Re: [LAU] Compression settings for speech leveling - Linux-audio-user

5 Sep 2009

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,
 >  