Uneven sound...which filter fixes?

My sound levels in a rather long sequence are uneven.
Which filter do I use to address the problem?
And do I choose all the clips in the sequence and then apply the filter at the same time so that it equals them all out?
Thanks in advance...
PS: what happened to the search feature in the discussion forums?

there is no direct filter to normalise sound in FCP 5 .. you are the filter! its the editors job
that said, if you are using FCP 6 there is now a Soft Normalize filter (i don't have FCP 6 yet so can only report its existence, not how to use it)
in FCP 5 you can send the audio to Soundtrack Pro and apply a normalise filter there.

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9Windows 7 Sound Stutter Solution - Fixed my sound issues.= I have had some?stuttering when I installed windows 7 32-bit and the latest SB drivers for my X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card.
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[svn:fx-trunk] 12222: Updating FXGUtils to 638523, which includes fixes for ...

Revision: 12222
Revision: 12222
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-11-25 20:22:52 -0800 (Wed, 25 Nov 2009)
Log Message:
Updating FXGUtils to 638523, which includes fixes for...
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QE notes: N/A
Doc notes: N/A
Bugs: N/A
Reviewer: Sujata
Tests run: Checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: Yes
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When you try to list some audio related names (such as mix name, port name, control name) by using java sound api, and if the names are writtened by non-ascii character such as Chinese, you will get the strange characters, that means java sound api does not support internationalization character. Here is the sample:
*     SystemMixerFrame.java
* Copyright (c) 2001 - 2002 by Matthias Pfisterer
* All rights reserved.
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
* this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
* "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
* LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
* INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
* (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
* SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
* HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
* STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
* ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
* OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
import javax.sound.sampled.BooleanControl;
import javax.sound.sampled.CompoundControl;
import javax.sound.sampled.Control;
import javax.sound.sampled.EnumControl;
import javax.sound.sampled.FloatControl;
import javax.sound.sampled.Line;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
import javax.sound.sampled.Mixer;
import javax.sound.sampled.Port;
IDEAS:
- user setting tab style vs. show complete windows for multiple mixers (horicontal/vertical)
- user setting unix style (L/R volume) vs. windows style (volume/balance)
/**     TODO:
public class TestSystemMixer {
     /**     TODO:
     private static final Port.Info[]     EMPTY_PORT_INFO_ARRAY = new Port.Info[0];
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          new TestSystemMixer();
          System.exit(0);
     /**     TODO:
     public TestSystemMixer()
          List portMixers = getPortMixers();
          if (portMixers.size() == 0) {
               out("There are no mixers that support Port lines.SystemMixer: Error");
               System.exit(1);
          Iterator iterator = portMixers.iterator();
          while (iterator.hasNext())
               Mixer     mixer = (Mixer) iterator.next();
               String     strMixerName = mixer.getMixerInfo().getName();
               out("mixername:" + strMixerName);
               createMixerPanel(mixer);
     /**     Returns the Mixers that support Port lines.
     private List getPortMixers()
          List supportingMixers = new ArrayList();
          Mixer.Info[]     aMixerInfos = AudioSystem.getMixerInfo();
          for (int i = 0; i < aMixerInfos.length; i++)
               Mixer     mixer = AudioSystem.getMixer(aMixerInfos);
               boolean     bSupportsPorts = arePortsSupported(mixer);
               if (bSupportsPorts)
                    supportingMixers.add(mixer);
          return supportingMixers;
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     // should be implemented by:
     // Mixer.isLineSupported(new Line.Info(Port.class))
     private boolean arePortsSupported(Mixer mixer)
          Line.Info[]     infos;
          infos = mixer.getSourceLineInfo();
          for (int i = 0; i < infos.length; i++)
               if (infos[i] instanceof Port.Info)
                    return true;
          infos = mixer.getTargetLineInfo();
          for (int i = 0; i < infos.length; i++)
               if (infos[i] instanceof Port.Info)
                    return true;
          return false;
     /**     TODO:
     private void createMixerPanel(Mixer mixer)
          Port.Info[]     infosToCheck = getPortInfo(mixer);
          for (int i = 0; i < infosToCheck.length; i++)
               Port     port = null;
               try
                    port = (Port) mixer.getLine(infosToCheck[i]);
                    port.open();
               catch (LineUnavailableException e)
                    e.printStackTrace();
               if (port != null)
