Decay restoration

[Serbel]

Hi!

I've got a file with the decay sound cut. Can it be restored somehow so that the result sounded more or less natural?

[steve]

You could try stretching the tail with the "Sliding Time Scale / Pitch Shift" effect, then use the Envelope Tool to shape the stretched tail into a natural decay shape.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/sl ... shift.html
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/envelope_tool.html

[Trebor]

Possibly a job for "Paul Stretch" which now comes with Audacity.
Make a copy of what you've got and stretch it, then blend the stretched version with the original.
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 614#p99614

[kozikowski]

Did you try to use a new Windows laptop to record Music? That can produce a very highly damaged tail on a recording and that show may be unrecoverable. Windows is doing that. You can turn that effect off in the Windows Control Panels.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... hancements

Koz

[Serbel]

Thank you for the ideas. I've tried it with the usual Sliding time scale and it wasn't quite what I wanted. I'll try the Paul Stretch too, need to update Audacity first.
What I came up to myself was to generate new reverb, but there was always a problem with the sharp transition between the original sound and the generated one.

Did you try to use a new Windows laptop to record Music?

No, the file is recorded by a friend of mine and he has lost the original MD.

[Trebor]

... What I came up to myself was to generate new reverb, but there was always a problem with the sharp transition between the original sound and the generated one.

Try "Cross Fade".