Hi. Thanks for the response. File is a .WMA file, as that's the original format of the vocals. The music was originally a .wav file, but when I mixed this in it didn't pose any problems, and the hiss to which I referred is most noticeable when there is no noise at all so I'm sure that this hasn't caused a problem. I tried saving the .WMA file as both a .MP3 and a .WAV file to see if it made a difference but it didn't do anything.
All the best, Danny On 1/12/12, JM Casey <crystallo...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > Hey Danny. There are probably others more experienced than I who can provide > some possible answers, but I do know that editing and re-saving frequently > should not affect the quality of your file, unless you save in MP3 format, > in which case you might lose some quality each time. Your processor would do > all the work during the actual editing, and not the saving process, so if as > you say the sound was fine before you did your final save, that shouldn't be > an issue either. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Danny Miles" <emowarr...@googlemail.com> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:17 PM > Subject: Another GoldWave Question - Problem with File Quality > > >> Hi All. Thanks so much for your fantastically helpful responses on my >> licensing question. I haven't yet moved to the new laptop, but I'm >> having a bit of trouble on the old one. >> >> For the past week I've been editing together a podcast. I finished it >> yesterday and, prior to saving it, everything was fine. I wasn't >> aware of changing anything within the file content after the point at >> which I checked it, but when I opened it today to listen to it all the >> way through I found that parts of the vocals were distorted and there >> was a hiss present which hadn't been there before (not a permanent one >> like one which comes from recording, but a temporary one which sounds >> a bit like a radio being tuned in or wind blowing around a big house >> ... but obviously quieter). With sighted assistance I was able to >> observe that there may be some issue with the stereo mix, but I've >> tried every possible combination of 0% and 100% on the four channel >> options and none of them have brought a perfect result (although a >> couple certainly improved it a bit). I've tried hiss removal etc, and >> even some of the equaliser options, but none of them have taken the >> file back to what it was before. >> >> Presuming that the intermittent distortion and strange background >> noise aren't caused by any changes within the file, I'm wondering what >> else might have caused this? For example, can continually >> editing/re-saving a file affect the quality of the output? I have >> done this sort of thing before so don't believe that this is the case >> but thought it was worth asking. My stronger suspicion is that the >> lack of speed of my processor (it's a Celeron) may have lead to a poor >> quality saving of the file, which would also explain why some parts of >> the file are unharmed. Would this be a likely/possible reason for my >> problem? If there's something which I haven't yet thought of, any >> other suggestions would also be appreciated. >> >> As always any help will be very gratefully received, as this work took >> me a good length of time to produce and I don't have the original >> files so would have to record it all again. >> >> Cheers, Danny >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
