Normalize audio during conversion?
I help run a local Cable community TV station. This question involves processing the audio portion of meeting videos - people speaking. We record in a variety of rooms, with varying equipment settings.
We're moving from some old tools (VisualHub and MPEG Streamclip) to Compressor for conversion. We've developed a workflow and settings which work generally well (broadcast and web). We're running into an audio issue. Many of our recordings have somewhat low audio levels. Certainly audible, but noticeably lower than others. We'd like to normalize our audio so all programs have reasonably similar levels.
In our prior workflow, MPEG Streamclip has an "automatic volume control" which (I assume) performs a normalize filter. That worked well for our needs.
I don't see anything along these lines in Compressor - just the graphic EQ, Dynamic Range, Limiter, and Fade audio effects. Is there something I'm missing? Is there a third-party filter and some ability to add it to Compressor?
Alternatively, are there any recommended tools I can add into an automated process via AppleScript?
I'm aware we can pull videos into Final Cut and modify audio there. I'm hoping to avoid that step to keep usage as simple as possible.
Thanks,
Mitch