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choonland
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 Posted - 2009/08/17 : 04:11:48
is there any way to make the opposite of a compression process???
I mean, the compressor reduces the dinamyc range, but is there a way to increase it?
so the loudest sounds sound even louder, and the quiet sound more quiet?
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DJ_FunDaBounce
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Posted - 2009/08/17 : 05:04:35
yes. it's called an expander. seriously.
never used one myself though so I can't get into details but it exists.
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Meathead
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Posted - 2009/08/17 : 05:21:21
Volume knob 
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TheOneNOnly
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Posted - 2009/08/17 : 18:44:12
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Originally posted by Meathead:
Volume knob
A volume knob goes one way, only.
You'd increase the sound, but you wouldn't make the quiet quieter.
I'd Google 'expander' I guess.
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choonland
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Posted - 2009/08/17 : 20:11:57
thanks i'll look around :)
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2009/08/17 : 22:31:39
Get the sound right to begin with if you can, using correctional measures should be a last resort!
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Meathead
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Posted - 2009/08/17 : 23:33:21
quote:
Originally posted by TheOneNOnly:
quote:
Originally posted by Meathead:
Volume knob
A volume knob goes one way, only.
You'd increase the sound, but you wouldn't make the quiet quieter.
I'd Google 'expander' I guess.
A volume knob goes one way? What?
Automate the volume? Turn it down in the parts you want to be quieter?
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choonland
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Posted - 2009/08/18 : 02:41:41
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Originally posted by Hard2Get:
Get the sound right to begin with if you can, using correctional measures should be a last resort!
yeah, i agree
but what I want specifically is to clean vocal samples, like when you sample a dialogue from a movie, and there is background sounds, and quite ambient music, so the idea is to cut that off and leave only the vocals, if possible
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Meathead
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Posted - 2009/08/18 : 11:44:16
quote:
Originally posted by Naturatech:
quote:
Originally posted by Hard2Get:
Get the sound right to begin with if you can, using correctional measures should be a last resort!
yeah, i agree
but what I want specifically is to clean vocal samples, like when you sample a dialogue from a movie, and there is background sounds, and quite ambient music, so the idea is to cut that off and leave only the vocals, if possible
If the music is during the talking there's not much you can do. You could try filtering or adding other effects and see how it goes but as far as i know there's no getting rid really. If, however, the music is really quiet compared to the talking and only when there is no talking you could try a noise gate.
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Mortis
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Posted - 2009/08/18 : 13:54:12
quote:
Originally posted by Meathead:
but what I want specifically is to clean vocal samples, like when you sample a dialogue from a movie, and there is background sounds, and quite ambient music, so the idea is to cut that off and leave only the vocals, if possible
If the music is during the talking there's not much you can do. You could try filtering or adding other effects and see how it goes but as far as i know there's no getting rid really. If, however, the music is really quiet compared to the talking and only when there is no talking you could try a noise gate.
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You could also try to EQ it out but that's not an ideal solution.
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Jackol
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Posted - 2009/08/26 : 06:12:27
personally, i like hearing a little music in the backround of a movie vocal sample, cuz it lets me know its from a movie. i get all interested and i try to remember or find what the movie was lol.
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Technikal
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Posted - 2009/09/05 : 01:58:41
What you need is a gate plugin. Basically you set your gate threshold to a certain db level, when the overall signal is lower than your threshold, then the gate kicks in and mutes the sound. So not quite the job of an expander but if it's for cleaning up vocals in between the important bits, a gate is essential. just make sure you have a fast attack on the gate and a fairly fast release so it cuts out the crap more effectively :)
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choonland
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Posted - 2009/09/05 : 05:08:18
^^ thanks ill try it!
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Shades
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Posted - 2009/09/05 : 10:00:39
use an audio editor to clean it up dude....
audacity, cooledit pro/adobe audition, sony soundforge they all will clean background noise
in cool edit, just use: noise reduction, job done 
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