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An Audio Test
Jul. 6th, 2010 07:59 pmThe second half of my DucKon set was recorded in a meeting room, as opposed to the ballroom. There's a low consistent hum in the background, more obvious when I'm not singing, and I can't seem to remove it without sucking all the life out of the overall audio. A song from that second half is right here (a 60 MB download of a .WAV file, "Smurfin' Safari" in case you're interested). Would some of you mind listening to it and giving me your opinion as to whether it's too distracting, or not noticeable, or what? And if you have an idea as to what I can do to get rid of it, that'd help as well. I've been EQing for a lot of the day, to no good effect.
ETA: I think I got it, or got most of it. A noise gate, a wedged notched EQ starting at 113 Hz, and another EQ to add warmth back in the middle. The hum is still there, but much less obvious than it was.
ETA: I think I got it, or got most of it. A noise gate, a wedged notched EQ starting at 113 Hz, and another EQ to add warmth back in the middle. The hum is still there, but much less obvious than it was.
Seventy-one years ago tonight, H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds was adapted for radio by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre. Several other versions, including the 1988 NPR adaptation with Jason Robards and the 2005 version done by members of the cast of Star Trek, can be found here.
What are some of your favorite scary stories? I mean good, old-time, low-gore, on-the-door-handle-was-a-hook kinda stories. I love The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and a lot of Poe ("The Tell-Tale Heart" is still chilling -- here's Part One and Part Two of an amazing television performance by Vincent Price, and an animated version from 1953 narrated by James Mason). And H. P. Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" fucked me up for days.
What are some of your favorite scary stories? I mean good, old-time, low-gore, on-the-door-handle-was-a-hook kinda stories. I love The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and a lot of Poe ("The Tell-Tale Heart" is still chilling -- here's Part One and Part Two of an amazing television performance by Vincent Price, and an animated version from 1953 narrated by James Mason). And H. P. Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" fucked me up for days.
Free Asskicking Audio Software Today Only
May. 23rd, 2009 09:29 amPC audio content creators! If Audacity ain't cuttin' it, and Sound Forge is too pricey, here you go: Giveaway Of The Day is handing out Gold Wave Editor Pro (as ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jmthane points out, this is not the same program as Goldwave). Today only.
Any other cool audio software we might not have heard about?
ETA: For those who don't have the links:
jmthane points out, this is not the same program as Goldwave). Today only.Any other cool audio software we might not have heard about?
ETA: For those who don't have the links:
- Sound Forge (not free, not cheap)
- Audacity (free)
- Wavosaur (free)
- Kristal (free for non-commercial use)
- Acid Xpress (free)
- Reaper (not free, but the software isn't crippled, so you can evaluate it properly) -- MONSTER upgrade, just in the past couple of days
Music File Formats, Short Term, Long Term
Feb. 23rd, 2007 12:02 pmAccording to this story, lots and lots of companies that license MP3 technology -- including Apple and Sony -- could end up having, shall we say, interesting times ahead.
MP3 is firmly entrenched right now as the audio format of choice for computers and media players. But that's not likely to continue forever. Other formats are gaining prominence -- some for better compression, some for little or no compression, some for better audio replication, some for being open-source.
I asked about this a few years ago, and got some fascinating and helpful info. But time and technology have marched on, and I haven't researched things nearly enough lately, but I think it's time to do so.
What audio file format(s) do you prefer? (The likeliest candidates are MP3, MP4, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, and lossless WMA.) What features of those formats do you find more important -- audio quality, file size, compression ratio, DRM or lack thereof, what? And, if I made songs available in multiple formats -- not a trouble, I've got lots of server space and the conversion is just an additional step, two mouse clicks, and five minutes' processing -- which would you like to be able to buy?
MP3 is firmly entrenched right now as the audio format of choice for computers and media players. But that's not likely to continue forever. Other formats are gaining prominence -- some for better compression, some for little or no compression, some for better audio replication, some for being open-source.
I asked about this a few years ago, and got some fascinating and helpful info. But time and technology have marched on, and I haven't researched things nearly enough lately, but I think it's time to do so.
What audio file format(s) do you prefer? (The likeliest candidates are MP3, MP4, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, and lossless WMA.) What features of those formats do you find more important -- audio quality, file size, compression ratio, DRM or lack thereof, what? And, if I made songs available in multiple formats -- not a trouble, I've got lots of server space and the conversion is just an additional step, two mouse clicks, and five minutes' processing -- which would you like to be able to buy?
The Ultimate Audio Plug-In
Feb. 21st, 2007 07:28 amHey, billroper! I think we need to give this a try. :)
Any particular audio goodness you've got going this week? On a more serious note, the free Antress plugins are pretty cool, and they look good too.
billroper! I think we need to give this a try. :)Any particular audio goodness you've got going this week? On a more serious note, the free Antress plugins are pretty cool, and they look good too.
Happy Birthday, Stan Freberg
Aug. 7th, 2006 03:53 pmEighty and goin' strong.
What's your favorite Freberg bit? I love a lot of his stuff, but it's hard to top "Elderly Man River" for both wickedly slashing satire and gut-busting laughs.
Thanks to Mark Evanier for the heads-up.
What's your favorite Freberg bit? I love a lot of his stuff, but it's hard to top "Elderly Man River" for both wickedly slashing satire and gut-busting laughs.
Thanks to Mark Evanier for the heads-up.
The Windup... And The Pitch
Jun. 19th, 2006 06:36 pmRemember when we were talking about that high-pitched noise I can't hear? Well, some nice guy's got a page with MP3s of test tones at different frequencies, so you can find out where your hearing is on the high end. I've got to try these with headphones, but with my speakers I can just barely hear the 14,000 Khz one, and I mean barely. There's a link at the top of the page to a Flash version, but I can't hear the 14K one on that. On the other hand, it's got low frequencies as well. (Can't hear 15 Hz.)
So, where are you on these?
So, where are you on these?
