What you're doing is "essentially" broadcast work, meaning: multiple sources, different processing requirements by source, and killer deadlines. There is a reason SADiE and Samplitude are used in broadcast: they were designed to do the things you need to do fast.
The only thing we can do to is edit the recorded file in sound forge. I appreciate the gear ideas, but thats not an area as a freelancer that I have any say-so.
What order should I:Normalize--What level with RMS?Clipped Peak RestorationClipped Peak DetectionWhat level should I clip the peaks to?Noise ReductionMix from stereo to Mono--Its voice recordingAny other practical steps Im missing for recording speech?Thanks for any help people![/list]