When doing audio processing, always keep a copy of the original file until you are done. Each step in the process does create some loss of quality. That means, the more you mess with it, there is potential for the result to end up bad. Keep notes on what is being done - how much leveling, how much tempo change, etc. Then after your experimentation is complete, start again with the original file and apply the full changes - the result will be better than the result obtained by incremental changes during your experimentation.
I would also recommend using only the K3 to apply compression. You already have compression applied to the mic input, and that same compression will be added to the computer audio stream. In general, compressing an already compressed file will produce bad results. I have done only a moderate amount of audio editing work, so I consider the words of those experts (like Jim Brown) who have done a lot of it as sage guidance for me. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/22/2011 10:18 AM, Tony Estep wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:40 AM, Ian White GM3SEK<gm3...@ifwtech.co.uk>wrote: > >> ...time compression isn't part of that problem - applied correctly, it is >> part >> of the CURE... >> > Yeah, it's sort of obvious that more control is better than less. The idea > that using software that can shape audio to what you want will automatically > screw things up is easily disproved by a few minutes of experimentation. Of > course it's possible to make a mess of things, just as it is with any power > tool. > > Part of the confusion surrounding this topic comes from the fact that audio > software is generally so opaque. A lot of audio software is hellaciously > complex and has a gigantic learning curve (I'm thinking in particular of > Cubase, but Pro Tools and others are similarly hard to master). But Audacity > is easy to get into. It has a lot of pre-packaged goodies, written by some > of the world's great FFT engineers, and the "leveller" and tempo changers > are real jewels for our purposes; they give good results even if you're not > Jay-Z. > > If you make a clip that's compressed to the max and then compress it again, > you'll get a mess, but that's cockpit error. > > Guy's comment that he had tried it and didn't like it is fair enough, > although I think if he fiddled some more he'd like it. The rest of the > objections are pure conjecture and could easily be disproved by spending a > few minutes trying it. The assertion that time compression always creates a > bad sound results, as Ian sez, from confusion. > > Tony KT0NY > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
