How do I boost audio??

I have a project where I've blended some audio bytes with a music soundtrack. The problem is that my audio is too faint, and I cant really bring up the volume anymore on it. Isn't there a way to duplicate the whole audio track and stack them so I can boost the overall volume of the audio? So, when I try to simply duplicate that track, it duplicates it but throws all the audio off to the right. I need it to line up with all the track above. Make sense? Please help!
Thanks!

Chris Owen1 wrote:
How do I boost audio
Of course, that could mean "how do I steal audio" depending on which definition of "boost"...
I have a project where I've blended some audio bytes with a music soundtrack. The problem is that my audio is too faint, and I cant really bring up the volume anymore on it. Isn't there a way to duplicate the whole audio track and stack them so I can boost the overall volume of the audio? So, when I try to simply duplicate that track, it duplicates it but throws all the audio off to the right. I need it to line up with all the track above. Make sense? Please help!
Don't do that!
All audio is relative, in a mix. So the way to boost a single track is to lower everything else.
A few tips:
• 1st, your original audio file might be too low to begin with, which might be causing some of the problems. You want to record a hot enough signal, loud enough to begin with, without clipping (going into the red) that it gives you all the volume you need to work with without distortion.
• 2nd, having recorded it, whatever it is, you can apply compression in order to make it sound louder within your mix. Choose the compression effect, and play with the settings. It will let you squash its overall dynamic range, and therefore raise its average level, making it sound louder overall. The last stage of the compressor, makeup gain, allows you to boost its output. If you don't understand exactly how it works, it might be worth it to play with the settings and research "audio compression" through google for more explanation.
• 3rd, lower the level of the other tracks (so they are softer, relative to the track you want to make louder), and then raise the main level of the entire mix, so the whole thing is louder again.

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