On Thursday 06 December 2007 10:49:27 Kevin Cosgrove wrote: > On 6 December 2007 at 9:34, Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've this WAV file that contains an interview. It was recorded with a > > cell phone, so the quality is not that great, plus the phone got bumped > > a few times resulting in annoying peaks. > > > > I was thinking to load the file in Audacity and run it through a > > compressor and tweak the settings until it sounds acceptable. But before > > I do that, does anyone have a better idea? > > > > What's your usual way to deal with this kind of records? > > I agree with Fons about editing out the peaks, as possible. Make > sure your start/end cut points are at zero crossings and the > crossfade will be smooth. ----------------------> question for Kevin: Could you clarify the "zero crossings". And what does one do to know where that point is? Zoom function? Thanks Tom > If the big peak contains sounds you need to keep, then you can > select the offending section, again with start/end at zero > crossings, and just reduce the gain of that section. > > Usually I attend to the very worst abnormalities individually. > After that I apply a fast look ahead limiter to deal with the > remaining peaks, if needed. Following that I might compress the > track, if needed, or I might try to level the volume, if needed. > I use Audacity for all of this. > Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
