07-30-2015, 01:51 PM
cbelt3 wrote:
You say compression, but it sounds like you want volume limiting. Yes ? Two very different things.
Two sides of basically the same thing. Whenever you limit dynamic range, you've compressed it, and peak limiting is included in that. Even if you don't bring up the softer parts the dynamic range is still lesser.
free, you might also try headphones. You can set the volume to work with the loud parts, and the isolation they afford should allow the quiet parts to be heard better than if listening through speakers.