Zoom H5/UG/10 Project and File Editing/06 Normalize

• Normalizing

  • WAV format only. Raise the overall level of a WAV project or file that was recorded too quietly.
  • 1. Press MENU, then use the scroll button to select PROJECT (MULTI FILE mode) or FILE LIST (STEREO FILE mode).
  • 2. Select the project or file to normalize, then select EDIT > NORMALIZE.
    • In STEREO FILE mode, skip to step 4.
  • 3. In MULTI FILE mode, select the track to normalize: TRACK L/R, TRACK 1, TRACK 2 or ALL.
    • Track select screen
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    • Note/Info A track with no recorded file cannot be selected.
      

    • Note/Info ALL normalizes every track that has a file. Each file is raised to its own maximum level.
      

    • Note/Info If a track holds several recordings, including overdubs, only the file currently selected for that track is normalized. See Zoom H5/UG/08 Recording/13 Overdubbing.
      

  • 4. Select YES.

  • Note/Info Normalizing raises the level of the whole file by the same amount, so that its peak reaches 0 dBFS.