Got some great replies to the question of dealing with an audio recording of a concert and converting that into a form that my devices can work with.
Now a next step question...
I want to alter the sound so that it sounds better. We messed with the basic equalizer on my stereo to great effect, so I'd like to re-master the original so that it sounds good.
Does anyone here do that, and what software do you use?
I have found one web page that has some recommendations- http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-digital-audio-editors/ but without any knowledge, I would kind of blindly choose Audacity because it's first in the article... (LOL)
I know a fair bit about audio work and I would recommend Audacity...I'm not a pro recording technician or whatever but it should be able to do everything you want.
Audacity is probably about the best free software you can get for that. And what you are trying to do is pretty simple. Sound Forge is the best pay software I've seen for it. 20 years ago, I could digitize an album, clean it up in Sound Forge and have a better CD than I could buy, if they had not got to digitally remastering that album yet.
Jay
UltraDork
8/4/16 1:29 p.m.
I would recommend looking into a DAW (digital audio workstation) suite. It will have all the tools you need (EQ, multi-band compressor, limiter, etc.) and there are heaps of tutorials out there for how to do anything with whichever one you want. Sure, there's a learning curve, but if you're just mastering 2-channel stereo audio it won't be too bad (see last sentence about heaps of tutorials.)
I use Reaper which has an unlimited free demo (and is super cheap to buy if you decide you want to), but you could also try Traction which just made all kinds of news because the devs released the older version as freeware.
Audacity is useful, but it's incredibly clunky and is hampered by the fact that the devs seemingly have no idea what the vast majority of its users use it for. And its built-in mastering plugins just aren't that good.
DrBoost
UltimaDork
8/4/16 4:29 p.m.
For occasional use, I'd recommend Audacity. I use a mix of a few Adobe products, but they are costly.
Got audacity, and did some of the work- wow, big improvements.
going to do some more research to see if it can be better, but if not, it's a huge improvement on the sound files I have.
