(This idea comes what what we’ve heard here in this community as well as from other customer feedback methods we utilize. The feedback we gather here will help us gauge how well it fits our users’ needs. Please let us know what you think)
The Problem:
Audio inconsistencies mean that my users are turning their volume up and down and sometimes I’m scaring them with uncomfortably loud volume after a previously quiet clip
Potential Solution:
A colored audio meter on the recorder (with target audio levels) so I can make sure my voice is “just right.”
(edit to original post based on feedback) Another use case with the same underlying problem is normalizing audio across media with a editor based solution
The Problem:
Audio inconsistencies mean that my users are turning their volume up and down and sometimes I’m scaring them with uncomfortably loud volume after a previously quiet clip
Potential Solution:
A colored audio meter on the recorder (with target audio levels) so I can make sure my voice is “just right.”
(edit to original post based on feedback) Another use case with the same underlying problem is normalizing audio across media with a editor based solution
David D, Technical Product Manager - Camtasia
Posted 3 years ago
Not only a meter while recording but a meter during playback in post as well PLEASE! We have to know where our levels are at!
I was using the Orban loudness meter, but since Windoze10 came out, I am unable to get it to work with my USB audio output devices. A built in program loudness meter, selectable between Volume Unites and Digital levels would be awesome. Perhaps make it compatible with third party VST plug ins?
https://www.google.com/search?q=VST+plug+ins&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=VST+plugins&tbm=shop
https://www.google.com/search?q=VST+plug+ins&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=VST+plugins&tbm=shop
editing audio voulmes is very tough need a larger controller
I think a sliding numerical scale to adjust volume at an audio or series of selected audio points would be very helpful
David D, Technical Product Manager - Camtasia
I would like to see something like what is in Adobe Premiere. (See picture) 
It is easier to see what the real volume level is, instead of depending on my perception of what the audio volume is coming out of my speakers.
It is easier to see what the real volume level is, instead of depending on my perception of what the audio volume is coming out of my speakers.
To David D, Techsmith,
With respect, you need to read this entire thread and the threads merged into it. Multiple people have submitted very detailed technical requests, more details in fact than your survey. This thread and the threads merged into it go back multiple years, please read the whole thing, many of us have contributed many details. Perhaps you could ask questions about some of the very detailed requests posted previously. Thank you.
With respect, you need to read this entire thread and the threads merged into it. Multiple people have submitted very detailed technical requests, more details in fact than your survey. This thread and the threads merged into it go back multiple years, please read the whole thing, many of us have contributed many details. Perhaps you could ask questions about some of the very detailed requests posted previously. Thank you.
David D, Technical Product Manager - Camtasia
@davemillman, We definitely read the entire thread more than a few times. We should have explained what the survey is trying to accomplish. There's roughly 2 buckets the ideas/problems fall into (and I'm generalizing a bit here) a) audio leveling while a user is making a recording b) audio leveling in the editor. The survey is to help us understand which portion of users fall in the "while recording" vs "during editing" groups. Not trying to diminish the importance of the detailed responses. Those details are being considered.
I'm not sure the questions in the survey portray those two options. I understood the two questions to be a type of manual adjustment vs. automatic adjustment. From your questions above, I'd prefer to do the audio editing in the editor, but I also want to be able to adjust it manually. I've tried the automatic noise cancellation and other features before, but they distort the audio. Essentially, I want an audio monitor that tells me at what db level my audio is at, so I can adjust it in the editor accordingly.
So there is manual adjustment of the audio available at the moment (and hopefully Techsmith wouldn't take this away). The issue with the adjustment currently is that you can adjust it but there is no reference to what is a clean and what is a distorted signal i.e. no reference to 0dBU.
hopefully if there was an automatic adjustment (normalization feature) added, the manual control of audio level would still remain...
David D, Technical Product Manager - Camtasia
David D, Technical Product Manager - Camtasia
David D, Technical Product Manager - Camtasia