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Is there a way to get the audio files of those not well mastered CDs
into your DAW, tweak them with EQ etc, and get rid of the harshness in
their sound? For example, I re-discovered an old favorite CD,
SuperTramp's Brother Where You Bound. I used to listen to it allot on my
cassette made from the CD. Obviously, recording to cassette did allot to
qwell it's high end harshness. My cassette deck has long since been
retired and I'd like to listen to and enjoy the CD now. When listening,
there's that high-midrange sound, I guess you might describe it as some
digital filter used in the mastering process that produced allot of
audible ringing.
I've transferred the audio data to my DAW and I'm ready to fire up Cool
Edit to tweak the files. Any suggestions?
I use a bit of multiband upward expansion to alleviate excessive
compression and peak limiting -- it can really put some life back into
the sound. Depending on where you set the thresholds of the compresors,
you can also affect the spectral balance.
Of course, static EQ can also be helpful when CDs have "chalk on the
blackboard" highs.
I use DC6 for resotrations.
http://www.tracertek.com/dc6.htm
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