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by Trebor
Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:58 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: It gets worser everytime I play it :¬o
Replies: 12
Views: 1823

It gets worser everytime I play it :¬o

I remixed a R’n’B track using Audacity … ah gave her all my money.mp3 It sounds OK when first played but increasing amounts of bit-crush type distortion occur on the vocal every time it is replayed, (e.g. if you loop it), The distortion reaches maximum after about 5 plays. The increasing distortion ...
by Trebor
Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:53 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Help before I send files to be mastered
Replies: 8
Views: 2845

Re: Help before I send files to be mastered

Here is an example of a premastered rough demo track (if I can post it here): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6M0DadLFM&feature=related IMO the attack of the envelope is way too steep* in places. This can be caused by the use of “hard” dynamic range compression. The steep attacks can be reduce...
by Trebor
Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:12 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Patriotic Bumble Bee
Replies: 3
Views: 990

Re: Patriotic Bumble Bee

Free-bees* ...

http://www.freesound.org/search/?q=bee


(* freebies, geddit?, Oh please yourself)
by Trebor
Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recording in stereo (SOLVED)
Replies: 6
Views: 994

Re: Recording in stereo

sooo... what do i need to do. i have xp if that helps. where would i go to fix that? Windows sound settings are often optimised for VoIP (internet calls) using programs such as Skype, but these settings can interfere with high quality microphone recordings of music. Turn off all VoIP enhancements a...
by Trebor
Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:05 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: making a demo of my band, need advice
Replies: 70
Views: 11238

Re: making a demo of my band, need advice

If the tracks are a demo to get a booking for a live performance it’s worth bearing in mind that
no-one hearing a live performance will experience the asymmetrical effect you’ve created:
an instrument/singer will never be exclusively heard in one ear, there will always be crossover.
by Trebor
Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:07 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: making a demo of my band, need advice
Replies: 70
Views: 11238

Re: making a demo of my band, need advice

The performance of Pretty woman is very good but mp3 has a lot of clipping … pretty woman mp3, has lots of clipping (going into red).png It can happen in Audacity that there was no clipping on your mix but conversion to mp3 causes clipping , see … http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=118842...
by Trebor
Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:27 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: making a demo of my band, need advice
Replies: 70
Views: 11238

Re: making a demo of my band, need advice

I don't see chorus listed... is that a downloadable plug in? I used the free "Blue Cat's stereo Chorus" plugin (windows only) ... http://downloads.cnet.co.uk/view/mp3-and-audio-software/blue-cats-stereo-chorus-vst-39168831/ Other chorus effects are available. They do something similar to ...
by Trebor
Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:16 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: making a demo of my band, need advice
Replies: 70
Views: 11238

Re: making a demo of my band, need advice

Chorus effect is worth a try ...
by Trebor
Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:53 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Newbie noise reduction help
Replies: 4
Views: 1298

Re: Newbie noise reduction help

Is there any way for Audacity geniuses like you guys to help me out here? Any tricks I should try other than the youtubes tutorials: Get noise profile --> select all --> OK ? The audacity’s “noise removal” can only be successful where the noise is constant throughout the recording, like a hiss arte...