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Title: Cool Edit Pro help
Post by: Cheesecadet on December 14, 2006, 02:25:47 PM
Hey there...does anyone know how to adjust the volume via a fade to fix a gradual level adjustment over about 10 sec. time?  I use cool Edit Pro v1.2a...and I taped a show the other day that I had the levels too low to start at the beginning of the first track and gradually adjusted it over the course of 10 secs. to proper volume.

What I want to do is boostthe portion before (including compensating for the gradual increase) to the some volume as the rest of the show.

Any know how?
Title: Re: Cool Edit Pro help
Post by: Brian Skalinder on December 14, 2006, 05:11:31 PM
Try main menu:  Effects | Amplify | Envelope
Title: Re: Cool Edit Pro help
Post by: Brian Skalinder on January 08, 2007, 06:43:36 PM
Bri, I've used the envelope tools but only seem to be able to get them to attenuate, not amplify.  Have I missed something?

The envelope default vertical axis is 100% providing only attenuation, i.e. 100% = same as level as current, with all lower values providing attenuation.  There's an Amplification % field that one may change to enable amplification, also.  For example, change the Amplification % from 100% to 120%, and one may now apply an envelope that attenuates (values below 100%) or amplifies (values above 100%).
Title: Re: Cool Edit Pro help
Post by: Brian Skalinder on January 11, 2007, 01:24:49 AM
Now if there was only a way to apply the envelope more on one track than the other, at the same time, it would be really handy.  +T

Not sure if this would accomplish what you're wanting, but you could always:

This would allow you to apply a similar to envelope channel 2 as channel 1, but tweak the channel 2 envelope accordingly so it's specific to channel 2.
Title: Re: Cool Edit Pro help
Post by: Brian Skalinder on January 23, 2007, 02:01:49 AM
Keeping this thread alive, Bri, have you ever done any clip repair?  (I know, you're so good that you never go over!)  I've noticed that when I apply the tool to a selection, more often than not the bottom sweep of the wave seems to be flattened off while the top sweep will get a noticeable "repair" for the same clipped area.  Is that an Audition/CEP bug?  Should I dump it in favor of something that works?  (I know, just avoid overs like the plague. :P

Never go over?  Hah!  Oh, I've done plenty of clip repairing in Audition/CEP.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  But I've not experienced the results you mention.

I've found to achieve good results I must start and stop the highlighted selection I'm repairing on zero-crossings, a single channel at a time.  For light clipping, I've had good results repairing a sizeable chunk at a time.  For heavier clipping, I've needed to zoom into each individual peak and repair each individually.  Even that hasn't always worked, and I've sometimes had to re-draw the waveform, with mixed results.