RMS Normalizing or Regular Compressor?

chrislascelles · 18th February 2007

Hi, I am mastering speech audio for use in a bluetooth headset application, and want a very small dynamic range in order to overcome the high noise floor of the end user environment. Which is the best way to accomplish this? Using RMS Normalizing, or regular compression? I am using Sony Sound Forge 8 (Pro version). The raw audio is 16bit, 96khz. Thanks!

lordmiguel · 31st May 2007

my understanding is that rms normalizing is a poor mans limiter.

what you want to do is use one or two compressors lightly and finish with a peak limiter, for what sounds like a quick and dirty solution. that would be potentially dangerous information for a novice but a place to start. don't forget de-essing if needed and check what ithe compression does to breaths between pauses.

btw, haven't seen anyone record at 16 bit for years, any reason why?

18th February 2007	#1
chrislascelles Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lindale, TX Posts: 1 Thread Starter	RMS Normalizing or Regular Compressor? Hi, I am mastering speech audio for use in a bluetooth headset application, and want a very small dynamic range in order to overcome the high noise floor of the end user environment. Which is the best way to accomplish this? Using RMS Normalizing, or regular compression? I am using Sony Sound Forge 8 (Pro version). The raw audio is 16bit, 96khz. Thanks!

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31st May 2007	#2
lordmiguel Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 657	my understanding is that rms normalizing is a poor mans limiter. what you want to do is use one or two compressors lightly and finish with a peak limiter, for what sounds like a quick and dirty solution. that would be potentially dangerous information for a novice but a place to start. don't forget de-essing if needed and check what ithe compression does to breaths between pauses. btw, haven't seen anyone record at 16 bit for years, any reason why?