![]() Note: When looking at my wave form, prior to normalization, there may be one or two spots that spike, or are extra loud. This is a general industry standard, because it leaves some room for the client's engineers to make adjustments when they add processing (if needed). I still have inflections, soft and loud parts, but the overall volume is raised. This doesn't mean that the entire clip is coming in at the same volume. Other DAWs certainly have a similar normalization feature. ![]() This will adjust the volume of the entire audio clip so that it's peaks at -3db. When I finish editing, I choose the Favorites menu option and pick the "Normalize to -3db". Normally, it's coming in between -18 db and -6 db. When I record, I usually don't watch the meter, except to see if I'm hitting the red (getting too loud) for some reason. What DAW do you use to record your audio? I use Adobe Audition (which is very similar to the free Audacity). I downloaded your samples and checked them. I'm another VB talent (not offical), but here are my thoughts. Would this be acceptable? (I added in handles at the both ends to make it easier to evaluate any room tone.) This is the audio file with boosted levels. This is the audio file that was rejected for levels being too low: It's easy enough to boost the levels, but since that also boosts the noise floor, I was wondering if someone could give a listen to my files and share their opinion whether the boosted audio would be acceptable? I was keeping levels at -3db on the VU meter on the right, but I'm wondering if I should have been going for -3db on the left? Below is a screenshot of the meters I was using. I come from a video production background, so I used Avid (video editing software) to record and edit the audio. Now in hindsight, I think where the problem might have occurred was in the meter I was using. Then, when I submitted, I got an immediate rejection saying the levels were too low. The specs said to keep the peaks below -3 db, and so I lowered the levels quite a bit to get there. ![]() I recently submitted the Bunny audition read. I'm new to Voice Bunny and trying to get dialed in to the technical requirements of the deliverables.
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