I made Level Lift because I kept reaching the last step of making a video and finding that the audio was simply too quiet. I wanted a small way to fix that without pulling the audio out, editing it somewhere else, and putting it back together again.
Choose a video from Photos, let Level Lift measure its audio, then make a separate, better-levelled copy when you are happy with it. Your original video stays where it is.
What it does
- Choose a video from Photos.
- Wait while Level Lift analyses the audio.
- Choose a normalising mode and make any adjustment you need.
- Make a new video with the adjusted audio.
- Compare it with the original, then save or share the new copy.
Level Lift works on your device. It does not upload your video, ask you to create an account, or replace your original.
Two ways to normalise
Peak mode
Peak mode looks at the loudest moment in a video and adjusts the whole track so that peak reaches the ceiling you choose. The default ceiling is −0.1 dBFS.
There is also an optional Boost control. It can help when a single loud transient is holding everything else back, but higher settings are more forceful and can sound crunchy. Starting at 0 dB is usually sensible.
Social mode
Social mode measures the loudness of the whole video and aims for −14 LUFS, with a −1.0 dB limiter ceiling. It is a useful starting point for sharing, not a promise of how another platform will handle your audio after upload.
What it does not do
Level Lift is not a full audio studio. It does not add EQ, noise reduction, or broad compression, and it cannot guarantee what Instagram, TikTok, or another service will do to a video after upload.
It is just a direct way to make the audio already inside an existing video more useful. If you use it, I hope it removes one awkward little step from your process.