Hi everyone, I am considering purchasing Amadeus Pro for the digitization of many, many cassette and reel-to-reel recordings. Since I would be using batch processes to accomplish this task, I was wondering if Amadeus Pro also has filters for the removal of hiss which is very noticeable on some cassettes and old reel-to-reel tapes. If not, can one purchase third-party apps that will work in tandem with Amadeus Pro?
Thanks so much in advance, Mike On 29,Jul,2014, at 13:34, Jenine Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks so much for these excellent instructions. > > My goal was to normalize a number of files. > > I do like your ring tone example though and may just have to try that. > Jenine Stanley > [email protected] > > > > On Jul 29, 2014, at 5:16 AM, Paul Erkens <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Jenine, >> >> I've had difficulties myself as well, and I found out how to get things >> going. >> To batch process files in amadeus pro, do the following. >> >> First, fire up amadeus and to begin with, hit command shift n to open the >> batch processor. The layout of the window is actually simple, once you >> understand the basics. There are 4 tabs: format, actions, meta data and >> artwork. For now, forget about the last 2. If you just want to batch >> convert, then only the format tab is important. By default, after you open >> the batch processor, you will already be inside the format tab, so skip all >> tab stuff for now. >> >> Next, you will want to select the files to work on. However, even though >> this is the logical way of doing it, you first need to set a number of >> options. This is because once you have selected your source files, amadeus >> will immediately begin cranking away, without you having the chance to set >> conversion options first. So, first set options, and then hit select files. >> Let's go through the options. >> >> Resulting format is the first option you need to set. Just select your >> desired destination format from this popup menu, like mp3, m4a etc. To be >> clear: this is what you want your source files to become, once amadeus >> converted them. >> Once the destination file format is chosen, use the button next to the >> format chooser, to specify your settings. For example, say you want your >> source files, in whatever format they are now, to be converted into mp3 >> files, with a bitrate of 256. Then first select mp3 from the resulting >> format menu, and then hit the settings button next to it, so you can select >> 256 kilobits for your resulting mp3 files. There's a whole lot more to know, >> but this will get you started. After you choose your desired bitrate, or >> other destination file options from the settings dialog, be sure to hit okay >> there, and you will return to the amadeus batch processor. >> >> The next option in the batch processor is called destination location. In >> short, this is straight forward. The popup has a few preset folders for you >> to choose from, but of course you can also point to a folder of your own >> choice. Again: this is the folder where you want your converted files to go. >> >> Next option is delete original. This is a checkbox. If you are totally sure >> that your batch processor conversion options are correct, which take some >> experience, only then would I advise you to turn this thing on. If you find >> that you are satisfied with your converted files, you can always delete your >> source files manually, so that you are in control. >> >> Next is: change name to. I never use this, and now that I'm looking at it >> again, I wouldn't bother. Same goes for filter files, which is the next >> option, and I'd also not worry about entering regular expressions. >> >> Next is: open subfolders recursively. This affects your selection of source >> files. With this checkbox off, only files, single files from 1 folder that >> you select, will be converted. With this checkbox on, all subfolders of the >> source will be traversed and converted. To clarify: let's say you have a >> folder called big store, full of audio. It doesn't matter where this >> imaginary folder is on your mac. Just imagine that big store, contains audio >> files, and also imagine that big store has subfolders, also containing audio. >> So we were looking at this checkbox labeled: open subfolders recursively. >> Now. If you have this checkbox off, then amadeus will look in this big store >> source folder, and if it finds any audio files at its top level, only those >> will be converted. If you turn this checkbox on, then amadeus will also go >> through each and every subfolder inside big store, and all audio it >> encounters there, will also be converted. Keep in mind that it is up to you, >> to determine what happens to the original audio. If you have set a >> destination folder for conversion, different from the source folder, then >> the original audio will still be safe and unaffected, and it won't be >> overwritten by the converted files. >> >> Next option: retain folder hierarchy. The folder hierarchy is simply the >> layout of a particular folder, with all subfolders beneath it. Of course, >> only if you chose to recursively go through lots of audio folders, there's >> the question how to store all those files on your destination. You could >> either choose to throw all resulting files into one single folder, it being >> a collection of all the files gathered from all source folders