On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:18:34PM -0400, Chaz Worm wrote: > > Here's my problem. I'm pretty sure it can be rectified with > linux but I don't know how. I recorded an small low-budget cd > in a small local studio a few years ago. Although I loved the > end result, the cd itself never had the loudness that a regular > cd had. I would be playing it at a reletively loud range and > then change cd's and always, the other cd would be nearly twice > as loud. How can I make these songs louder? What you're talking about here is Mastering, and there's a great program called Jamin that's all about mastering. You'll need to open up your stereo mixes in a Jack-ified program and run them through Jamin to do some loudening wizadry. Check out this tutorial by Ron Parker at: http://jamin.sourceforge.net/en/tutorial.html > On my old recordings there were done with a cheesy four-track, > how can I make there cleaner? I've had some pretty decent results with Gnome Wave Cleaner, you might want to try it. http://gwc.sourceforge.net/ > Some of my old recordings that have been copied over from old > tapes are too hot and therefore get a really annoying digital > distortion. Can I clean those up too? > Once a wave is clipped, it isn't really possible to regain that lost information, AFAIK. There might be a tool available that can reduce the annoyingness of the clips, but if you can, I'd redub the tapes at a lower volume. Hope this helps ya out, spencer
