GoldWave Volume Organization and File Saving for Upload

🚀 GoldWave: Volume Optimization and Stable Saving for Your Final Audio Content!

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In our last session, we explored GoldWave’s advanced Mix function for delicately inserting background music.

Now, we will delve into the crucial final stage of high-quality audio content creation: volume organization and file saving methods for upload.

By utilizing GoldWave’s volume adjustment functions and diverse saving options, you can provide optimized sound for your listeners and manage your content stably.

Through this post, master the know-how of perfectly finalizing your audio files with GoldWave to elevate your audio production skills to the next level!

 

🎚️ Why Re-Adjust Volume After Mix: The Start of Volume Problem Solving!

After inserting background music (Mix), the overall audio volume can become louder than the original.

In particular, during the Mix process, the existing voice waveform can also increase, potentially exceeding the allowed maximum volume.

Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the volume again.

The function used for this is Maximize Volume.

• Maximize Volume Settings (Maximum -1dB):
  1. Click the Maximize Volume icon.
  2. Enter -1dB in the ‘Maximum‘ field.
  3. Click ‘OK‘.

This setting creates headroom between the sound’s peak and the allowed volume.

This is a safety measure to prevent sound from clipping or distorting during playback, and it is essential for producing high-quality audio with GoldWave.

 

📊 Checking Average Volume: Loudness Function: A Benchmark for Platform Optimization!

Now, it’s time to check the average volume of the entire audio.

By clicking the L-shaped icon (Loudness) to the left of the speaker, you can check the average volume level of the audio file.

• LUFS (Loudness Units Full Scale):

  The Loudness function displays a unit called LUFS (or LKFS).
  This unit measures perceived loudness based on how humans actually hear volume, and each audio platform provides recommended volume levels based on this standard.

  • Naver Audioclip: -15LUFS (±1) recommended
  • Other Platforms: -13LUFS (±1) recommended

The most common standard is -15LUFS, and it is recommended to adjust the volume to match this standard.

This is an important step to ensure that your audio content produced with GoldWave delivers optimal sound on various platforms.

 

📈 Matching LUFS: Applying with Volume Control: Providing a Consistent Listening Experience!

To match the Loudness (LUFS) value, you can directly enter the desired LUFS value in the volume adjustment window.

 

• Direct LUFS Value Entry:

  1. Directly enter the desired LUFS value into the volume adjustment window (e.g., enter -17 for -17LUFS).
  2. Click ‘OK’ to apply.

 

• Caution for Red Warning Indicator:

  However, a red warning indicator may appear if you try to increase the LUFS too much.
  This means that the sound’s peak level has exceeded the allowed range.
  In such cases, you need to use the Compressor function in conjunction to compress the volume, ensuring consistent volume without sound quality degradation.

 

💾 File Saving: Separating Lossless and Upload Files: Data Management Strategy!

Once the volume adjustment is complete, it’s time to save.

Keeping pre-edited and post-edited files separate enhances workflow stability and makes it easier to revert to the original or use for other purposes later.

• Save Original Pre-Edit File: Save the original as a lossless format (.wav), such as ‘GoldWave Lecture.wav’, to retain the highest quality original.
• Save Post-Edit File: Use ‘Save As…‘ to save with a new name.

Since .wav files are very high quality but large in size, they are primarily used for working, and it’s efficient to convert them to an upload-ready format based on this file.

 

📤 Converting to Upload Files: Optimized Content Distribution!

To upload audio content to podcast or audiobook platforms, you need to convert it to a format that minimizes file size while maintaining minimal sound quality loss.

Commonly used formats include MP3 (.mp3) or AAC (.m4a).

• Conversion Steps:

  1. Click ‘File’ → ‘Save As…’.
  2. Specify the file name.
  3. In ‘File type’, select MP3 (*.mp3) or Media Foundation (*.m4a = *.aac).
  4. Click the ‘Attributes’ button at the bottom to set the sound quality.

 

• Recommended Settings:

• • 44100Hz, 192kbps, stereo
  • 48000Hz, 192kbps, stereo

 

• Caution:

  Saving at a higher setting than the original quality can actually degrade the sound quality.
  Therefore, you should check the original sound quality in the file properties and set it appropriately.
  This is crucial for creating optimized upload files using GoldWave.

 

✂️ Saving Only Selected Areas: Flexibility in Clip Management!

When you want to save only a specific segment during recording, you can use the ‘Save Selection As…’ function.

• Saving Steps:

  1. Select the desired area to save.
  2. Click ‘File‘ → ‘Save Selection As…’.
  3. Choose the save name and extension, then save.

This function is very useful for extracting specific clips from a long audio file for separate management or reuse.

 

📄 Split Saving Using Cue Points: Effectively Managing Long Audio Files!

When you want to divide a recorded file into parts and save them, you can utilize the split saving function with Cue Points.

This is particularly useful for audiobook chapter divisions or podcast segment separation.

• Step 1. Create Cue Points: Create a Cue Point at each desired split location.
• Step 2. Execute Split Function: Click the ‘Cues‘ icon → select ‘Split File…‘.

• Step 3. Set Save Options:
  • Specify Folder: Designate the folder where the split files will be saved.
  • Set File Name Template: Set a file name template (e.g., ‘Gold’ → files will be automatically named ‘Gold 001.mp3’, ‘Gold 002.mp3’, etc.).
  • File Format: Set to ‘Use file’s current format and attributes‘ to maintain the original file’s format and properties.

Afterward, opening the save folder will reveal automatically split files created with the specified names and numbers.

This function is very useful for efficiently organizing long recorded files into parts.

 

🚀 Perfectly Finalize Your Audio Content with GoldWave!

In this post, we’ve thoroughly examined GoldWave’s methods for organizing volume and saving files for upload.

From volume adjustment after Mix (Maximize Volume), checking and adjusting Loudness (LUFS), separating lossless/upload files for saving, saving specific areas, to split saving using Cue Points, all these processes are essential for the final stage of high-quality audio content creation.

By skillfully utilizing these functions, you can produce and distribute more professional and stable audio files with GoldWave.

In our next session, we will learn about ‘File Merging and Advanced Compressor Usage’, further deepening your audio production skills.

The path to becoming a GoldWave Master continues with us!