This past weekend a brand new version of The Levelator was released. It jumped from version 1.4 to 2.0.1. If you're not familiar with this free software package and you create anything with audio, then download this as soon as you can.
Essentially The Levelator offers a one step way to "optimize" your audio recordings. The original intent of the software was to "level" the sound when recording several different people who are talking at different levels. However, the software is also great for single voice recordings. Amongst other things it will create a very good sound level to your recording (if it was recorded at too low a level—which is very common), plus it will add some "enhancements" to the sound of the audio itself. The software works on both Macs and Windows and is free.
They say a number of improvements have been made, but it seems the most crucial one is a reduction in some unnatural volume adjustments. Since this is a one-step and one-size-fits-all "solution," some people ended up with worse audio after it was "levelated" relative to what they already had. The new version should especially benefit people who were previously experiencing unsatisfactory levelating.
Oddly enough their own website has not updated a download link for 2.0.1 (it still shows 1.4.1). However MacUpdate (Macs only) offers the new download. I imagine the new version for both Windows and Macs will show up at The Levelator website very soon.
Monday, December 21, 2009
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