Subject:Getting 2 diff. rec. sessions to sound alike

Posted by: pup

Date:5/14/2001 2:02:11 PM

Hello.

I have recorded someone reading a script through a phone
line(long distance)in two different studios on two
different days from two different phones. Needless to say,
although the script is the same, one recording sounds a lot
different than the other. Now I have to splice the two
together, trying to make it sound like one recording
session. Can someone explain the proper way to go about
this?(or at least come close). I've never had to do this
before. I have Sound Forge 5.0.

Thanks.

Subject:RE: Getting 2 diff. rec. sessions to sound alike

Reply by: Ted_H

Date:5/16/2001 3:22:39 PM

Yikes. This is really not the type of thing that can be
explained. It is going to be a matter of trying different
EQ settings, maybe some filters, possibly some pitch
shifting, etc. Trying to make two different recordings
sound alike is one of the most tedious and difficult things
to do.

Ted

Subject:RE: Getting 2 diff. rec. sessions to sound alike

Reply by: pup

Date:5/17/2001 7:54:41 AM

I'm wondering...is that what the Acoustic Mirror can be
used for? -- to "mirror" one file and project it's
characteristics onto another file? There should be a
function out there to do such a task, no? Sonic Foundry
has spoiled me up to this point so far that I just assumed
the solution was just a few clicks away on Sound Forge 5.0.

- pup

Subject:RE: Getting 2 diff. rec. sessions to sound alike

Reply by: Ted_H

Date:5/18/2001 9:54:47 AM

Acoustic Mirror is designed to "mirror" the acoustic characteristics of different environments, not the characteristics of another file. That would be about as difficult as making two recordings sound alike. I don't think there is going to be an easy solution to your problem.

Ted