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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: 3-Fan on February 17, 2010, 12:40:40 PM
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Hey folks, I taped a faily quiet show last week where the applause is much louder than the music. In the past with this issue I have had pretty good success using Wave Hammer in Sony Soundforge to knock the applause down below the music level. Then I normalize. But for some reason with this show, when I compress the applause down, it doesn't sound natural anymore. I guess it is compressing things too much. I fooled with the settings and tried just about all the combinations (compression ratio, threshold, attack and release time) I can think of to make it sound more natural and continuous. I have also played around with the Envelope tool, but I get the same results there, though I find Wave Hammer much easier to use.
I would like to be able to trim off all the high peaks of the applause and then try comprssing it but really can't find a tool to do that. Something like a limiter where I would pick a level and have it trim everything above that.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Greg
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You can try a hard limiter in SF...
Go to Effects > Dynamics > Graphic > presets> hard limit to -6db. You can than adjust the threshold slider to move the hard limiter up or down..This should do what your looking for....
peace OOK
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Use the envelope tool in Audacity, and make it sound the way you want it to. It will decrease the peaks, and the RMS level at the same rate, unlike the peak limiter and compression tools you are using.
Much easier and faster than SF, imho......Bring the whole applause event down below the peak music level, and gain some headroom, too. :)
Have fun.............niiiiice Farmall!