Custom sounds are too quiet, how to make them louder without distortion?

[Drakous]

So i've been out of the Bethesda games sound modding for...well, since fallout 3 so a long time. I made this AGES ago without issue: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/7597?tab=videos

 

I am wanting to make custom cannon firing sounds for the Broadsider but I can't for the LIFE of me figure out how to make them like for like volume in game. They are always incredible quiet.

 

This is a not, semi final sound of the sound I want in-game: https://clyp.it/nfqvhtqq?token=6e717a0f3a5f07d84f05e71e1a4fdad0

 

As you can tell, it's pretty loud and it's stereo mixed.

 

In game, I'd say, using that sites volume slider as a game audio reference, that's it's not even 25% as loud in game. That...hugely out of whack.

 

I am not using the popular reverb enhancement mod found on the nexus as I feel that causes too many issues elsewhere with interiors, I have simply created the folder structure for the Broadsider weapon, plopped my sound in game and there we go.

 

How can i make it sound in game as raw as possible, and much much louder like the original clip at 100% volume should be? Am I doing something painfully obviously wrong?

 

Any help would be appreciated :).