I use Maschine+ exclusively in standalone mode. I have a clip that's about 4 minutes in length containing the recording of a singer singing the lyrics/melody of a song. In some parts of the clip, the singer is singing closer to the mic and is louder, and other parts of the clip the singer is singing away from the mic and is quieter. It's never so extreme that there is clipping or no sound, but there's enough variation to sound unprofessional in it's current state. I've already applied compression to the clip to even out the peaks and valleys, but it's not enough, and I have a hunch that compression can only get me so far in addressing this. I'm assuming I need to go into the particularly quiet phrases of the recording and increase the gain/volume.
What's the most efficient way to level out the volume of minutes long vocal recording (loaded into a sound via the audio plugin) that's already had compression applied to it? Should I go into the Sample Editor and somehow increase the gain in the quiet parts of the waveform? Or would it be more efficient to apply volume automation to the clip somehow? Or something else?
Any tips and tricks on how to do this in the most efficient and effective way would be much appreciated.