Audacity Compressor, Does it clip samples using Gain? |
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Audacity Compressor, Does it clip samples using Gain? |
 Apr 25 2004, 21:11
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I have recently been experimenting with compressing the dynamic range of audio. I am by no means an audio mixer, I'm just curious to how it is done. I've read a lot into it and after looking at waveforms of a few compressed audio signals from artists such as Drowning Pool and the Red Hot Chili Peppers I noticed I cannot get my WAVs to look just like that (squared off). The main thing I'm trying to avoid is clipping and I have noticed that if I try to avoid clipping that compression really doesn't work that well. For instance I'll compress the signal with the compressor and then amplify it using the Amplifer effect as high as I can without clipping it and it sounds just like it did before I even applied compression. However, when I use the "Apply Gain after compression" option in Audacity's compressor, the waveform is squared off and sounds louder. Does using the Gain option in the compressor clip the signal? Is all compressed signals clipped? If not, how do they make the signal louder without clipping because I can't seem to do that unless I'm missing something.
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Apr 25 2004, 22:39
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Waves L2
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Apr 25 2004, 22:49
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QUOTE (dreamliner77 @ Apr 25 2004, 06:39 PM) Waves L2 Right. You need a professional maximizer, like Waves L2 Ultramaximizer and BBE Sonic Maximizer. The compressor in Audacity probably isn't professional-grade. This post has been edited by rjamorim: Apr 25 2004, 22:53 -------------------- Get up-to-date binaries of Lame, AAC, Vorbis and much more at RareWares:
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Apr 25 2004, 23:59
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Thanks for the replies. I was just wondering what the pros use to compress audio. Are these maximizers used to simply make the music as loud as possible or can they function as a normal compressor?
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Apr 26 2004, 00:02
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A "normal" compressor is meant primarily for individual instruments, whereas these are meant mostly for final mixes (even though they can be used on indivdual tracks).
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Apr 26 2004, 00:05
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edit: double post
This post has been edited by dreamliner77: Apr 26 2004, 00:05 -------------------- "You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight." Neil Peart 'Resist'
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Apr 26 2004, 00:51
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QUOTE (rjamorim @ Apr 25 2004, 04:49 PM) Right. You need a professional maximizer, like Waves L2 Ultramaximizer and BBE Sonic Maximizer. Note: BBE Sonic Maximizer has nothing to do with dynamic compression, it's a phase delay and transient processor. This post has been edited by Ariakis: Apr 26 2004, 00:54 -------------------- http://www.thisisred.com
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