Clean up narration and mix to a loudness target

Applies to 0.11Updated 25 Oct 20261 min read

Repair the voice in Essential Sound, remove silences, fit the music, then normalize to −14, −16 or −23 LUFS.

1. Select the narration and choose Essential Sound › Dialogue, then use Repair or Enhance Speech.
2. Run AI Edit › Quick Edits › Remove Silences and review the cuts before you apply them.
3. Fit the music bed to the video with the Remix tool or Clip › Remix to Duration….
4. Check the levels in the Loudness Meter and normalize to your platform's target.

Good to know

• Normalize Loudness offers −14, −16 and −23 LUFS. Exports can also use a loudness target with a true-peak ceiling.
• Remove Silences measures the room tone, keeps natural breathing space around words and adds short fades, so cuts don't click.
• Remix joins land on bar lines with a one-beat crossfade, and the song keeps its own ending. Exact Length is available.
• Essential Sound also offers Auto-Detect (Dialogue, Music, SFX, Ambience), ducking and Voice Carve.
• Over 30 audio effects are built in, including DeNoise, DeReverb, Automatic Click Remover and Vocal Enhancer. Audio Units and VST3 plug-ins work too.

Prefer to watch? See Mix to -14 LUFS.