A great video usually includes great audio to complete or enhance its message. In fact, good video is often easier to capture than audio. And when it comes to editing, its not unusual to spend more time getting the audio right than the video.
I’d say that capturing audio when you’re dealing with multiple camera’s, multiple audio tracks from multiple microphones, and of course… multiple speakers is probably the number one source of stress for videographers. Podcasters have the same issues. On screen or on mic talent will do the darnest things… they will walk away from their mic while continuing their talk, they will actually turn off their mic, they will adjust their clothing and coverup their body mic, they will take questions from the audience and anwser without first repeating the question, and a lot more.
Until now, the cure for all of that was a lot of edit time with often expensive and complex tools. Let me introduce the Levelator. It adjusts the audio levels in your audio file for variations from one speaker to the next. And no, its not just another compressor, normalizer, or limiter even thought it contains all three. Most people won’t care how it performs its magic … just that it does its work quickly and cleanly.
If you do care, here’s a link to tech details.
To use the Levelator, just drag any WAV or AIFF file onto the application window and in a few moments, you’ll have get a new file that sounds much better than the old one. By the way, this is a free tool! Works with Windows, OS/X, and Linux.
The Levelator was developed by the engineering staff at the Conversations Network which is a listener-supported non-profit podcast network brought to you by a global team of passionate audio/video producers and editors. They have multiple channels …. IT conversations, their original channel, is now the longest-running podcast on the planet. Their site and content is well worth a visit.
Click here to learn more about the Conversations Network and download a free copy of the Levelator.
