You can see, in the image above, that the middle portion of the track is louder than the left and right portions of it.
Here’s how to use the Envelope Tool to reduce the amplitude of that section, so that it’s, more or less, at the same amplitude as the rest of the track.
Start by clicking on the thin purple line to the left of the section that is too loud.
This creates a control point, which appears as a white dot, which lets you change the track’s amplitude.
Don’t create one right at the start of where you want to adjust.
Allow a bit of space.
Then create another one, but this time, create it just before where you want to adjust the amplitude.
Now, create two on the right-hand side.
At this point, your track will look similar to the image below.
Why did I have you create two control points on either side, instead of just one?
Because doing this, allows you to affect a discrete section, without affecting the area around it.
With the four control points created, you then move the inner control points down, until the amplitude matches the amplitude of the surrounding region.
I’m not an audio engineer, so I adjust it until, visually, it appears to be approximately the same.
Here’s why I had you select a region of the track before we got started.
Tap the space bar to play the selection, so that you can audibly confirm if you’ve adjusted the section enough.
If it’s not quite right yet, adjust it down further, and then play the selection again, to check.
If it sounds right to you, you’re done.
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