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Just wondering if you use compression at all in your mastering. Most of the
time my recordings don't seem loud enough when played in the car. In mastering, I keep the peaks below 0 dB, and so the rest of the material is a little lower than a client might like. I'm just not real sure how to do compression carefully and know what the consequences will be.Using Adobe Audition 2.0. Gary Eickmeier |
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"Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message ... Using Adobe Audition 2.0. Well you'd better keep the peaks below 0dB then ! If for yourself, compress stuff to what you require for the car if that's a major consideration. I keep a bunch of 'reference' tracks on my DAW (commercial tracks I know well, for whatever aspect), for quick comparision. geoff |
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Soundhaspriority wrote:
"Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message ... Just wondering if you use compression at all in your mastering. Most of the time my recordings don't seem loud enough when played in the car. In mastering, I keep the peaks below 0 dB, and so the rest of the material is a little lower than a client might like. I'm just not real sure how to do compression carefully and know what the consequences will be.Using Adobe Audition 2.0. Gary Eickmeier -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Normalize the recording, which will recode the maximum level to be exactly 0dB. You'll get a little more volume, with no compression. Isn't the recommendation to normalise to about -1dB to allow for the problems that can occur when a file is converted to .mp3 format? -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:57:09 -0500, "Gary Eickmeier"
wrote: ..JMost of the time my recordings don't seem loud enough when played in the car. In mastering, I keep the peaks below 0 dB, and so the rest of the material is a little lower than a client might like.... If you're perchance doing live recordings where those peaks are from unmusical sounds such as individual hand claps of enthusiastic audience members close to the mics, you can often use a limiter on those peaks with a minimal sonic penalty. Or even knife out some of the offending peaks, or also apply a gain envelope over the applause section. This can win you a few dB that the normalization step will gratefully use. OT: By the way, why stick with Audition 2.0 when you can now get Audition 3.0 legally and for free? ! (And thereafter update it to 3.01) http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html -- Tom McCreadie What's brown and looks good on a banker?..a Rottweiler |
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On 1/21/2013 6:49 AM, Tom McCreadie wrote:
OT: By the way, why stick with Audition 2.0 when you can now get Audition 3.0 legally and for free? ! (And thereafter update it to 3.01) http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html Did I miss something here? Looks to me like you have to first join CS2 Cloud for $49.95/month. That doesn't sound like free to me. -- For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
Did I miss something here? Looks to me like you have to first join CS2 Cloud for $49.95/month. That doesn't sound like free to me. Read through this entire thread from the Tapers Section forum: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=160079.0 (I already owned paid Audition 3.01, but couldn't bypass the opportunity to grab Premiere Pro 2.0 and Acrobat Pro 8 (since updated through to 8.31). -- Tom McCreadie Live at The London Palindrome - ABBA |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
On 1/21/2013 6:49 AM, Tom McCreadie wrote: OT: By the way, why stick with Audition 2.0 when you can now get Audition 3.0 legally and for free? ! (And thereafter update it to 3.01) http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html Did I miss something here? Looks to me like you have to first join CS2 Cloud for $49.95/month. That doesn't sound like free to me. I've just downloaded and installed Audition 3 from the site, without signing up for anything, and it seems to work without nagging me about anything. It seems Adobe have cottoned on to letting people try out an old version in the hope they'll update to the latest one when they've used the old one for a while. There are a few gigabytes of free loops and samples on the way, too. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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"Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message ... Just wondering if you use compression at all in your mastering. Most of the time my recordings don't seem loud enough when played in the car. In mastering, I keep the peaks below 0 dB, and so the rest of the material is a little lower than a client might like. I'm just not real sure how to do compression carefully and know what the consequences will be.Using Adobe Audition 2.0. I don't use formal dynamics compression as such very much. What I've found is that most music and speech tracks have a relatively small number of peaks that are 3-6 or more dB above the rest and often have a very brief duration. I use a set of custom gain envelopes for Audition/CEP2 that start out at unity gain and implement shaped valleys that I can then apply to these spurious peaks and bring them into line with the rest of the track. I then use overall gain or normalization to bring the track average levels up. I can generally boost average levels 3-6 dB and sometimes more, which makes a big difference in how these tracks sound when played in a noisy context. Yet the normal bounce and dynamics of the track are largely preserved and there is not the mind-numbing sameness that seems to plague heavily compressed tracks. |
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Mike Rivers:
On 1/21/2013 6:49 AM, Tom McCreadie wrote: OT: By the way, why stick with Audition 2.0 when you can now get Audition 3.0 legally and for free? ! (And thereafter update it to 3.01) http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html Did I miss something here? Looks to me like you have to first join CS2 Cloud for $49.95/month. That doesn't sound like free to me. It seems rather like Adobe wanted to offer activation-free versions for *existing* customers of their CS2 software. Then a "news" page got it wrong and thousands of others copied this misunderstood "news" without any own research or reflection - thatīs how "journalism" works these days... Anyway, itīs no wonder, that people think Adobe is giving away the stuff for free. Just like some here think, Reaper would be on the model "pay, if you want to and if you donīt pay, thatīs fine and you can still use it anyway". Even though, http://www.reaper.fm/purchase.php is pretty clear about that, as I understand it: "If after 60 days you decide that REAPER is not for you, simply delete it. If you decide that REAPER is for you, you must purchase a license." .... Phil |
