Lee Revell wrote: >>Noob question: I've made a start at trying to create a >>podcast-like "show" using mainly Audacity and I cannot >>figure out how to get the signal fully saturated without >>clipping. I was wondering if anyone here would have some >>tips on how to get a "fat" wav like the image below ? >> http://opensrc.org/index.php?page=MarkConstable > If you are sure that's what you want, you need a limiter/compressor. > But, please read this article first: > > http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/8A133F52D0FD71AB86256C2E005DAF1C That's a great read and I appreciate the link but it's not what I am after. I do understand where the guy is coming from and for 5.1 DVD 24/48 production I would totally agree. I hope to get there one day. In the mean time I am after simple and specific techiques to maximise saturation of lo-fi ogg/mp3 streams with the relativily simple tools everyone has access to on linux right now today. As close as in the simplest easy way. This is similar to the reverb thread a little while ago. Where is that magic button to kick in a preset that just does the job?... I know, it doesn't exist, but how can I get a close facsimile using, say, audacity? (rezound does not work for me and anything non-gui is a lost cause). If anyone can emulate the wav in that image and have it play back without clipping then however they managed to do that (without outboard equipment) then I'd really appreciate the howto. The rub is it can be done on a Mac. --markc
