Adjusting Volume

Fission enables you to losslessly adjust the volume of audio files in two ways, with manual Gain Adjustment as well as the Normalize function.

Gain Adjustment



Gain Button
The Gain Adjustment button

Selecting audio causes the Gain Adjustment button to appear. Clicking it brings up the Gain Adjustment slider (seen below). Using this slider, the volume of the audio can be set all the way down to silence or up to the maximum possible value.

Gain Slider
The Gain Adjustment slider

Run-Through
Let's run through the steps to adjust the volume of a selection.

Step 1) Open your audio file and enter Select mode.

Step 2) Select the audio you wish to adjust by clicking and dragging in the waveform.

Step 3) Once you have the audio selected, click the Gain Adjustment button, then drag the slider up or down to adjust the volume level.

Step 4) Save the audio out by clicking Save Audio. You're all set!

Normalize



Normalize Button
The Normalize button

Normalize increases the gain of the selected audio, so that the loudest sample is at set to the maximum possible value. Simply put, this makes the selection as loud as possible without causing distortion. Select audio, then click the Normalize button (as seen above) to normalize the selection.

Run-Through
Let's run through the steps to normalize a selection.

Step 1) Open your audio file and enter Select mode.

Step 2) Select the audio you wish to normalize by clicking and dragging in the waveform.

Step 3) Once you have the audio selected, click the Normalize button in the toolbar or choosing Normalize Selection from the Clip menu.

Step 4) Save the audio out by clicking Save Audio. You're all set!