normalize audio in FCPHD

imgentertainment@mac

imgentertainment@mac

The Reverend
Ok guys I have been using FCP for about 3 years and I guess it never bothered me enough to worry about it and I would just do it manually. But I was wondering if there is a way to normalize your audio tracks in FCPHD. I have a project right now that would save me a bunch of time on.
 
BUMP. How do you normalize an audio track in FCP? I have a clip (really bad source) and I've already increased the levels to +12dB - it's still too low on the audio meter (-30dB).
 
Got an answer here (http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/audio_essentials_fcp_4.html):

[FONT=Verdana,arial]Normalize Levels?
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Have you ever heard of the term, "normalize"? If not, a little explanation is in order. In most digital audio programs, there is a function called, "normalize" which is a fancy way of saying that the program is able to uniformly raise digital audio levels to a given value. For instance, if you are doing a shoot and for some reason, had your camcorder in manual audio input level mode and recorded inadequate audio levels, you could bring these levels up to a workable level using the normalize control. Of course, you raise up any noise levels that were recorded along with your desired audio. If you recorded your audio with a good S/N ratio you will be okay. If you recorded a lot of background noise, you will increase the background noise accordingly when you normalize. Now for the clincher, Final Cut Pro does not have a normalize feature, anyway. So what do you do if you record the audio levels too low? Fortunately, there is a hack for normalizing in Final Cut Pro. You can increase your relative audio levels by copying, pasting and stacking your audio tracks. In order to do this, Option-drag the desired track or track pair to the empty tracks below. Listen to the audio and watch Final Cut Pro's audio meters to make sure you now have adequate audio levels. They should peak at least at -16 dB to -12dB range. If they don't, repeat the above operation again until you get adequate audio levels.


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