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In DaVinci Resolve 18.6.2 and the public beta release 19: When an audio clip is normalized, the procedure includes the effects chain for the clip processing in the assessment. I don't know if anything else is included.
1. Firstly, normalize the clip without any effects or other processing- note the audio levels and the peak display.
2. Place a gain-changing plugin, such as a compressor, into the effects chain.
3. Set the plugin to significantly reduce the gain.
4. Run the normalize function again.
5. Disable the plugin.
6. Compare the audio clip levels now to what was before.
You will find the clip gain much higher than before, roughly or exactly equivalent to the gain change in the effects chain.
The effects chain should not be included in the audio clip normalize function. The function should set the input audio level relative to only the audio clip before further processing. This is an industry standard.
To include the effects chain in assessing the level and then applying that back to the clip introduces mayhem.
You can see the result at the input volume for the clip processing.
What is now happening is a bug. Please fix this.
1. Firstly, normalize the clip without any effects or other processing- note the audio levels and the peak display.
2. Place a gain-changing plugin, such as a compressor, into the effects chain.
3. Set the plugin to significantly reduce the gain.
4. Run the normalize function again.
5. Disable the plugin.
6. Compare the audio clip levels now to what was before.
You will find the clip gain much higher than before, roughly or exactly equivalent to the gain change in the effects chain.
The effects chain should not be included in the audio clip normalize function. The function should set the input audio level relative to only the audio clip before further processing. This is an industry standard.
To include the effects chain in assessing the level and then applying that back to the clip introduces mayhem.
You can see the result at the input volume for the clip processing.
What is now happening is a bug. Please fix this.
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