Hey there,
I've recorded some tutorial videos using a zoom h4 mic and found out the recording level was a bit low. When I play the audio on my computer, I have to crank up my speakers to hear it. What are the best steps I can take in garageband or any other program to increase the levels while maintaining sound quality?
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Caleb
GB isn't really the appropriate tool to raise the volume of a single recording. Put your audio file into an audio editor like Audacity and normalize it to a level of 0 dB - this should deal with a recording that is generally too soft.
It's another thing if your recording does have sufficient peaks but other parts are too soft. Then you might have to work with a compressor in GB. Or use this ingenious free little tool that works especially well with voice recordings:
http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator
It uses a mixture of normalizing and compression (you can't modify that) and evens out volume imbalances in the track. You just pull an audio file on top of it and it does all the work for you automatically.
Voice Over Audio is too quiet. How do I increase levels?
