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by sfnch
Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:18 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Drum smashes from the 1980's . . . Can we tone them down..?
Replies: 3
Views: 480

Re: Drum smashes from the 1980's . . . Can we tone them down

Well, I had a go with the Dynamic Range Compressor and whatever I do with the Threshold, Noise Floor, Ratio, Attack Time or Decay Time, etc, it doesn't seem to make any difference whatsoever to the actual sound in Preview . . .

Oh well, never mind . . . thanks all the same
by sfnch
Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:00 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Drum smashes from the 1980's . . . Can we tone them down..?
Replies: 3
Views: 480

Re: Drum smashes from the 1980's . . . Can we tone them down

Many thanks Doug, just what I was looking for . . . Yes, complete tracks.

I'll spend a bit of time with the dynamic compression . . . I've never noticed it before, thanks for the explanation :D
by sfnch
Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Drum smashes from the 1980's . . . Can we tone them down..?
Replies: 3
Views: 480

Drum smashes from the 1980's . . . Can we tone them down..?

Hi: I have a few tracks I've like for the past twenty five or so years and now I have them in mp3 form I was wondering if it is possible to use Audacity to tone down the mechanical, overbearing and somewhat tedious drum machine sound that was very popular in those days but has always seemed, to me, ...