Hi, Maybe some folks on this list have insites into the following conversation between Steve and myself. I need all the help I can get. The last three paragraphs are a topic for which I am woefully ignorant. > --- Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 10:04:43 -0700, R Parker > > wrote: > > > Not sure but I probably mentioned something > about > > this > > > several months ago. Steve, do you have a soft > clip > > > LADSPA plug? If yes, I think it should be a > > candidate > > > for adding to the output stage of JAMin. > > > > There are some soft clip LADSPA plugins, but I > dont > > think any of them are > > better than JAMin's "boost". > The thing is my client has requested a %20 increase > in > volume across the entire album. The first question > is > does he know what he's asking for. Well, he probably > has a fair enough idea. He has compared the old > master > with stylistically similar million dollar masters > and > concluded the percentage to increase. > > If anyone here has tricks for achieving gain, I need > to hear about them. My bag ain't got alot in it. I > basically cut dominant frequency either with > compression or equalization and with the leveled off > floor, achieve gain possible; input, compressor > makeup, limiter input, boost and output. Of course > then it's just a matter of tweaking ratios, > thresholds, etc. > > The trade off in general is less dynamics and more > distortion with several deciables of increased > volume. > I love the work but this job is like a No Rules Cage > Match. I might eventually win the title but it's a > good thing I brought lunch and a first aid kit. > > > I've heard that you can ignore peaks that only go > > over 0dB for less than a > > millisecond, but I've not experimented with it. > > If that's the case, then I might have this job in > the > bag. I'm watching overloads at the input channels of > my mixer flicker on and off. I've been trying very > hard to have absolutely zero overload indications. > > Any idea how to test this potential point of > flexibility or how to push this limit? What am I > watching for and how do I watch for it? This seems > like a very interesting area of study. I've gotta do > a > dirt knap and then maybe google about or something. > > ron > > > - Steve > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux > Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, > President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from > fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Jamin-devel mailing list > Jamin-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jamin-devel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
