Comments on: Levelate Me http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/29/levelate-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=levelate-me A journal of geekery, music and joy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:04:56 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Randy Maugans http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/29/levelate-me/#comment-36728 Randy Maugans Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:44:16 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/29/levelate-me/#comment-36728 Hugh-By all means give it a second try. Gigavox has released version 1.1.0 with a new interface (or perhaps AN interface, the previous version was a raw Java machine skin). I used version 1 (beta) and found it did not handle noise floors well and introduced artifacts, so I went back to my old routine of using Adobe Audition's (excellent)normalization/hard limiting routines. I ran the new Levelator on a Skype interview I did over the weekend for a radio production---split channel with my voice on mike and the other person through WAVE IN via mixer--and it totally killed!No artifacts, perfect normalization to -3dB It is also faster than version 1 and has drag and drop to the desktop icon. I'm no "newbie" to audio production, butI have to say this is one of those little "miracle" apps no serious audio producer should overlook. RandyM www.surfingthechaos.com Hugh-By all means give it a second try. Gigavox has released version 1.1.0 with a new interface (or perhaps AN interface, the previous version was a raw Java machine skin).

I used version 1 (beta) and found it did not handle noise floors well and introduced artifacts, so I went back to my old routine of using Adobe Audition’s (excellent)normalization/hard limiting routines.

I ran the new Levelator on a Skype interview I did over the weekend for a radio production—split channel with my voice on mike and the other person through WAVE IN via mixer–and it totally killed!No artifacts, perfect normalization to -3dB

It is also faster than version 1 and has drag and drop to the desktop icon. I’m no “newbie” to audio production, butI have to say this is one of those little “miracle” apps no serious audio producer should overlook.

RandyM
http://www.surfingthechaos.com

]]> By: PJ Cabrera http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/29/levelate-me/#comment-36416 PJ Cabrera Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:44:54 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/29/levelate-me/#comment-36416 "For those of you into the inner workings of RMS normalization, this is your thing!" Wow, that's even more geeky than I care to geek out on! LOL I will give Levelator, and the interview, a try, though. “For those of you into the inner workings of RMS normalization, this is your thing!”

Wow, that’s even more geeky than I care to geek out on! LOL

I will give Levelator, and the interview, a try, though.

]]> By: hugh http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/29/levelate-me/#comment-36361 hugh Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:16:38 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/29/levelate-me/#comment-36361 I'll give it a try again. The Beta wasn't dealing well with the background noise on the recordings I tried. It worked fine on my "studio" recordings, but they generally aren't the ones that need help. The release notes say they tested with every "problem" file folks sent in, so it should kick major ass. I’ll give it a try again. The Beta wasn’t dealing well with the background noise on the recordings I tried. It worked fine on my “studio” recordings, but they generally aren’t the ones that need help. The release notes say they tested with every “problem” file folks sent in, so it should kick major ass.

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