Any experts here with music production?

Thousand Sunny · 11-02-2014, 05:22 PM

I need some help with something.. trying to find someone that is knowledgable with any of the top quality softwares out there.

I recorded a 25min mix but with the Gain being way to high.. Due to me not having my headphones at the time and couldnt hear my mac. I can not figure out how to save it to make it sound clearer... I have tried everything.
8*(

Can anyone help or point me in the right direction?

Thanks 8_)

YorkeDaddy · 11-02-2014, 05:32 PM

lol i don't think you can fix that buddy, you can't just take a really poorly done low-quality recording and suddenly make a high-quality recording

Trollheart · 11-03-2014, 02:52 PM

I'm certainly no expert, but I've had good results with Goldwave on reducing volume, gain, echo etc. Other programs such as Audacity probably do that too, I just use GW. Obviously, you're not going to get it to sound as good as you want but using a prog like one of those to reduce the gain and resave the file may give you some joy.

EPOCH6 · 11-03-2014, 03:25 PM

I think your best bet would be downloading some audio engineering freeware like Audacity and tinkering with it a bit. Doesn't take much time or learning.
Recording something too loudly is very difficult to fix.

Rexx Shredd · 11-03-2014, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

lol i don't think you can fix that buddy, you can't just take a really poorly done low-quality recording and suddenly make a high-quality recording

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Originally Posted by EPOCH6

I think your best bet would be downloading some audio engineering freeware like Audacity and tinkering with it a bit. Doesn't take much time or learning.
Recording something too loudly is very difficult to fix.

+1 and +1

Overdriving a digital signal is almost impossible to fix...The best compressor will not fix a recorded squarewave and even microscoping with a Pen Tool to draw away squarewaves manually would take forever and wouldnt guarantee success

For future reference, when doing a mix without headphones, check your averages and make sure they dont exceed 0db ( almost every recording utility has some type of db meter). A couple of overages are OK (certain programs even allow for this and adjust the db readings accordingly, allowing for ~ -2db then what they actually say) but stay at 0db or slightly lower

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Thousand Sunny Groupie Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 1	Any experts here with music production? I need some help with something.. trying to find someone that is knowledgable with any of the top quality softwares out there. I recorded a 25min mix but with the Gain being way to high.. Due to me not having my headphones at the time and couldnt hear my mac. I can not figure out how to save it to make it sound clearer... I have tried everything. 8*( Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? Thanks 8_)

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	I'm certainly no expert, but I've had good results with Goldwave on reducing volume, gain, echo etc. Other programs such as Audacity probably do that too, I just use GW. Obviously, you're not going to get it to sound as good as you want but using a prog like one of those to reduce the gain and resave the file may give you some joy. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018