On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 23:51 +0100, philicorda wrote: > > What I would do is... > Render a couple of versions through Jamin. One with the severe 200hz cut > for the quieter sections, and one with settings that work well on the > louder bits. > Then, line them up in Ardour so they start at exactly the same time and > cut/crossfade between them so the bass cut version is only used where > it's needed. > Longish crossfades should make the changeovers inaudible. That's a good idea but only practical for a really important piece. For my project it would need to be fast and automatic. > > > > > Is there something like a noise gate that, instead of silencing > > everything below a certain threshold, would apply a given EQ to it > > instead? With all the cool Linux Audio tools out there, it seems like > > there must be some way to do this. (Maybe Jamin can and I just don't > > see it.) > > I guess you could use the spectral gate in freqtweak to do this. It does > tend to change the sound a little (It's not really meant for this kind > of thing) though considering the quality of the source it could well be > acceptable. Sounds interesting. I'll take a look in my spare time... 8^) > > Just stay away from the delay, feedback and warp settings or you'll be > playing with it all night... :) > > If Jamin had inverse ratios for the compressor sections then you could > do some expansion. Perhaps if you ask the authors they will look into > it? > Now, that sounds very interesting. Are there any expander plugins? If one existed with the right thresholds, etc, I can imagine it could work like a proportional noise gate where it just starts attenuating gradually below a certain dB level. Could be a handy tool. Thanks, Mike Mike Jewell One-Up Audio
