Audio too quiet? too loud? Before you get started with editing your audio, a good first step is to Normalize it.
Normalization is very fast process that sets the highest peak volume of clips to a certain loudness level.
This is useful for quickly pulling up the level of one or several clips that are too quiet.
In this video from Sword & Shield Studio, you’ll learn about:
- About the dBFS loudness scale
- Selecting clips to Normalize
- Normalization mode
- Setting a Target Level

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.