Originally Posted by Bob Calver
not sure how the loudness/normalise would work with a compressor in a single pass but if you export the orignal wav with a heavy compression to smooth it out then normalise the compressed wav it may solve your problem.

you might need to experiment with the compression so you don't lose dynamicsand attack
Hmmm, a compressor.

Compression reduces the overall dynamic range of a piece of audio by detecting when it exceeds a specified level, and then attenuating it by a specified amount. Put simply, it narrows the difference between the loudest and softest parts of a track so that it’s more consistent in level.
https://splice.com/blog/what-is-compression/

Even though I'm trying to even out the loudness of the cymbal (not necessarily narrow the difference between the loudest and the softest), this still might work and is worth a try. I'm sure lots experimenting is needed, but I'm game smile

Thanks Bob.

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