Volume Maximizer tab

The controls on the Volume Maximizer tab are used to limit the peak amplitude of an audio file or to boost the overall level without clipping the waveform and distorting the audio. These controls are explained below.

Control

Description

Threshold

The Threshold fader is used to adjust the audio level at which the volume maximizer activates.

 

Audio with levels higher than the Threshold value are affected, while audio at levels lower than

 

this value pass through the volume maximizer uninterrupted.

 

 

Output level

The Output level fader allows you to determine the level to which peaks above the Threshold

 

setting are boosted or cut.

 

 

Release time

The Release time slider allows you to determine how soon after falling below the threshold the

 

audio signal attenuation is interrupted.

 

 

Use longer look-ahead

When you select the Use longer look-aheadcheck box, the volume maximizer scans farther

 

ahead in the incoming audio to determine the amount of limiting that is needed. This results in

 

limiting being applied before the threshold-surpassing audio actually occurs. However, the

 

pre-limiting effect (fades that occur prior to attacks) of this option may be distracting.

 

 

Input/Output meter

This meter allows you to monitor the level of the incoming and outgoing signals. When an

 

Input button is displayed, the meters are displaying the incoming signal level. Clicking Input

 

toggles the button to an Output button and displays the outgoing signal level. Clicking Output

 

returns you to the incoming signal display.

 

 

Attenuation meter

This meter allows you to monitor the audio signal attenuation derived from the current

 

settings.

 

 

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