[audacity4blind] General sound editing/effect usage tips, and hertz-range tables, if such thigns exist
- From: crystallogic@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:59:02 -0800
Hello everyone.
I've become really interested in making sound collages; stories
without words, if you will, using audacity and other programmes to mix
together various recordings to create a sort of audio equivalent of
film. I've dabbled for a long time but am not really experienced with
using software to its fullest when it comes to mixing, processing,
etc. I feel, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, at somewhat of a
disadvantage, not being able to see wave-forms, peaks, clips, meters
and so on. To that end, I'd love it if anybody could point me to
general articles, tips, tricks and so on aimed at helping out the
novice. I'm particularly interested in the best ways in which one can
use effects. I find myself overwhelmed sometimes by fields and sliders
of whose function I have only the vaguest awareness, and sometimes
looking at the mathematical principal on which these processes work
only confuses me further as my ability with numbers is sadly not so
great (though I'm willing to learn some things). One specific thing
I'm wondering about is whether someone has compiled some sort of table
showing hz values for common sounds. I'm not sure if such a thing
really exists or even how practical it would be, but I find, for
example, that if I want to use a filter to remove or dampen certain
parts of a sound wave, I'm simply guessing at the frequency ranges
that would be required, and the results are often not very satisfying.
I should note that I'm at least familiar enough with the trade to know
that there's no magical solution and that, for example, the usual
"centre-pan removers" that are supposed to do away with vocals in
music, at least outside extremely professional circles, only yield
so-so results...however, I would simply like to have more control over
this sort of thing.
Sorry if this all is a bit vague. I'd simply like to get better at all this.
Thanks and I'd appreciate any help from knowledgeable folks on the list.
JM
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