Maintaining Consisency
 

Forgive me if what I ask seems ignorant, but does anyone know of any methods
which can be utilised (with particular reference to CEP2 or Adobe Audition
1.0) which will create smooth recordings from a mic.

By this I mean a level of consistency around all of the recording, so there
are not massive peaks and then other areas which seem quiet, this is probbly
me being fussy but when these recordings are placed over music for example,
they often need a volume boost which will involve faffing around with it to
ensure there are no red peaks anywhere!

Regards,

Tom.

PS I hope u understod what I was on about!

Maintaining Consisency
 

In article ,
Tom wrote:
Forgive me if what I ask seems ignorant, but does anyone know of any
methods which can be utilised (with particular reference to CEP2 or
Adobe Audition 1.0) which will create smooth recordings from a mic.

By this I mean a level of consistency around all of the recording, so
there are not massive peaks and then other areas which seem quiet, this
is probbly me being fussy but when these recordings are placed over
music for example, they often need a volume boost which will involve
faffing around with it to ensure there are no red peaks anywhere!

What you probably are thinking of is called a compressor - it reduces the
dynamic range by a variable preset factor. However, they are fairly blunt
tools and have to be used sympathetically, as they are obviously altering
the recorded signal. A combination of gentle compression and manually
altering the extremes of level would often be the preferred option.

Can't help with the various plug-ins, though - I'd use an external device.

--
*Eat well, stay fit, die anyway

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Maintaining Consisency
 

In article ,
Tom wrote:
Forgive me if what I ask seems ignorant, but does anyone know of any
methods which can be utilised (with particular reference to CEP2 or
Adobe Audition 1.0) which will create smooth recordings from a mic.

By this I mean a level of consistency around all of the recording, so
there are not massive peaks and then other areas which seem quiet, this
is probbly me being fussy but when these recordings are placed over
music for example, they often need a volume boost which will involve
faffing around with it to ensure there are no red peaks anywhere!

What you probably are thinking of is called a compressor - it reduces the
dynamic range by a variable preset factor. However, they are fairly blunt
tools and have to be used sympathetically, as they are obviously altering
the recorded signal. A combination of gentle compression and manually
altering the extremes of level would often be the preferred option.

Can't help with the various plug-ins, though - I'd use an external device.

--
*Eat well, stay fit, die anyway

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn