One section in a sound track needs considerable audio gain (about 30 dB more than usual). The change up to the higher level and then back to 0 dB gain needs to be gradual, not a step change.
Can this be elegantly achieved within MEP (where the maximum gain available seems to be 20 dB), or should I simply pull the track out to an external editor and do the controlled fade there?
Thanks - Mike -
Hi Mike
. . . . Can this be elegantly achieved within MEP (where the maximum gain available seems to be 20 dB) . . . .
Yes - you need to apply a volume curve to the audio and add points to the curve - see p 173 of the installed manual available under Help.
HTH
John EB
Many thanks for responding John. I'd got that far, and can create nice KF shapes. What I haven't cracked is any way to use this facility to get above the Magix +20 dB gain "limit" - that seems to be the limit to which you can drag the vol curve upwards. (I assume that 20 dB is the max because if you previously set the object to have 20 dB gain via the Set Volume option, the line of the created volume curve is put at the top of the audio object and cannot be persuaded any higher!)
Am I missing something, please? - Mike -
Hi
. . . . any way to use this facility to get above the Magix +20 dB gain "limit" . . . .
AFAIK there is no way to get around the +20dB limit - if the sound is that low that normalisation + set volume level to max do not give a reasonable level, then I do not see any hope of recovering decent audio without introducing noise and the 'warbles' and other negative effects through filtering the audio.
John EB
I realised that what I needed to do was not going to produce brilliant quality results, but it would look (and sound) even odder if I cut the segment out completely!
I'll give the section a 20 db lift in Audacity then give it a final lift in MEP.
Many thanks John, for your help to me, and to all the others you tirelessly advise year round. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
- Mike -