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Title: raising gain in wavelab. how much is too much?
Post by: Gordon on September 22, 2004, 01:23:08 PM

got a show I'm transferring and it is very low.  I have used the change gain in wave lab before but only a few db.  do my question is how much is too much?  are there any disadvantages?  this is a very old show and the only source (not really in circulation yet, I'm working on that)  playing around with it I did it +8db and it is still lower than most thing I tape but it looks a lot better.

Title: Re: raising gain in wavelab. how much is too much?
Post by: mirth on September 22, 2004, 01:55:50 PM

24 bit? What were your max peaks before doing the gain adjust?

Title: Re: raising gain in wavelab. how much is too much?
Post by: Gordon on September 22, 2004, 02:02:10 PM

no 16 bit.  I checked peak level in wavelab and it says -7.254db

Title: Re: raising gain in wavelab. how much is too much?
Post by: mirth on September 22, 2004, 02:22:08 PM

Well, you can raise it another 7ish db if you'd like...

Title: Re: raising gain in wavelab. how much is too much?
Post by: Gordon on September 22, 2004, 02:42:41 PM

I know but does it fuck up the original wav any?

Title: Re: raising gain in wavelab. how much is too much?
Post by: mirth on September 22, 2004, 03:00:38 PM

well, any imperfections will also be amplified. obviously if the source were 24 bit it'd be better, but wadaya gonna do?

Title: Re: raising gain in wavelab. how much is too much?
Post by: F.O.Bean on September 24, 2004, 01:47:10 AM

just normalize the wav, that should do it, just normalize to 0db, thats what i do :)

and like mentioned, any S-N-R will be amplified, but not too noticeably IMO :)