How loud should my audio be

BharatK
BharatK Posts: 6 researcher rank
in Audio and video solutions

I'm a new instructor on udemy. Can someone please advise how loud my audio should be at 100% volume from the speakers. What should be the decibel limit that I should usually optimize my audio at.

Thank you,

and best wishes,

Bharat.

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  • DamianMcKinnon
    DamianMcKinnon Posts: 187 specialist rank

    I use a program called AVS audio editor - it shows a wave form for my video and I can increase or decrease the volume accordingly. It also shows lines where sound will start to break if the wave form exceeds. I had lots of different sound levels by the time the audio recording for my course was completed and this helped me normalise everything. I can even open a video with it and just edit the audio file. Once things are as I want them it recuts the audio back into the video track. I have a short brand video I use in each lecture and the audio in this is what i level againsts for consistency.

  • BharatK
    BharatK Posts: 6 researcher rank

    Hello Damian,

    Thanks for your inputs, I checked out AVS website, AVS has a lot of good export options and features too. I am currently tied to a linux machine, so I use Audacity ( should have mentioned that beforehand), but anytime I get an opportunity to use Windows, I shall check out the tool.

    In audacity, you get an idea about the decibel level of your audio when you record/play it ( a green meter) a similar one might be available on AVS too, havent got any idea though.

    Hence I was asking for the max/peak decibel level for the entire audio track.

    regards,

    Bharat.

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