Maximize Loudness on Audacity

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A lot of people been complaining about their hinge sounds being too low. This is a basic tutorial on how to maximize the loudness on Audacity using the Hard Limiter & Amplify plug-ins which already come with Audacity. I only recommend this method for sounds which the final destination will be a device with small speakers such as a phone.

***Be aware that too much limiting can cause clipping and cause permanent damage to your speakers***

How To Make Hinge Sounds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1At7bxKcvg

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[Falco648]

At 0:59 you say set it to the peak but I didn't know it was suppose to be negative.

[CubanitaStylez]

at 0:20 you'll see the the number you are suppose to use (highlighted in green), it indicates the db volume at that point. by set it to the peak, I meant use the db value you saw at the highest peak of the selection, peak being the highest point of a waveform.

[orequav]

why would you put the limit on the lowest peak? you've maximised the loudness, but you've totally shot the dynamics to pieces...why not use moderate compression then hard limit at 0db before amplifying to prevent clipping?

[mozpiano2]

Clipping still occurs, even at 12.9 amplification. The Loudness War movement in music production destroys dynamic contrast and replaces it with heavy clipping that distorts heavily. I would suggest limiting to 6 DBS at the very most, even that may be a bit too much in comparison to the original waveform, certainly a loss of detail in the music occurs.

[scaleop4]

hard limiting just fucks up the audio.

[NatsumiLuvAnime]

@hasm0ney Ohh I see~ Thank you very much ^^

[hasm0ney]

@NatsumiLuvAnime basically it is when you mic will not pick up the sound because it was too loud for what it's sensitivity is at. Clipping is distortion and can sound like a punch to the mic or just nothing at all if it is loud enough.

[NatsumiLuvAnime]

uh im a noob but wats clipping?

[zeppy13131]

It's nice of you to post this, but it isn't necessary anymore. Instead:

1. On the Effects menu, click NORMALIZE. The "Normalize" dialog box appears.

2. Leave the settings as-is, and click OK.

3. Audacity identifies your soundfile's highest point and boosts the file's volume as much as it can without distortion.

4. Re-save your file.

Cheers, Z.

[UltraEnigmaRaps67]

thx so much :) 

[SeriusAnarchy]

wats ur song called? its awsome

[morrisfly85]

@orequav Yeah I'd have to agree, it sounds a lot better that way!!!!

[misteradilost]

Nice Tut ;) But arggggh, death to loudnes war :P

Let the user have control of the volume (A)

[maiROFLCOPTERgoasSOI]

thx alot , this helped me :) kthxbai