Trebor
March 24, 2022, 7:22am
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Its probably not possible to make a silk purse out of a Sow’s ear, but I’ve had pretty good luck so far I think.
New recordings are even worse, yea just make it LOUD ! Never mind the fact its recorded way too loud, which wrecks the dynamics of the recording …
Undoing dynamic-range-compression is next to impossible.
Expansion is the opposite of compression.
I recently found a free plugin which is capable of multi-[6]-band expansion …
https://www.toneboosters.com/support.html
click on “Where can I find older (legacy v3) plugins ?”.
Many are improved versions of Jeroen Breebaart plugins, (32-bit Windows only),
but these (v3) are 64-bit versions, Windows & Mac.
DeEssers, compressors, equalizers, limiters, tape emulation, device/room emulation, bit-crush, gate, reverb, chorus, delay …
IMO well worth the effort of download.
Here is a simpler 2-band expander plugin (billed as an exciter) … [Free] [VST/AU plugin] La Petite Excite