Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

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Re: Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

Post by steve » Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:13 pm

bomber1978 wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:45 pm
Is there a way I can find the details of what the actual adjustments that treble EQ preset is applying?
There's some information in the manual here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/bas ... reble.html
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Re: Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

Post by bomber1978 » Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:13 pm

steve wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:13 pm
bomber1978 wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:45 pm
Is there a way I can find the details of what the actual adjustments that treble EQ preset is applying?
There's some information in the manual here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/bas ... reble.html
Thanks Steve, my old PC I don’t change things on anymore which I’ll be working at this afternoon in some spare time isn’t the current Audacity, will this bass & treble change to treble make the same levels adjustment on older version Audacity?, I’m not sure if maybe you’ve updated the levels it adjusts in newer versions.
Also you said increase treble +24, but the slider does not go up to 24, however I can type +24 into the box, I presume that is OK?
Thanks again!
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Re: Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

Post by steve » Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:21 pm

The "Bass and Treble" effect is the same now as when I first wrote it ;)
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Re: Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

Post by bomber1978 » Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:23 pm

steve wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:21 pm
The "Bass and Treble" effect is the same now as when I first wrote it ;)
I edited last post as you replied...
So I’ll ask here again, you said increase treble +24, but the slider does not go up to 24, however I can type +24 into the box, I presume that is OK?

Thanks!

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Re: Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

Post by steve » Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:54 pm

bomber1978 wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:23 pm
but the slider does not go up to 24,
:shock:
How old is the version of Audacity that you are using?
Audacity's built-in "Bass and Treble" effect was added in it's current over 5 years ago, and the slider range was +/- 30 dB, as now.

There was an even older version that had slider ranges of +/- 15 dB which I wrote around 2013. You're not still using that version are you? :?
If you are, then to get +24 dB boost, apply it twice with +12 dB boost each time.
As far as I remember, the filter characteristics of that ancient version were the same, but with a smaller range and without "real time preview".
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Re: Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

Post by bomber1978 » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:10 am

steve wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:54 pm
bomber1978 wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:23 pm
but the slider does not go up to 24,
:shock:
How old is the version of Audacity that you are using?
Audacity's built-in "Bass and Treble" effect was added in it's current over 5 years ago, and the slider range was +/- 30 dB, as now.

There was an even older version that had slider ranges of +/- 15 dB which I wrote around 2013. You're not still using that version are you? :?
If you are, then to get +24 dB boost, apply it twice with +12 dB boost each time.
As far as I remember, the filter characteristics of that ancient version were the same, but with a smaller range and without "real time preview".
My old desktop PC which I haven’t edited music on for years therefore don’t update anymore (but I’ll only have time to be at this afternoon) still has Audacity 2.0.3 !
The last bunch of years I’ve done all my editing on laptop which I keep up to date!

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Re: Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

Post by bomber1978 » Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:48 am

Trebor wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:17 am
bomber1978 wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 6:42 am
Is there a way to do this mid-side panning on the fly, or at least hear more than 6 sec samples?
With plugins & some Audacity native effects, (like bass & treble),
it is possible to adjust the parameters whilst the track is playing,
i.e. in real-time, as if it the plugin was a physical device
.
[ In practice there is some latency, less than a second, rather than 6 seconds ].
Can you please tell me what I need to do to be able to use that mid-side plugin on the fly?
Thank-You.

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Re: Trouble EQ'ing left channel to match right channel?

Post by Trebor » Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:10 pm

bomber1978 wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:48 am
Can you please tell me what I need to do to be able to use that mid-side plugin on the fly?
The voxengo plugins are VST effect plugins, they only work in Audacity on Windows & Mac.

It's a rigmarole getting them installed in Audacity, e.g. see ...
https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_effect_generator_and_analyzer_plug_ins_on_windows.html

Once you download & install them they appear on the Audacity effects list,
(after they are enabled in Audacity's plugin manager)

The voxengo plugin download includes multiple formats,
but currently only the 32-bit VST (Not VST3) versions works in Audacity on Windows.

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