LOW dialogue sound, LOUD music

[Stealth3si]

I have a stereo file that has LOW dialogue but LOUD music. I use Besweet for most of my audio needs. How do I raise the volume of the dialogue but retain the volume level of the music at one time? I tried using dynamic compression by boosting it but the music is still louder than the dialogue. thx.

[ark]

This is a job requiring a SUPER COMPUTER.

[guns1inger]

Too late to really do much. You might be able to use notch filters to isolate the dialogue a little, but then you would probably have to re-mix it with the original to get clarity back to the music. It is one of those problems that requires a lot of effort for minimal gain.

[mazinz]

Stealth3si,
whats the source on the stereo file? It sounds more as if it came from a badly done 5.1 to 2.0 conversion of somekind

[Stealth3si]

the souce is ac3 5.1.. ----> ac3 stereo USING BESWEET

either case, low dialogue loud music...

[mazinz]

I figured as much. Your best bet is to have besweet "make 6 wave streams". This option will seperate the 5.1 into 6 wavs, easily labeled for you.
Next would be to use an app like soundforge or goldwave and lower the music (usually found on the back/rear left/right channels). This way it will not over power the vocals. You can also increase the vocal track (usually the center or front left/right channels) if you desire to do so.
You then need to make at least one stereo track from these mono ones (yes a seperated 5.1 are actually all mono). For example putting the front left and right channels as stereo.
Once that is done, copy/paste the remaining audio tracks on top of each other (using a mix fucntion) and that will properly downstream your 5.1 to a 2.0 stereo track.

Essentially all your are doing is lowering the volume of some of the audio tracks and then putting them all together in one stereo stream

[guns1inger]

Now, if you had said "I have a5.1 audio file and when I mix it down to stereo with besweet . . . . . . " you would have got better answers sooner. We should not have to drag the details out of you.

[Stealth3si]

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