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by Trebor
Sat May 26, 2012 8:28 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: noob, audio recording, need to severely amplify portions
Replies: 6
Views: 4057

Re: noob, audio recording, need to severely amplify portions

Hyperexpand is a quick and dirty way of making everything the same volume ...
hyperexpand then Steve's limiter.wav
(205.98 KiB) Downloaded 111 times
It may be my imagination but 10-12.5 seconds sounds like a man saying "never see her again ... for today".
by Trebor
Sat May 26, 2012 6:16 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: 3 HOUR Audio
Replies: 23
Views: 4599

Re: 3 HOUR Audio

got new 2.0 version, tried to upload the file, a window came up this is a video file, audacity cannot handle it, you must extract the audio went to libraries and it says ffmpeg library version not found If you are upgrading from 1.x to 2.x you'll need a new version of the FFmpeg library ... How do ...
by Trebor
Tue May 22, 2012 4:30 am
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Record a piano thats not playing through PA
Replies: 1
Views: 3085

Re: Record a piano thats not playing through PA

a device called a mixer is used to adjust the relative levels from different microphones, e.g.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/3-channel-micro ... ixer-36158
by Trebor
Sun May 20, 2012 4:19 am
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: Cassette to digital problems using Ion Tape Express
Replies: 11
Views: 16360

Re: Cassette to digital problems using Ion Tape Express

CD plays fine through the PC ... However, trying it on my Bose CD player is total silence - or just mega static and hiss. The car CD player just comes up with CD ERROR and ejects the CD pronto. Don't even get static there. Information can be "burned" into CDs in two patterns : one for any...
by Trebor
Fri May 18, 2012 8:15 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Background track isolation using multiple sources
Replies: 6
Views: 1974

Re: Background track isolation using multiple sources

a free plugin called Kn0ck0ut can produce what is common to two tracks, (aka center-pan isolation) ... http://www.freewebs.com/st3pan0va/ Not sure that will do what you describe, and it does create plenty of digital artifacts. If the complete music , without voice over, is available in parts across ...
by Trebor
Mon May 14, 2012 10:13 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Compressing WAV file to 44.1k?
Replies: 9
Views: 9928

Re: Compressing WAV file to 44.1k?

... the 2.0 didn't recognize the file, but the old 1.2.6 did. Do i still have to DL the LAME thingy for 2.0 I think you mean FFmpeg ... FFmpeg 0.6.2 for Windows and Mac listed below should be used with the latest version of Audacity http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#H...
by Trebor
Thu May 10, 2012 2:44 am
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: Possible undo bug in 2.0
Replies: 4
Views: 1684

Re: Possible undo bug in 2.0

I'm using Windows vista. I’ve just done a clean install of 2.0 : removing ALL old Audacity data beforehand [ including the hidden data about EQCurves in “AppData Roaming” ] and cannot reproduce the fault bug, i.e. my bug report is a false alarm. The annoying fault did occur but seems have been due t...
by Trebor
Wed May 09, 2012 10:48 pm
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: Possible undo bug in 2.0
Replies: 4
Views: 1684

Possible undo bug in 2.0

Possible undo bug in 2.0 This may just be me, when I just tried 2.0 it was not a truly clean install : some folders from the previous audacity version (1.3.11) , e.g. plugins, eq curves, persisted. Workflow 1. Create an equalisation curve. 2. Preview equalisation. 3. Modify curve. [repeat 2-3 until ...
by Trebor
Sat May 05, 2012 8:50 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Garage Rock Vocals
Replies: 4
Views: 5629

Re: Garage Rock Vocals

Any kind of EQ settings or mic placement ideas would be grately appreciated. To close it out, this is the vocal sound I'm trying to get: http://youtu.be/AtDCm56SDHw If you mean when the guy says "1,2,3,4" ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtDCm56SDHw&#t=4s try severely cutting back t...
by Trebor
Sat May 05, 2012 6:25 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Mixing
Replies: 8
Views: 4975

Re: Mixing

Here is a before-after of the treble boost I was on about ... '''so I turn out the light'' original then trebleboost&de-ess.mp3 it should only be applied to the singer, (it will exaggerate sibilance so you may have to de-ess ). [ original ... http://soundcloud.com/four-rivers-band/if-tomorrow-ne...