Hi Mike, I've not done any digitisation of cassettes since I began using Amadeus, but yes it comes with a suite of Denoising functions. It also supports Audio units, so I imagine you may be able to add other options if what Amadeus offers isn't satisfactory. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 9/08/2014, at 3:35 am, Mike Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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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