Accusonus, the smart developers behind many a great audio repair plug-in, have just released another string to their brilliant ERA one knob plug-in bow by adding a rather useful automatic real-time audio leveller tool. ERA Voice Leveler provides a straight forward approach to balancing inconsistent levels within dialog and voice recordings by use of a single dial. There’s no denying that this is a simple plug-in, but the ERA range of plug-ins by Accusonus have time and again proven themselves to be great sounding tools - Is ERA Voice Leveler as good, if not better than the ERA plug-ins that came before?

In this video we demonstrate ERA Voice Leveler in a typically voice mixing application that some of the Production Expert Team regularly have to tackle in their video edits of content we produce for The Production Expert Communities.

If you haven’t yet heard the other 4 ERA single dial plug-ins then watch our video test:

What Does Accusonus Have To Say About ERA Voice Leveler?

ERA Voice Leveler uses new patent-pending algorithms to automatically detect distracting level differences in voice recordings and correct them in real-time. Using the single-knob ERA Voice leveler you can save yourself from hours of manual gain adjustments, without leaving your DAW or NLE environment. Use the Voice Leveler to fix vocal and dialogue volume problems resulting from:

• Intentional or unintentional speaker movements

• Single-microphone recordings of two or more speakers (e.g. interviews, lectures, etc)

• Sudden gain changes due to audio/video edits and re-arrangements in post production

• Time-varying voice-over or vocal performances

The ERA Voice Leveler detects level problems in real time and you can control it with the turn of a simple dial. It also features a “Tight” mode that provides a more focused “radio” sound that stands out from background music (e.g. audio and video ads, podcasts, vlogs, etc). The unique “Emphasis” mode automatically detects problems in tonal balance of voice recordings (for example when a speaker is not directly facing the microphone or has moved significantly from the mic between takes/scenes) and applies subtle processing to correct them and ensure consistent tone and intelligibility. The ERA Voice Leveler will be part of both the ERA Bundle Standard and the ERA Bundle Pro.

Price & Bundle

The new version of the ERA Bundle Standard now includes the following products:

• ERA Voice Leveler (NEW)

• ERA Noise Remover (Updated)

• ERA Reverb Remover (Updated)

• ERA De-Esser (Updated)

• ERA Plosive Remover (Updated)

The new version of the ERA Bundle Pro now includes the following products:

• ERA Voice Leveler (NEW)

• ERA Noise Remover (Updated)

• ERA Reverb Remover (Updated)

• ERA De-Esser (Updated)

Our Verdict

I’m impressed to say the least! If you watched our test video at the top of this article then hopefully you can see and hear that Voice Leveler does exactly what it says on the tin. Chopping up audio clips and adjusting levels using clip gain has been the method I’ve used for levelling audio for years, but this approach can be a bit hit and miss at times, now, I’m going to switch over to using ERA Voice Leveler as it simply works with little intervention. It would be nice if there was a level compensation feature to stop the overall level of the process jumping out of the monitors, apart from that little soft feature request, ERA Voice Leveler is perfection!

More Information On ERA Voice Leveler

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