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melissa eX · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject:

Lance:

Does Sound Forge 8.0 have anything like the AA Compander?

Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

Yes, Melissa. The Wave Hammer in SF is very good.
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melissa eX · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:28 am Post subject:

Cool.. Have to go figure it out now..

LauraS · Guest

This "compander" you mention... it doesn't seem to exist in my AA, at least not under that name. Might it be called something else?

Laura

TheVoiceOfBob · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:06 am Post subject:

Laura,
What version of AA do you use? It should be in "Dynamics Processing" in the effects tab.

I have been doing a few audio books this year. About to start another one. I have a set of parameters that I use as a guide for my final editing as to spacing, then depending on how it sounds, I adjust that. It takes time, but I'm pretty happy with the results.
commas - .2 sec
colon, parentheses, etc... .4
sentences .75
To do this fairly quickly, when I start to edit, I grab a .2 second section of normal silence from within the recording and copy that. I keep that in the clipboard to use as a Paste. So if I have an area that needs the .2, I highlight in between the waveforms and Paste. If I need the .4, I just Paste it twice.

As I said, it's just a guideline, but it keeps me consistent from beginning to end on how the sentences flow so that Chapter 1 sounds the same as Chapter 18.
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LauraS · Guest

Found it! Thanks Bob. Not sure it makes all that much difference though - been playing around with it and the breaths actually seem to get a bit louder...

Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:30 am Post subject:

Laura--I wouldn't use 'compander' to rid or reduce audibility of breath. perhaps create a shortcut of -15 dB or some such and make it a hot key on your keyboard.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:23 am Post subject:

todd?

actually, todd took me through it. natch, i don't remember, except that it's simple.
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todd ellis · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:27 am Post subject:

in AA 1.5 it goes like this:

favorites > edit favorites > New > audition effect (drop down) >amplitude\amplify\fade > edit settings > choose -14db (or whatever) > OK > Name the "favorite" > choose a short cut key (i use the tilde) > save > enjoy
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:33 am Post subject:

I saved that as AA Shortcut Know-How.

Thanks, Todd.

BTW, where's the 'enjoy' key?
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todd ellis · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

uh ... i'll PM you on that one ...

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Chuck Davis · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:53 am Post subject:

LauraS · Guest

Goodness, aren't you clever. I've never even noticed that favourites thing before. I've just changed the keyboard shortcuts when I needed something, and felt pretty smug at having worked that out.

Thing is though... I'm still not quite there yet... Managed to set it up as a favourite with an amplitude setting to -14 dB but then tried to use it on a whole file, expecting all the breaths to magically disappear, and that doesn't happen, does it? Do you basically use this shortcut on each individual breath, ie you have to highlight it first? I was under the impression that there was a magic program somewhere that involved pressing just the one key and all the breaths somehow disappeared simultaneously. Or am I just deluding myself? (sigh)

Laura

todd ellis · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:03 am Post subject:

i think ... deluding = 'fraid so.

working on mic technique may help a lot, though.
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