I’m new to audacity, and I’ve been using it to fix some mp3 files after digitalising them from my cassettes, and I have a major problem with two files that I can’t seem to fix. They both sound like they’ve been played through a bad speaker at full volume, if you understand what I mean
They also have the cassette hissing noise, which is normal for cassettes, but considering I want to put them on CD, it’s a bit annoying
Hi there, I’ve tried changing the bitrate through Audacity, but I know it wouldn’t change anything as the audio quality is still bad due to the cassette recording. Also, I didn’t use the website x2convert, but I used a different one. I’m not too worried about any badware, as I have a very good virus/malware/etc protection for my browser and PC. I know Audacity can export in mp3, but my digitiser decided to put it into a weird format.
I was mainly wondering if I can make the files sound better, or if someone could help me do it. Thank you for the advice though
MP3 damage (from using too low kbps) is irreversible and unrepairable. You will need to get a new copy of the music and avoid using low bit-rate MP3.
The recommended procedure when recording music is to export a backup / archive copy in WAV format (high quality), and then if you require an MP3, export another copy as MP3.
It’s not just the bit rate of the mp3 recording though, it’s also bad quality on cassette since I only recently inherited some of these cassettes and some of them are over 40 years old. I’m unable to get another copy, and if I re-digitise it, it would still be crap, except in a in a higher quality
I know friends of whom have taken old cassettes to professionals for them to be digitised and remastered/fixed up so the mp3 had a better quality than the cassette, but they’ve had to pay quite a bit for it
