Free audio normalizer
Even out audio that is too quiet in places and too loud in others. Upload your file and Hilite brings the whole recording to one consistent level, so listeners stop reaching for the volume halfway through.
Normalize your audio in three steps
- 1
Upload your audio
Drag and drop, or choose a file. MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, and FLAC all work.
- 2
Hilite evens out the levels
Quiet passages come up, loud peaks come down, and the recording settles at one consistent level.
- 3
Preview and export
Listen back, download the result, or keep editing in Hilite.
Keep working inside the Hilite editor
Your uploaded files open directly in a focused editor view. Arrange your clips, preview the timeline, adjust transitions, and export when the track sounds perfectly right.
- Compare the before and after
- Keep the voice natural
- Adjust the result before export
Input formats
Output formats
Built for every kind of audio
Whatever you are making, this tool helps you get to a cleaner, more useful result, then hand off to Hilite to enhance and polish.
- Interviews with uneven guestsOne person leaning in, one leaning back. Level them out.
- Episodes stitched from clipsSegments recorded on different days should sound like one episode.
- Music under voiceKeep the voice above the bed the whole way through.
- Audiobooks and long readsConsistency matters most when someone listens for an hour.
Made for podcasters and their teams
Trim the dead air off the top and tail, and every recording is ready to edit, enhance, and publish.
FAQ
Common questions
If you do not see your question here, the support team replies within one business day.
- It adjusts the whole recording so its loudness sits at a consistent target, rather than jumping between quiet and loud. It is the difference between a listener adjusting the volume repeatedly and never thinking about it.
- Normalizing changes the overall level of the file. Compression narrows the gap between the loudest and quietest moments inside it. Most spoken audio benefits from a little of both.
- Most podcast platforms target around -16 LUFS for stereo and -19 LUFS for mono. If you are not sure, aim for consistency first: it matters more than hitting an exact number.
- Raising a level cannot bring back detail that was already clipped during recording. Hilite lifts the level without pushing the peaks past the point where they break up.
- MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, and FLAC.
- Yes, free to start. Larger files and some export options need a free Hilite account.
Stop making listeners reach for the volume
Even out your levels, then continue in Hilite to edit, transcribe, and publish.