On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 03:00:47PM +1000, Mark Constable wrote: Hi, I think you may want to try this LADSPA plugin: http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/ladspa/limiter.html I use it for similar purposes with success. Apologies for this shameless plug if you already knew it. Tom

On Friday 18 February 2005 10:34, Mark Constable wrote: Try "emerge tap-plugins -pv"... Arnold -- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -- Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Michael Schnake wrote: Yes indeed. I was inside media-sound/ at the time and was not even aware of media-plugins/ section. There is no sign of tap-reverbed as an ebuild though. I've just spent 1/2 an hour with TAPs Scaling Limiter and it looks, and sounds, like it's doing exactly what I was after. Perhaps some of the other limiting options also work but this one just seemed to do what I expected, and so simple with just two controls. Thank you Tom Szilagyi and looking forward to exploring your other plugins, particularly the Reverberator. I am becoming increasing convinced that Gentoo is the best option for linux desktops, especially AMD 64-bit, so yes, thanks for rescuing me before I get castrated :-) --markc

On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 15:00 +1000, Mark Constable wrote: Volume can be maximized through compression. Presence is more complex and typically is related to EQ, perhaps some effects such as chorus, etc. Be aware that if you run the whole mix through a compressor, it's gotta be a very transparent one. I am not sure how the existing LADSPA compressors measure up, but i've been repeatedly told (by professionals) to pay great attention to the transparency of the compressor in the mastering stage (which is what you want to do). If you're looking at a hardware compressor, RNC (Real Nice Compressor) seems to be the top performer in the bang-for-the-buck arena (costs in the hundreds, sounds in the thousands): http://www.fmraudio.com/RNC1773.htm Sounds like an EQ thing to me. But IANASE (i am not a sound engineer) so have the grain of salt ready. Oh, and if it's low bitrate oggs, then forget what i said about hi- quality compression. ;-) -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

Lee Revell wrote: That's a great read and I appreciate the link but it's not what I am after. I do understand where the guy is coming from and for 5.1 DVD 24/48 production I would totally agree. I hope to get there one day. In the mean time I am after simple and specific techiques to maximise saturation of lo-fi ogg/mp3 streams with the relativily simple tools everyone has access to on linux right now today. As close as in the simplest easy way. This is similar to the reverb thread a little while ago. Where is that magic button to kick in a preset that just does the job?... I know, it doesn't exist, but how can I get a close facsimile using, say, audacity? (rezound does not work for me and anything non-gui is a lost cause). If anyone can emulate the wav in that image and have it play back without clipping then however they managed to do that (without outboard equipment) then I'd really appreciate the howto. The rub is it can be done on a Mac. --markc

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