I don't know if Sound Forge can do this, but gold Wave has a channel Match feature for exactly this type of purpose. What it effectively does is maximize the two stereo channels so that the peaks in both are at the maximum volume without clipping. this effectively evens out the stereo channels in a situation such as yours.
Bruce -- Bruce Toews Skype ID: o.canada E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LiveJournal: http://brucetola.livejournal.com Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Matthew Bullis wrote: > Hello, well it's using the technique of voice overs in Sound Forge, but my > purpose is a little different. I've used the paste special menu, but it just > doesn't turn out like I hoped. I have a concert recording where the singing > and guitar is more to one side of the audio track than another. It's > difficult to listen to like that, and I don't want to discard the stereo > image because of the audience ambience. What I figured on doing was having > one file be where the audio is on the left side mostly, and taking the exact > same thing and swapping channels for the other file. So we have two files, > one where the audio leans towards the left with audience ambience happening > on the right, and the other file which is the exact opposite, with the audio > leaning towards the right and audience ambience to the left. I figured I'd > select all the data in one of the files, which one doesn't really matter, > then flip over to the other file and use the paste special menu. I select > mix, and then select the normal voiceover mode. The result leans one way or > the other, and doesn't balance out. This sounds like it should work in > theory. Is there something I've done wrong? If I did a straight channel > copy, then that means losing the ambience on the channel where the guitar > and voice are less prominent. Would I have to cancel out the less prominent > channels first, then add them back in later? Any help would be appreciated, > as I'd like a nice balanced recording. > Matthew > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
