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Re: Help me out of a Jam anyone? Just a minute 259 Getting Wound up with the 4 boys NOT Andree Melly earlier version

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drling0Feb 28, 2011
 

 
Do you mind me asking what tools / filters and settings you have used successfully with Audacity?

Love as always, David

--- In just-a-minute@..., Espen Krømke <espen.kromke@...> wrote:
>
> I've done quite a lot of attempts of audio restoration but I'm not
> particularly good at it. It's not easy.
>
> When you work on audio files I believe it helps to keep a basic fact of
> the trade in the back of your head: Tweaking audio is *always* a
> question of *subtracting* from the source. You can never add anything
> that's not already there. That is technically impossible.
>
> To illustrate with a very basic example; If you got a recording that has
> no bass, there will never be any bass on that recording. The bass is
> gone. However you may create the illusion of a more balanced sound by
> removing also some high frequencies. But it's a downward spiral. Always
> subtracting.
>
> Same goes with snap&crackle: You may zoom in on that particular moment
> when the snap is and *remove* the frequency range of the crackle. That
> will make the snap go away - but you will never get back the sound that
> *would* have been there had there not been a snap there in the first
> place. If you catch my drift?
>
> My tool of choise used to be Sony SoundForge, nowadays it's Audacity. I
> have never tried Adobe audition so I can not give any advice on that
> particular program, however as long as it is a suitable tool for the job
> (and I assume it is) it doesn't matter that much what tool you use - the
> important thing is to know how to use it.
> And learning the tools require an understanding of what sound is made
> of, from a technical point of view.
>
> But it's fun while you learn! And if you got the patience and time for
> it, just go ahead and try&fail your way to get to know both the tool and
> the theory.
>
> Just remember to never, never ever overwrite a source. Always work on a
> copy. :)
>
>
> > And I don't suppose you or anyone else out there are skilled at restoring
> > vintage audio recordings too? That's my next ambition - to learn to improve
> > muddy, hissy and crackly old radio classics like JAM, ISIHAC, the Glums etc.
> >
> > I've dabbled with Adobe Audition, but the results have been mediocre at best.
>

 
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