[LAU] Compression settings for speech leveling

[Ricardus Vincente]

On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 05:14 +0000, Joel Roth wrote:

  I am here to serve.  Ten years of professional engineering has gotta
count for somethin.   :-)

 Rich...



> >  4:1 ratio, fast attack, medium release, and set threshold so that you
> > get maybe 6 dB of gain reduction.  Try that for starters.
> 
> Thanks Ricardus, I'll experiment with this.
>  
> >  Rinse and repeat.  Your mileage may vary.
> 
> Yeah, that's how it usually goes... I think the only
> way from here is up.
> 
> Joel
> 
>  
> >  Ricardus.
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi Audioists,
> > > 
> > > I have some speech recorded from a lapel microphone.
> > > 
> > > A problem is that the level rises and falls as the speaker
> > > turned her face toward and away from her lapel. 
> > > 
> > > Can anyone suggest a starting point for LADSPA compressor
> > > settings to even out this variation? I'm willing to
> > > compromise with some pumping or wheezing artifacts.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
>