Is that true of the Sony de-clicking plug-in?ģ. The reason I’ve recorded at 96Mhz rather than 44.1Mhz is that one post on another thread suggested automatic de-clicking software takes advantage of information at the higher frequencies. If I had recorded at 44.1Mhz (Echo Indigo IO PCMIA sound card), would I end up with a higher quality wav file than if I record at 96Mhz and downconvert?Ģ. How important is the quality of interpolation? Is interpolation done when down-converting? (Seems to me it would be necessary only for up-converting.)ĭ. Agreed? Why would someone not apply the filter?Ĭ. The documentation suggests applying the anti-alias filter is important. When saving a 96Mhz file to 44.1Mhz, what re-sampling options are being implemented?ī. But if I choose to “resample” I’m offered options for “applying anti-alias filter” and the quality of interpolation. When I save I’m not presented any options. (I posted this at the Sound Forge forum but it appears not to have a very active community.)ġ. I figured there wouldn't be too much I could to strictly in software, but I wanted to give it a shot.I'm trying out Sound Forge 9 and have a couple of questions. and this isn't so important that I'm going to go out and find a deck that will let me set the EQ manually.Īt any rate, I'll give it a shot. I'm not that familiar with tweaking audio gear.

I suppose I can give that a shot, but it sounds a little out of my league. I forget whether this error will result in too much treble or too little. But very old tapes didn't have these holes. Newer decks set this automatically based on holes in the cassette shell. each other.įive, try a deck that lets you set the playback EQ manually. It's entirely possible that the deck the tape was recorded on and yours are out of alignment w.r.t. Three, play the tape while adjusting the azimuth on your head.

One, demagnetize your cassette heads so your deck doesn't make it any worse. Sort of like an 'Unsharp Mask' for audio. I already know how to remove tape hiss and background, I was just wondering if there's anything one can do to tart up a muddy recording and make it clearer, or if I'm basically stuck. Getting back to software, can I just ask the gurus what audio tweaks - if any - one could apply to make a muddy WAV brighter and clearer? I have some old tapes that are pretty shagged, basically - cleaning the tape heads and twiddling the azimuth hasn't helped. Lint-free tissue, such as lens tissue, or cotton buds should be fine, IMO, as long as you don't keep repeatedly rubbing the tape head with the same mucky Q-tip. Wouldn't have thought so, given that this is one of the recommended methods for cleaning the expensive and high-precision coated optical surfaces found on microscope objectives.

Can I clean the heads with rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip? or are the cotton fibers too rough for the tape heads?

Too much feedback sound forge 9.0