-=PCTechTalk=- Re: help w/recording from cassette player to computer pls
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 22:31:59 -0400
so then, you are saying this is definitely a monophonic recording if I used
a boom box?
Christine
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From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:19 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help w/recording from cassette player to
computer pls
> See below.
>
> Peace,
> G
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 9:46 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help w/recording from cassette player to
> computer pls
>
>
>> HI Gman,
>>
>> No problem, I expected you might pop on later on. I am playing around a
>> bit
>> with the tutorial I found. I have thus far figured out how to select a
>> part
>> in the middle and listen to it and am watching the volume levels light up
>> for the left and right sides, noticing my left is not going across the
>> bar
>> as far and not hearing it as loud,
>
>
> Excellent. This may save me thousands of typed words. lol
>
>
> so one thing I will want to know if this
>> is fixable after the fact that it must have been recorded this way. By
>> the
>> way my original recording devise for this particular tape of a live
>> performance was a very inexpensive boom box (lol)..so not sure what can
>> be
>> done but..
>
>
>
> Yes, it's fixable. Since it is a monophonic recording, you can simply
> tell
> the app to Copy the better side to the other side, overwriting the
> original
> 'other side'. The result will be a perfectly balanced monophonic
> recording
> that can then be edited for other things.
>
>
>> I am curious if there is a way to decrease or increase the vocals also
>> leaving the instruments volume lower or higher than originally recorded.
>> And to correct the muffled sound of vocals recorded at too loud a volume.
>
>
> This is quite a bit harder to do with a monophonic recording. Your best
> bet
> would probably be to play around with the built in equalizer, trying to
> boost or cut the frequencies that cover the vocal range. with a LOT of
> practice and a little luck, you'll lern over time how to best control the
> EQ
> for these things. For most Audio apps, including Audacity, there are
> separate plug-ins that can help make the process easier. It may take a
> bit
> of research for you to decide whether or not you wish to go that route.
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/menu_effects.html
>
>
>> Christine
>
>
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