recursed, or, >> you can choose to have amadeus recreate the entire folder hierarchy at your >> destination. If you do that, then you will see the entire folder tree on >> your destination as well, just like you have it on your source location, and >> then each converted file will be in a location you recognize. Again, only >> turn this box on, if you are recursing your source folder tree. >> >> Finally, there's the option: drag files on this area to process them. This >> used to be slightly cumbersome, but it is not anymore. We used to have to >> click this area on the screen using the voiceover mouse simulation, but now, >> the amadeus author has given us a simple button to click, that voiceover >> recognizes, which opens the source file browser. This button is unlabeled >> though, so voiceover will just call it: button. Now that you have set all >> your options for conversion, you begin conversion itself by selecting the >> source files or folder, and then if you hit open, to return to amadeus pro, >> conversion will be on its way. >> >> Now without all extra info, here's how to quickly convert audio to mp3 256, >> just as an example. >> 1. Open amadeus, and start the batch processor, command shift n. >> 2. In the format tab, select the destination file format, in this case mp3, >> and set the mp3 details using the settings button. There, you choose 256 as >> the mp3 bitrate to convert into. >> 3. Choose your destination folder, where all your converted files will go. >> 4. Go through the other options as described, for recursion etc. Usually, >> you can leave all of those at their defaults, as long as you are not going >> to recursively convert. >> 5. Finally, hit the unlabeled button. This will open the source file >> selection dialog. Select what you want converted, and once hit open from >> this dialog, you will return to amadeus and conversion will be going on. >> 6. Once conversion is complete, which has a nice progress window, you will >> get a message box telling you how things went, that you can close with an >> okay button. >> 7. Finally, if you now close amadeus pro using command q, amadeus will ask >> you to save or discard, well, something. Here, amadeus is asking you if you >> want to keep the batch conversion settings as you just set them, for future >> use or not. It is perfecly safe to not save here, because it will not affect >> your converted files, and it is easy to recreate the settings once you know >> what they do. It's a matter of less than a minute for all of them. >> >> As a side note, a remark on the actions tab. Amadeus pro is not just a >> simple converter. You can do all sorts of cool things to your files. Say you >> have 200 songs in your source folder, and you want all of them to become >> ring tones. To do that in an automated way, here's what you could do. Often, >> the first 30 seconds of a song is intro. A soft beginning, which won't be >> useful as a ring tone, because that only lasts 30 seconds at best. So, you >> might want to begin each ring tone, 30 seconds or so into the song. To do >> this, you can tell amadeus to cut off the first 30 seconds of your song, as >> the first step to make it into a ring tone. Next, you want 30 seconds of the >> song for your ring tone, but no more. So, in the actions tab of the batch >> file converter, tell amadeus to then cut off everything after the first 30 >> seconds. To summarize up to this point, you now have an audio snippet from >> your song, starting 30 seconds into the song, and lasting 30 seconds from >> there. Then, you could choose to nicely fade in the beginning of the >> snippet, because that will sound smoother as the start of your ring tone. A >> fade in of a few tenths of a second is enough to make your ring tone sound >> nicely at its start. Likewise, fade it out at the end if you want. Once you >> have your ring tone snippet, it might be that its volume is not as loud as >> it could be, without clipping. So, you could then have amadeus pro normalize >> the segment for you, so that its volume is maxed out in the resulting file. >> >> All these things can be added in sequence, one after the other, using the >> add button on the actions tab of the batch processor. Each newly added >> action will be carried out after the other ones, in the order you added them >> to the list box of actions to take. >> Finally, choose ring tone, as your amadeus pro destination file format. You >> choose this from the same menu where you chose mp3. The choice is called: >> iphone ring tone. To be clear, an iphone ring tone is not an mp3. Rather, >> it's an m4r. So, do choose iphone ring tone in the above case, not mp3, or >> itunes won't be willing to import your 200 segments as new ring tones, and >> itunes will instead import them as little 30 second songs, which is not what >> you intend. >> >> Hth, >> Paul. >> On Jul 20, 2014, at 2:25 AM, Jenine Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can anyone who has successfully used the batch processor in Amadeus Pro >>> give me some step by step directions. I'm obviously not doing something >>> right. >>> >>> I can't even explain what I think I'm doing wrong because I've tried >>> several methods of selecting files and applying effects to them and nothing >>> has quite worked. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Jenine Stanley >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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