Normalize an audio clip and compensate with the channel fader

Hi guys,

So I'm trying to put together a little addition to my Mix Prep script.

Basically, as part of preparing a mix in Pro Tools, I like to normalize all imported audio tracks to -12 dBFS to make sure they hit my channel processing in a consistent way.

Following that, I make sure I compensate with the volume faders to maintain the balance of the rough mix.

The way I do this manually is I go through every track and clip gain it so that it peaks at -12 dBFS. Then I adjust the channel fader by the inverted amount. In other words, if a track needs +6 dB of clip gain to hit -12 dBFS, I lower its channel fader by -6 dB to keep the rough mix intact.

Now, this is a tedious process and I was hoping it could be automated.

I know that the AudioSuite version of the Gain plugin has an Analyze button, which reads out the highest peak of the selected clip.

Making use of this, would it be possible with SoundFlow to:

1. Grab that reading
2. Do a bit of math to work out what clip gain adjustment is needed to make it peak at -12 dBFS max
3. Execute the clip gain adjustment
4. Compensate by adjusting the channel fader an equal amount in the opposite direction

Any ideas would be appreciated 🙏🏻

Jonas