helped a lot

[@WebGuru]

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[@FreakyChumy]

Wow, thanks for sharing bro.

[@WebGuru]

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[@WebGuru]

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[@jjc5475]

useful guide. thanks.

[@WebGuru]

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[@shelbyrenee6826]

This method is going to help save me so much time! Thank you for the wonderful video. This was quick and easy to understand.

[@WebGuru]

I'm glad you found it helpful. Thank you for letting me know, Shelby.

[@TheTinRam]

Fantastic!

[@WebGuru]

Many thanks!

[@profwilliams2772]

Great video!! Thank You!! You have a wonderful teaching manner!

[@WebGuru]

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