Increasing volume

[Michael Bauer]

I inadvertently messed up recording a guitar track.  I set the mic up in front of my amp as usual and recorded.  What I didn't realize was that the mics from my drum mixing board were still hooked up instead and the signal I got was coming from them.  I noticed it after the recording was done and thought it sounded interesting so I kept it.  What I didn't realize was that the volume was too low.  I figured I could just start with that track at high volume, build the others up from there  then use the Master volume to compensate at the end.   That was a no go.  Is there any way to get the volume to an acceptable level without re-recording?   What I did try was adding an volume envelope, but when I added it, it was already maxed.  Next thing I tried was have it at the high volume then paste it into a new track.  That brought it up a little, but not enough.  Any ideas?  Thanks. 

[Byron Dickens]

Cut your losses and re-record it.

[Promidi]

Normalise it?

[John Vere]

It will probably have a terrible noise floor. @Promidi  suggestion is the best way as if can take a -40 db track all the way to zero. But best to set it at -8.0 db. Normalize is found in Process. 
But what mr @bdickens said is the truth.

Edited March 27, 2022 by John Vere

[Promidi]

2 minutes ago, John Vere said:

It will probably have a terrible noise floor. @Promidi 

Yes that's true.....  if rerecording is out.... then maybe a noise reduction plugin might help (like RX9 Standard or Melda's Mspectraldynamics)

[John Vere]

For a guitar track probably won’t matter but you certainly wouldn’t do this to vocals 

Edited March 27, 2022 by John Vere

[Byron Dickens]

Honest to god, it'll be a lot faster to just re-record the part then try to fix it.

 

If you had just done that when you noticed the mistake, you'd be finished by now.

Edited March 27, 2022 by bdickens

[Michael Bauer]

It's been a long time for me since using DAWs.  Last time I used one on a steady basis was in the 2000s so this is basically new to me.  Thanks to the ones who took the time to give considerate answers.  To the other, well....  We all started at the same level.

[User 905133]

10 hours ago, Promidi said:

Yes that's true.....  if rerecording is out.... then maybe a noise reduction plugin might help (like RX9 Standard or Melda's Mspectraldynamics)

I haven't tried this myself, but here's a recent tutorial for MSpectralDynamics on getting rid of guitar noise and hum.