On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 19:41:31 -0400, "JMac" wrote:

>HELP,
>
>I'm sorta new at this so hope I don't sound to dumb.....
>
>I'm trying to do a sound over, or narrative of a home movie. Some of the
>sound clips are from the original recording and some I'm making using my PC
>with SB Live and SoundForge4.5.
>
>The problem I'm having is getting the sound to be level from the 2 different
>sources. In premiere, I'm using the Audio Option, Audio Gain, Smart Gain to
>try to "even " the sound out. This pushes some clips up to 200% and on play
>back the sound volume fluctuates from clip to clip. I've also tried the
>rubber band.
>
>What is the easiest way to get an even sound from different source
>materials? Surly there must be some feature in Premiere that I don't know
>about!
>
>Am I even close?

Well, like autoexposure when panning across the coal pile
into the snow, you may not like the results of applying
auto-level or normalization to sound track multiple clips
or to multiple tracks...;-) Best is to set the multiple tracks
up in Premiere, check and adjust each track seperately for
smooth amplitude among the clips for what you want (easiest
to use the rubber bands for this, which also permit blending
at clip ends [preferably with clip overlaps]), then arrive at
a mixing proportion and apply it uniformly to all the clips
in the multiple tracks (easiest using the audio-gain settings
so as not to disturb the clip blendings - being careful not to
add each at too high a level, resulting in clipping when
mixed...). Then make final adjustments while checking
the mix (if this was not TOO confusing...!;-).
Basically, if you are throwing a bunch of clips and audio
tracks together, auto-gain will make a mess - keep it simple
by optimizing each track alone,, then apply an appropriate
mixing proportion to the multiple tracks, then adjust the
result for best results...