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Don suggested that it was within the Track Header . I said I couldn't find it in the TH in V5, 7 and now 8. Don HAS V6. Does Normalize appear in the Track Header in Vegas6, Edward? Grazie

Grazie, Youare 100% right. My phrasing even led me to think it was in the track header. I was typing faster than my brain was working. Sorry! I did mean to say EVENT ot CLIP. I really need to proof read before I submit. Once again, sorry for causing anymore grey hairs for you ;-) Don

Sound Forge has a different Normalize function that has more options. Vegas just takes the loudest point and makes that a set level. If you have one loud POP and the rest is quiet, the POP is what gets normalized (essentially) leaving everything else soft.

I recall trying the normalize function in Sound forge a year or two ago, and as I recall it did work well.

How can I even out all of the audio in a project to be the same all the way through? I heard that normalize audio does this - but how do I use normalize audio?

Quote: Originally Posted by David Delaney How can I even out all of the audio in a project to be the same all the way through? I heard that normalize audio does this - but how do I use normalize audio? I have often wondered this. What I found myself doing was playing through the entire production as fast as possible (4x) and watching the VU meter for peaks. unfortunately that was not change the lows to more closely match the highs. I had...

I'm confused? Normalise is just a way of adjusting level to raise the track without adjusting dynamic range - just to make best use of the available range by looking for the one loudest bit, then raising the level of everything so this loudest moment is at or near to maximum. What people seem to want is a bit of dynamic range adjustment - to bring the lows up, but leave the loudest portions alone. So maybe a bit of compression, with the...

I guess I'm not sure what the OP (David) meant by adjusting the sound so it was the same all the way through. Once we know that we could make more appropriate recommendations - although I agree that normalization by itself is unlikely to be the answer.

A lot of people will use the "Normalize" function in Vegas. This will adjust the peak level to just under 0db. Unfortunately, peak levels are meaningless when it comes to determining how "loud" your final product is. The human ear doesn't determine loudness by the peak level, it determines it by the average (or RMS) level. The "normalize" function in Vegas is useless because it only...