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 === Gemini === === Gemini ===
  
-Step 1: Normalize Clips (Quick Leveling)+**Step 1: Normalize Clips (Quick Leveling)** 
 Before touching the mixer, you want to bring all your clips into the same "ballpark." Before touching the mixer, you want to bring all your clips into the same "ballpark."
  
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 This ensures no clip is peaking, but brings the quiet ones up to a usable starting point. This ensures no clip is peaking, but brings the quiet ones up to a usable starting point.
  
-Step 2: Use the "Dynamics" Compressor (Consistency within Tracks)+**Step 2: Use the "Dynamics" Compressor (Consistency within Tracks)** 
 To fix volume changes within a single track (e.g., someone leaning away from the mic), you need a Compressor. To fix volume changes within a single track (e.g., someone leaning away from the mic), you need a Compressor.
  
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 This "squashes" the loud parts so you can turn the whole track up without clipping. This "squashes" the loud parts so you can turn the whole track up without clipping.
  
-Step 3: Normalize the Mix to -14 LUFS+**Step 3: Normalize the Mix to -14 LUFS** 
 Instead of guessing with the faders, use Resolve's built-in Loudness Normalization tool at the very end. Instead of guessing with the faders, use Resolve's built-in Loudness Normalization tool at the very end.
  
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 When you render, Resolve will automatically analyze the entire timeline and adjust the final master volume so that the average (Integrated) loudness hits exactly -14 LUFS. When you render, Resolve will automatically analyze the entire timeline and adjust the final master volume so that the average (Integrated) loudness hits exactly -14 LUFS.
  
-Step 4: The "Pro" Shortcut (Vocal Leveler)+**Step 4: The "Pro" Shortcut (Vocal Leveler)** 
 If you are on Resolve Studio, there is a specialized "Magic" effect: If you are on Resolve Studio, there is a specialized "Magic" effect:
  
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 Drag this onto your Dialogue tracks (or a Dialogue Bus). Drag this onto your Dialogue tracks (or a Dialogue Bus).
 This plugin uses AI to automatically adjust the gain in real-time to keep voices at a consistent level. It’s significantly faster than manual compression. This plugin uses AI to automatically adjust the gain in real-time to keep voices at a consistent level. It’s significantly faster than manual compression.
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 +Summary Checklist:
 +  * Clip Normalization: Gets them in the ballpark.
 +  * Compression: Smooths out the "hills and valleys" within the track.
 +  * Loudness Normalization (on Export): Hits the -14 LUFS target perfectly.
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 +Would you like me to show you how to set up an Audio Bus so you can apply one single Compressor to all 6 tracks at once?
  
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