Topic: help cleaning up a recording....

[Brian Skalinder]

To avoid this, you could select about 1/2 the desired part and fade it out, then select the 2nd half and fade back in...

of course, the compression still sounds better, IMHO, though the volume tool still serves its purpose (it is great for those stealthed tapes where everything was too low b/c you couldn't check levels and ran soft to avoid clipping).

Yeah, but then you hear the fade-out/in between every song.  Easier on the ears than a quick drop/jump in volume, but as you suggest - definitely not ideal.

[BC]

To avoid this, you could select about 1/2 the desired part and fade it out, then select the 2nd half and fade back in...

of course, the compression still sounds better, IMHO, though the volume tool still serves its purpose (it is great for those stealthed tapes where everything was too low b/c you couldn't check levels and ran soft to avoid clipping).

Yeah, but then you hear the fade-out/in between every song.  Easier on the ears than a quick drop/jump in volume, but as you suggest - definitely not ideal.

agreed, I have tried messing w/ the volume but compression just sounds more natural and preserves the flow of the recording better IMHO. Fade in/out would be fine if you have the patience to do this, but the initial claps at the start of the fade will still be really loud, so if you plan to peak normalize afterward, you will still have a problem if you want the music to be the loudest thing on the recording.

Take care,
Ben

[Brian Skalinder]

Brief blurb on compression I posted a while back:

http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=9124.msg107047#msg107047

And a great write-up by Marc on normalizing / amplitude envelopes:

http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=28524.msg358783#msg358783

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thanks for all the tips guys!  sorry it took soo long to get back to this post....i kinda of forgot about it for a while until i say the transfered show sitting on my hard drive waiting to be remastered   +T for everybody!