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Phil W wrote:
Mike Rivers: On 1/21/2013 6:49 AM, Tom McCreadie wrote: OT: By the way, why stick with Audition 2.0 when you can now get Audition 3.0 legally and for free? ! (And thereafter update it to 3.01) http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html Did I miss something here? Looks to me like you have to first join CS2 Cloud for $49.95/month. That doesn't sound like free to me. It seems rather like Adobe wanted to offer activation-free versions for *existing* customers of their CS2 software. Then a "news" page got it wrong and thousands of others copied this misunderstood "news" without any own research or reflection - thatīs how "journalism" works these days... Err.... That's exactly what they are doing. They're old versions, so possibly "abandonware" but seem to be fully functional when used with the activation code on the download page. You don't need to be a customer, as far as I can tell after installing Audition 3.0 off the page. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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Adobe Audition Free (was: Compression)
On 1/21/2013 10:12 AM, Phil W wrote:
It seems rather like Adobe wanted to offer activation-free versions for *existing* customers of their CS2 software. Then a "news" page got it wrong and thousands of others copied this misunderstood "news" without any own research or reflection - thatīs how "journalism" works these days... Anyway, itīs no wonder, that people think Adobe is giving away the stuff for free. Well, like others I downloaded the file, entered the serial number, and it runs. I haven't tried it out extensively and probably won't (I paid for my copy of Reaper) but the meters don't indicate record level when tracks are armed or recording. It records, and the meters read on playback. Maybe an odd color scheme? I've tried it with two different interfaces. Not complaining, just that it should work. Could be kind of like the Pro Tools Free that didn't work on anything newer than Win98 when that version of Windows was on its last legs. -- For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com |
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Adobe Audition Free (was: Compression)
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:44:46 -0500, in 'rec.audio.pro',
in article Adobe Audition Free (was: Compression), Mike Rivers wrote: Well, like others I downloaded the file, entered the serial number, and it runs. I haven't tried it out extensively and probably won't (I paid for my copy of Reaper) but the meters don't indicate record level when tracks are armed or recording. It records, and the meters read on playback. Maybe an odd color scheme? I've tried it with two different interfaces. Not complaining, just that it should work. Could be kind of like the Pro Tools Free that didn't work on anything newer than Win98 when that version of Windows was on its last legs. Mike, if it works like version 1.5 did, go to the 'Options' menu and ensure that the "Monitor Record Level" and "Show Levels on Play and Record" items are both selected (will display a check mark or tick next to the menu item). -- Frank, Independent Consultant, New York, NY [Please remove 'nojunkmail.' from address to reply via e-mail.] Read Frank's thoughts on HDV at http://www.humanvalues.net/hdv/ [also covers AVCHD (including AVCCAM & NXCAM) and XDCAM EX]. |
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Adobe Audition Free
On 1/21/2013 12:44 PM, Mike Rivers (that's me) wrote:
the meters don't indicate record level when tracks are armed or recording. Never mind. I found the magic drop-down menu. Goes to show that with Windows, if you click in enough places with all the buttons, you'll eventually stumble on something useful. Or I suppose I could have read the manual, though I'm not sure it was in that download bundle. -- For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com |
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
... "Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message ... Just wondering if you use compression at all in your mastering. Most of the time my recordings don't seem loud enough when played in the car. In mastering, I keep the peaks below 0 dB, and so the rest of the material is a little lower than a client might like. I'm just not real sure how to do compression carefully and know what the consequences will be.Using Adobe Audition 2.0. I don't use formal dynamics compression as such very much. What I've found is that most music and speech tracks have a relatively small number of peaks that are 3-6 or more dB above the rest and often have a very brief duration. I use a set of custom gain envelopes for Audition/CEP2 that start out at unity gain and implement shaped valleys that I can then apply to these spurious peaks and bring them into line with the rest of the track. I then use overall gain or normalization to bring the track average levels up. I can generally boost average levels 3-6 dB and sometimes more, which makes a big difference in how these tracks sound when played in a noisy context. Yet the normal bounce and dynamics of the track are largely preserved and there is not the mind-numbing sameness that seems to plague heavily compressed tracks. The hard limit function works very well for the outlier peaks, if used with common sense and restraint. Sean |
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Arny Krueger wrote:
"Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message ... Just wondering if you use compression at all in your mastering. Most of the time my recordings don't seem loud enough when played in the car. In mastering, I keep the peaks below 0 dB, and so the rest of the material is a little lower than a client might like. I'm just not real sure how to do compression carefully and know what the consequences will be.Using Adobe Audition 2.0. I don't use formal dynamics compression as such very much. What I've found is that most music and speech tracks have a relatively small number of peaks that are 3-6 or more dB above the rest and often have a very brief duration. I use a set of custom gain envelopes for Audition/CEP2 that start out at unity gain and implement shaped valleys that I can then apply to these spurious peaks and bring them into line with the rest of the track. I then use overall gain or normalization to bring the track average levels up. I can generally boost average levels 3-6 dB and sometimes more, which makes a big difference in how these tracks sound when played in a noisy context. Yet the normal bounce and dynamics of the track are largely preserved and there is not the mind-numbing sameness that seems to plague heavily compressed tracks. This: http://www.gvst.co.uk/gmax.htm does an excellent job of spike mashing. Just set the "Ceiling" to whatever your top limit needs to be, and add zero gain. Gain in this case is before the ceiling. -- Les Cargill |
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Adobe Audition Free
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:53:58 -0500 "Mike Rivers" wrote
in article On 1/21/2013 12:44 PM, Mike Rivers (that's me) wrote: the meters don't indicate record level when tracks are armed or recording. Never mind. I found the magic drop-down menu. Goes to show that with Windows, if you click in enough places with all the buttons, you'll eventually stumble on something useful. Or I suppose I could have read the manual, though I'm not sure it was in that download bundle. Adobe has been moving to putting Help info online instead of supplying it with the program as a file. It's that way with their other products I use, i.e., Photoshop. With some difficulty, you can download a PDF and, at least with Photoshop, can arrange the F1 traditional Help key to open it instead of peering into The Cloud. (I don't trust The Cloud - especially when I'm somewhere without internet access!) |
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Adobe Audition Free
On 1/21/2013 10:57 PM, Jason wrote:
Adobe has been moving to putting Help info online instead of supplying it with the program as a file. That's the case with this version of Audition. When you select Help from the menu, it opens a web browser which goes on line to the PDF. I saved the PDF and can now refer to it if I need it. But like most DAWs, it has its own vocabulary which you must learn in order to make effective use of the PDF when you're searching for a function or how to do something. For example, I was curious about the spectral editing tha's often discussed as a feature. I eventually stumbled across it called something that I no longer remember and would never have thought of. But, hey, it lookslike it's a lot easier to use than Sony's Spectral Layers. Maybe I'll look it up again next time I find a need for that kind of tool, which is pretty infrequent. -- For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com |
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Adobe Audition Free
Mike Rivers schrieb:
On 1/21/2013 10:57 PM, Jason wrote: Adobe has been moving to putting Help info online instead of supplying it with the program as a file. That's the case with this version of Audition. When you select Help from the menu, it opens a web browser which goes on line to the PDF. ... Do you mean this: http://help.adobe.com/archive/en_US/audition/3/audition_3_help.pdf CU Reinhard |
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"John Williamson" wrote in message ... Soundhaspriority wrote: "Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message ... Just wondering if you use compression at all in your mastering. Most of the time my recordings don't seem loud enough when played in the car. In mastering, I keep the peaks below 0 dB, and so the rest of the material is a little lower than a client might like. I'm just not real sure how to do compression carefully and know what the consequences will be.Using Adobe Audition 2.0. Gary Eickmeier -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Normalize the recording, which will recode the maximum level to be exactly 0dB. You'll get a little more volume, with no compression. Isn't the recommendation to normalise to about -1dB to allow for the problems that can occur when a file is converted to .mp3 format? And for older cheaper converters that get a bit anxious when approaching FS. geoff |
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Adobe Audition Free
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:57:50 -0800, Jason wrote
(in article ): Adobe has been moving to putting Help info online instead of supplying it with the program as a file. It's that way with their other products I use, i.e., Photoshop. With some difficulty, you can download a PDF and, at least with Photoshop, can arrange the F1 traditional Help key to open it instead of peering into The Cloud. ------------------------------snip------------------------------ You gotta wonder why the *inventors* of the PDF don't automatically include the manual in this form and access this when you hit the Help button. I have a long list of insane issues with Adobe products, and this one is high on that list. --MFW |
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John Williamson: "Isn't the recommendation to normalise to about -1dB to allow for the
problems that can occur when a file is converted to .mp3 format? " I normalize at or below -4dBfs - and I've never had to worry about that issue - ever. Don't give a SH__ about all the sheep peak-norming @ -1, -.5, or -.0000347dBfs (!) |
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wrote in message ... John Williamson: "Isn't the recommendation to normalise to about -1dB to allow for the problems that can occur when a file is converted to .mp3 format? " I normalize at or below -4dBfs - and I've never had to worry about that issue - ever. Don't give a SH__ about all the sheep peak-norming @ -1, -.5, or -.0000347dBfs (!) If that's your recommendation then I'll continue happily at -0.5dB. geoff |
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Geoff "that's your recommendation then I'll continue happily at -0.5dB."
BAH-AH-AH-AHH!!!! |
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Jeff Henig: "Aren't you feeling a bit sheepish about that? "
Not in the least. |
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