Boosting Your Outgoing Audio Level for Livestreams

The level at which you record audio normally/locally is substantially lower than the audio level you should send to a livestream.

Recording myself locally for my Podcast Engineering Show, my raw tracks end up being around -25 LUFS.

But the audio level at which I should send my mic’s audio to the stream is around -17 to -19 LUFS.

So boosting up your mic level is important. BTW, some streaming apps and services can adjust your level for you 😉

I boost my level in Audio Hijack, so I can keep my mic and channel strip settings the same for local recording and streaming, so when I stream I jack up the level in Audio Hijack just before it goes out to the livestream.

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