                    createPortPanel(port);
     /**     TODO:
     private Port.Info[] getPortInfo(Mixer mixer)
          Line.Info[]     infos;
          List portInfoList = new ArrayList();
          infos = mixer.getSourceLineInfo();
          for (int i = 0; i < infos.length; i++)
               if (infos[i] instanceof Port.Info)
                    portInfoList.add((Port.Info) infos[i]);
          infos = mixer.getTargetLineInfo();
          for (int i = 0; i < infos.length; i++)
               if (infos[i] instanceof Port.Info)
                    portInfoList.add((Port.Info) infos[i]);
          Port.Info[]     portInfos = (Port.Info[]) portInfoList.toArray(EMPTY_PORT_INFO_ARRAY);
          return portInfos;
     /**     TODO:
     private void createPortPanel(Port port)
          String     strPortName = ((Port.Info) port.getLineInfo()).getName();
          out("Portname:" + strPortName);
          Control[]     aControls = port.getControls();
//          for (int i = 0; i < aControls.length; i++)
          if (aControls.length > 1) {
               // In fact in the windows system, it named SPEAKER port, and it contains play controls.
               out("ignore the port " + strPortName + " that contains more than one control.");
          } else {
               // this is record control.
               out("control:" + aControls[0].toString());
               createControlComponent(aControls[0]);
               if (aControls[0] instanceof FloatControl)
               else
     /**     TODO:
     private void createControlComponent(Control control)
          if (control instanceof BooleanControl)
          String          strControlName = control.getType().toString();
          out("sub control type BooleanControl:" + strControlName);
          else if (control instanceof EnumControl)
          String     strControlName = control.getType().toString();
          out("sub control type EnumControl:" + strControlName);
          System.out.println("WARNING: EnumControl is not yet supported");
          else if (control instanceof FloatControl)
          String     strControlName = control.getType().toString();
          out("sub control type FloatControl:" + strControlName);
          else if (control instanceof CompoundControl)
          String     strControlName = control.getType().toString();
          out("sub control type CompoundControl:" + strControlName);
          Control[]     aControls = ((CompoundControl)control).getMemberControls();
          for (int i = 0; i < aControls.length; i++)
               Control con = aControls[i];
               if (con instanceof BooleanControl) {
                    out("sub sub control type BooleanControl:" + con.getType().toString());
                    if (strControlName.equalsIgnoreCase("Stereo Mix")) {
                         ((BooleanControl) con).setValue(true);
               else if (con instanceof EnumControl) {
                    out("sub sub control type EnumControl:" + con.getType().toString());
               else if (con instanceof FloatControl)
                    if (isBalanceOrPan((FloatControl) con))
                    out("sub sub control type FloatControl balance:" + con.getType().toString());
                    else
                    out("sub sub control type FloatControl pan:" + con.getType().toString());
               else
     /** Returns whether the type of a FloatControl is BALANCE or PAN.
     private static boolean isBalanceOrPan(FloatControl control)
          Control.Type type = control.getType();
          return type.equals(FloatControl.Type.PAN) || type.equals(FloatControl.Type.BALANCE);
     private static void out(String message)
          System.out.println(message);
/*** SystemMixerFrame.java ***/
Compile and run the code below on non-ascii Windows OS, you will catch the problem.
The solution I provide:
Download the jdk 1.4.2 source, search the files named PortMixer.c && PortMixerProvider.c and replace the method "NewStringUTF" with the method below:
jstring WindowsTojstring2( JNIEnv* env, char* str )
jstring rtn = 0;
int slen = strlen(str);
unsigned short* buffer = 0;
if( slen == 0 )
rtn = (*env)->NewStringUTF(env,str );
else
int length = MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, (LPCSTR)str, slen, NULL, 0 );
buffer = malloc( length*2 + 1 );
if( MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, (LPCSTR)str, slen, (LPWSTR)buffer, length ) >0 )
rtn = (*env)->NewString( env, (jchar*)buffer, length );
if( buffer )
free( buffer );
return rtn;
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Then the problem solved. I also hope sun will fix the problem in the future version of JDK.
Or any one can help me to submit this article to the sun JDK team.
Jiawei Zhang
From Chinese, The city of Shanghai.
MSN: [email protected]

If you only wanted to get a beep you could have used Toolkit.beep
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<Edited by Moderator>

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7105039&#7105039
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6935620&#6935620
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Apple is also aware of the problem for some time. I recall longer threads about this. People started the rather "Windoish" fix of writing an Apple script for it.
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I got the idea that this might only apply for people using pop accounts, can anyone confirm?
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