On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 10:41:57 +0000 John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> I have a current project inwhich an old audio tape circa 1975 of an > audio recording of Faure requiem recorded in 1963 of the Paris > Conservatoire orchestra, conducted by Andre Cluytens, and old > favourite of mine, and of which I would dearly like to make a first > class audio CD of, purely for my own enjoyment. I would 1st off create a backup dir of the .wav files, then have a set just for playing with. Try normalize -g starting with the lower end of the list you posted above, like say 1.3 or 1.4, bearing in mind as Brian said that you want to watch out for peaks that are already into distortion range. It may take some trial and error, but I would bet that if the .wav files that gramofile produces are very quiet that you will find using something like 1.5 or higher will be pretty safe, and produce the effect you desire. From personal experience, I had a .wav that I ripped from Streamtuner/Shoutcast that was very quiet. I used normalize -g 2, and it came out perfect, even though it was a Techno track with *very* high ranges, no distortion at all. Anyhow, as long as you keep the original .wav files as a backup, you can play with this ad infinitum 'til you get the result you want, and not have to keep grabbing the audio from a deteriorating cassette. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference.
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