

“ Independent” = If you have a track with different sounding clips, then choose the “Independent” set level for balancing the levels. The volume of all the clips will be adjusted by the same amount. “ Relative” = If you have a track full of dialog from the same person, or if the clips on the track are similar sounding ones, then balance them using the “Relative” set level while doing normalization. Now it has introduced another standard called BS 1770-4 which measures inter-sample peaks. By default, Resolve uses the “Sample Peak Program” to measure the actual peak. Normalization Mode = A standard for measuring the actual peak of an audio clip.

“Set Level” = Choose “Relative” if you want Resolve to treat all the selected clips as one clip, or “Independent” so that Resolve will work on each clip individually for volume adjustment.Set your desired “ Target Level” value.Leave the “ Normalization Mode” to the default value of “ Sample Peak Program“.Right-click and select “ Normalize Audio Levels…“.Select all your desired clips using ctrl-left click or shift-left click.Go to the “ Edit” page (you can also do on the “Fairlight” page).How to Normalize Multiple Audio Clips in DaVinci Resolve? When you select a group of audio clips in the timeline for normalization, you get a new setting called “Set Level”. In short, it affects the volume of the entire clip in order to hit the targetted peak. Normalization doesn’t compress or expand the dynamic range of an audio.Īll it does is bring down the peak to the desired target, thereby increasing or decreasing the levels of other parts of the audio. Normalization is only a volume adjustment. For example, when you set a value of “-5 db”, any peak above -5 db, let’s say, -3db, will be set to -5db, which will also bring down the dB of other parts of the waveform. Normalization is the process in which you set a target value for the peak to hit. To reduce audio peaks, Normalize the clips.

So how to reduce peaks quickly in Resolve? The first step is to balance the levels so that it is easier to work with the audio post-processing workflow down the pipeline (like applying the Equalizer, Compressor and other audio sweetening processes).

And when you play them back, the dynamic range of the audio (from sounding quiet to high) will be too high – making high peaks sounding louder and lower ones sounding quieter. How to Reduce Audio Peaks in DaVinci Resolve?Īfter you record your audio, there might be some clips with high peaks.
