Normalise audio volume
Make a recording an even loudness from start to finish.
A recording where one person sat close to the phone and another sat across the room is exhausting to listen to. This levels it to -16 LUFS, the usual loudness for podcasts, by the EBU R128 method broadcasters use: the gain follows the recording as it plays, so quiet parts come up, loud parts come down to the same level, and peaks stay clear of distortion.
How to use it
- Add the recording.
- Press Level the volume.
- Listen to the result, then download it.
Why use this tool
Completely private
Everything runs inside your browser. Your files and text are never sent to a server.
Free, with no limits
No sign-up, no watermarks and no cap on how many times you can use it.
Instant results
There is no upload or queue to wait for, so results appear as fast as your device can work.
Works on any device
Runs in any modern browser on phone, tablet or desktop. Nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
- How is this different from just turning it up?
- Turning it up raises everything, including the parts that were already loud, until they distort. This follows the perceived loudness through the recording, lifting the quiet stretches more and bringing the loud ones down to the same level.
- What is -16 LUFS?
- The loudness target used for speech on podcasts and streaming. It is loud enough to hear on a phone in a noisy room and leaves headroom so nothing clips.
- Will it remove background noise?
- No, and it may make the noise more audible, because quiet passages come up and the hiss comes with them. Levelling and noise removal are different jobs.
- Can I use it on music?
- You can, but music is usually mastered deliberately, and levelling flattens the difference between quiet and loud passages that the musician intended.
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