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by philxm
Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:48 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Amadeus jog wheels for editing
Replies: 1
Views: 5963

recorder for Skype

Hi, I'm preparing to do a telephone interview, of which I will need to record (both ends of) the audio. A friend told me about a program called Pamela which does just that via Skype, but it appears to be for Windows only. Does anyone know of a similar program for Mac; or can suggest some other means...
by philxm
Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:03 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Cannot save a file with a slash in the title
Replies: 12
Views: 30787

Cannot save a file with a slash in the title

I believe you mean colon [:], which is illegal in Mac filneames, rather than semicolon [;], which is (and always has been) legal. Also, Photoshop, for one, automatically swaps a hyphen [-] for a slash [/] (which is more correctly called "virgule") when it encounters one in a filename. This...
by philxm
Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:44 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: How (or can) you drag the phayback head?
Replies: 13
Views: 26003

How (or can) you drag the phayback head?

I too have sinned, in fact was a tape specialist, or "tape collagist", in several bands and also solo during the 1980s. My tapes were ultimately used from a Fostex X-15 four-track cassette deck, but many were initially created on open-reel, with lots of splicing (sometimes, in fact, quite ...
by philxm
Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:10 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: How (or can) you drag the phayback head?
Replies: 13
Views: 26003

How (or can) you drag the phayback head?

That "old habit from tape editing" allows two things: rapid location of exact sounds without cluttering with markers, and, more importantly, the creation and modification of sound effects by hand, by dragging the head at varying speeds. I find a good substitute for "rockin' the hubs&...
by philxm
Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:00 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Problem with recording from vinyl
Replies: 4
Views: 9592

Problem with recording from vinyl

iTunes plays all sampling rates well for me, but I don't burn from there so don't know what kind of results it's liable to produce. Your best approach is to employ a little trial-and-error, with a brief sample file. I only learned about this issue the hard way, from finding certain tracks burned to ...
by philxm
Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:09 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Problem with recording from vinyl
Replies: 4
Views: 9592

Problem with recording from vinyl

I recommend converting to 44.1 Khz after recording, however, as many audio applications (Toast, for instance) seem not to like any sampling rate other than that. --Phil M. ddougan wrote: Apologies for responding to my own post. I seem to have resolved the issue - I was checking the iMic settings and...
by philxm
Tue May 03, 2011 10:00 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Bass Boost
Replies: 2
Views: 6479

Bass Boost

Also effective is to compress the file: Effects > Audio Units > AUMultibandCompressor and then Normalize it: Effects > Normalize > 95%; Maximal sample value; checkbox off With some trial-and-error on the compression settings, you ought to be able to get what you want before very long. --Phil M. Char...
by philxm
Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:30 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Sounds great in Amadeus but lousy in iTunes
Replies: 4
Views: 9400

Sounds great in Amadeus but lousy in iTunes

Make sure the sampling rate is 44.1 Hz: Sound menu > Characteristics If it is anything other than 44.1, change it to that, resave and see if that doesn't correct the problem. --Phil M. diloretta wrote: All the files I have created sound great in Amadeus but are fuzzy and "noisy" when saved...
by philxm
Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:09 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Help with timeline
Replies: 6
Views: 12392

Help with timeline

If you can make do without silence between cycles of the clip, you might prefer to manipulate the duration of your soundfile via the Change Pitch and Speed command, which would allow you to adjust the duration while maintaining the original pitch. Alternately, Change Pitch adjusts duration but with ...
by philxm
Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:04 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Help with timeline
Replies: 6
Views: 12392

Help with timeline

Perhaps you are pasting over the clip, rather than to an insertion point at very end of the clip. If I understand correctly, you're trying to create a pseudo-loop, so that the clip is actually repeated within the file (as opposed to a true loop, in which the file contains only a single iteration of ...
by philxm
Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:19 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Check if stereo is really dual mono
Replies: 5
Views: 11340

Check if stereo is really dual mono

I usually just use Waveform Statistics. If the two channels measure identically (or even very close), I then collapse them into one, and proceed from there. --Phil M. towb wrote: I have a stereo file that I suspect is really dual mono. How can I confirm that? With other software? So far I'm doing th...
by philxm
Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:01 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: -2.147e+0
Replies: 3
Views: 6935

-2.147e+0

Martin Hairer wrote: Are you using an old version of Amadeus Pro? For me, your sample shows "normal" values. If I set the RMS window to 100ms, I get "-inf dB" as the minimum RMS power, which just means that there is a small bit of total silence. Maybe old versions didn't display ...
by philxm
Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:43 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: -2.147e+0
Replies: 3
Views: 6935

-2.147e+0

I've noticed that a preponderance of soundfiles I work on show, when viewed in Waveform Statistics, a "minimum RMS power" of -2.147e+0 Martin Hairer wrote: That's bizarre... Would you mind sending me a small sample file that exhibits this behaviour? Usually, it should express it in dB, so...
by philxm
Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:26 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Cassette to MP3 transfers for dummies?
Replies: 6
Views: 10807

-2.147e+0

I've noticed that a preponderance of soundfiles I work on show, when viewed in Waveform Statistics, a "minimum RMS power" of -2.147e+0. At the risk of having my head spun around trying to fathom the concept of RMS, I am compelled by curiosity to ask what the significance of this oddly-expr...
by philxm
Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:13 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Cassette to MP3 transfers for dummies?
Replies: 6
Views: 10807

Cassette to MP3 transfers for dummies?

Martin Hairer wrote: Pretty much, yes. Ideally, you would want to reduce hiss as much as possible at the level of the preamplifier. However, if levels are low, the "Analyze noise" / "Suppress noise" function does a decent job in getting rid of it. If it is high, it will create ar...