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Subject:Enhancing .wavs prior to cd burn...
Posted by: 12monkeys
Date:4/26/2000 7:42:00 AM


I'll admit to being new to SF. I've read through the help
and other docs, and it's a bit overwhelming at first.

Here's my scenario:
I converted some 192 bit mp3s to .wavs, via Winamp, and
then to cd, via Adaptec Easy CD. After listening to the
newly created cd, I've decidede that the sound quality
could stand to be enhanced or tweaked, as it seems a bit
flat. I'm certain SF can help, I'm just not sure where to
start.

Any pointers would be appreciated...

Rich

Subject:Re: Enhancing .wavs prior to cd burn...
Reply by: Kelly_S
Date:4/27/2000 11:40:00 AM

Hello.

One suggestion is to normalize while processing EQ or Dynamic
Compression. All of our EQ and Compression (Dynamics) processes also
have a Gain slider. If you process a sample section of the loudest
part of your file and see how much room you have left before reaching
0dB, you can use the Gain slider in that process to "normalize" at
the same time.

Highlight what you know to be the loudest section or the area that
contains the loudest peak. The easiest methods of finding the
location of the highest peak in the file are:

Use Tools|Statistics, which will report Maximum sample position.

Use Tools|Find, and under Name choose "Find largest peak" (maximum
value). That will drop the cursor at the position of the loudest
peak.
Highlight a section to work on which contains this loudest peak. Have
the Play meters visible so that you can monitor how much headroom you
have before clipping when you generate Previews. When Previewing a
Dynamics setting and the meters show -3.2 dB as the highest level,
you can then raise Output Gain to +3.2 dB in the Dynamics dialog
window, and it will effectively Normalize it by that amount at the
same time the Dynamics processing is performed. After you have
settled on parameters for Dynamics and your Preview shows 0.0 dB as
the peak level (now that you have raised the Output Gain), click on
the Selection button and under Selection choose "Select all data."
Then when you click OK, it will process the entire file and not only
the highlighted area you were using for your Preview. After you are
done, you can go to Tools|Find, and under Name choose "Clipping" to
see if levels went into the red anywhere.

It is a good idea to normalize at the same time you are processing EQ
or Dynamic Compression because the fewer times you have to run any
process, the better it will sound, and there will be less possibility
of causing digital artifacts.



Rich Rosell wrote:
>>
>>I'll admit to being new to SF. I've read through the help
>>and other docs, and it's a bit overwhelming at first.
>>
>>Here's my scenario:
>>I converted some 192 bit mp3s to .wavs, via Winamp, and
>>then to cd, via Adaptec Easy CD. After listening to the
>>newly created cd, I've decidede that the sound quality
>>could stand to be enhanced or tweaked, as it seems a bit
>>flat. I'm certain SF can help, I'm just not sure where to
>>start.
>>
>>Any pointers would be appreciated...
>>
>>Rich
>>

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