Topic: Cool Edit Pro Question

[Belexes]

Is there is way in CEP to stop the recording after so many seconds of silence automatically?  I am doing DAT transfers and want to just record overnight. Or should I just be using CDWAV?

TIA.

[Brian Skalinder]

I don't know of an option to stop recording after X amount of silence.  But there is a timed record feature I found useful for transferring DATs:  Options | Timed Record Mode.  Set this option, press the Record button, set the Sample Rate, Channels, and Resolution in the New Waveform window, then set the Recording Length in the Timed Record Mode window.

[waltmon]

   While we are on the topic of Cool Edit Pro...Is there a way to turn off that 32 bit thing?

I am using it to mix down the 4 tracks from my 744T@ 24bit...It seems to do everything at 32 bit and makes it un-listenable loud.

  When I run the 744T, I keep it so it is peaking at around 0...while I like it on the warm side, my levels are not mastered slamming hot.

  I would assume there is a setting where you can turn the levels down prior to te 4 channel mix down.

                    Thanks...

[Brian Skalinder]

Waltmon -- The "32-bit thing" is the bit-depth at which CEP/Audition performs its edits.  AFAIK, you can't turn it off, and really - you wouldn't want to, since it provides greater precision for the mixing / editing process.  Besides, the bit-depth isn't causing your recordings to be un-listenably loud.  The loudness you're experiencing is the summing of the 4 channels.  If you sum 4 channels, and each of those 4 channels peaks at around 0 dB, the summed result will be > 0 dB (generally speaking, assuming there's some reasonable correlation between the peaks and valleys of the waveforms, which for our purposes there usually is).  The way to "turn the levels down" on the loudness of the 4-channel mixdown results is to reduce the level of all 4 source tracks being mixed together (e.g. right-click the Volume control ("V 0") on the track you wish to adjust, then use the volume control slider to adjust appropriately).  That way, when they're summed, they won't be too loud.

A good article someone posted recently on understanding dB:  http://www.prorec.com/Articles/tabid/109/EntryId/51/What-s-your-dB-IQ.aspx

[Belexes]

Thanks Brian.

T