Re: Another goldwave question

[covici]

Well, play2 si set to play selection, but what was happening is that it
would play past the finish marker.  Now in the manual, it says control
left bracket plays from start to finish marker, it does not say play
selection, although is not that the same thing?  After I did ctrl-[ then
the f3 key did indeed play selection.

Colin Howard  wrote:

> John,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> Hi.  I have found something very strange in goldwave -- I had a small
> selection of about a second and hit f3 and it kept right on going, but
> then I hit control left bracket and after that f3 just played the
> selection -- what am I missing here?
> 
> Control left bracket?  what is this intended to achieve?  can't bring to
> mind what it ought to do.
> 
> What value is your play2 (f3) set for?
> 
> My play1 (f2) is set to play all, play2 (f3) selection, i.e whatever is
> between the start and finish markers and my play3 (f4) is set to view, i.e
> whatever is on the screen.  Sounds to me you have your play2 set to
> selection same as me, what do you want to achieve?
> 
> More and explicit information please.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Another goldwave question

[Colin Howard]

Greetings,

control left bracket I assume is play from cursor to finish marker?  I do
not know, never used such controls.  Selection is, indeed, whatever lies
between start and finish markers.

Re: Another goldwave question

[Colin Howard]

John,

You wrote:

Hi.  I have found something very strange in goldwave -- I had a small
selection of about a second and hit f3 and it kept right on going, but
then I hit control left bracket and after that f3 just played the
selection -- what am I missing here?

Control left bracket?  what is this intended to achieve?  can't bring to
mind what it ought to do.

What value is your play2 (f3) set for?

My play1 (f2) is set to play all, play2 (f3) selection, i.e whatever is
between the start and finish markers and my play3 (f4) is set to view, i.e
whatever is on the screen.  Sounds to me you have your play2 set to
selection same as me, what do you want to achieve?

More and explicit information please.

Re: Another goldwave question

[covici]

In the manual it says control [ plays from start to finish marker,
unless my memory has gone wrong.  But the f3 key did go bast the finish
marker untill I pressed control [ .


Colin Howard  wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> control left bracket I assume is play from cursor to finish marker?  I do
> not know, never used such controls.  Selection is, indeed, whatever lies
> between start and finish markers.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Another goldwave question

[covici]

Hi.  I have found something very strange in goldwave -- I had a small
selection of about a second and hit f3 and it kept right on going, but
then I hit control left bracket and after that f3 just played the
selection -- what am I missing here?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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How do
you spend it?

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Re: another goldwave question

[covici]

I like it a lot (the scrub), thanks for that hint.  My only problem with
goldwave is the screen reader (window-eyes) stops talking for several
seconds or longer -- it has something o do with the framerate if I set
it to 20, things improve.

Colin Howard  wrote:

> John,
> 
> You don't change the wind forward or back values if you want to jump back or
> forward 5 seconds, in case you are not aware of their location, press f11
> and in the play tab which is where you land, tab can't remember how many but
> certainly more than six, you should see a rewind which I think by default is
> set at 2 the forward wind is set as 1 - meaning by pressing f5 or j, you
> rewind at twice playing speed, by pressing f6 or l, you wind forward at
> playing speed.  Of course, these values are edit boxes and you can change
> them, I have mine set to 5, the maximum. 
> 
> To change how much the arrows / markers move, you need change the zoom rate.
> By default on opening the file, the whole is on the screen - least I believe
> this to be true though how a file of, say, seven hours can be shown I cannot
> guess. 
> 
> I've opened a file of 25 minutes, my view is one minutes' worth of file, by
> moving my start marker once it starting at 0.000, it now shows 0.600, again,
> shows 1.200, then 1.800 . . . the end marker moves back the same ratio.
> 
> I change the zoom rate to show ten seconds, the markers move correspondingly
> less, starting at 0.000 one move with shift and right arrow the start now
> shows 0.100, then 0.200 . . . the arrow keys move the cursor back/forward in
> tenths of the zoom rate, I strongly suggest you envoke the scrub facility,
> about which I wrote at some length a few days ago - this is an edit box to
> the right of the two wind values and by default is set at 0.000 I have mine
> set at 0.150 which gives me enough sound for each movement of arrow / marker
> to aid with both finding my place and editting.
> 
> I note nobody in their replies have mentioned this incredibly useful
> function, I cannot understand why it is not set on by default with, say
> 0.200 but it isn't.  I played with values for a long time until I settled on
> 0.150 as being my favoured setting.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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another goldwave question

[john riehl]

I want to reduce the amount of time Goldwave rewinds or moves forward when I
use the left and right arrow keys. I tried  reading the manual and it talks
about adjusting the "sound window" left or right, but the numbers in the
"View" menu don't translate in my head to seconds. 

I want Goldwave to move ahead or back five seconds or so when I press the
right or left arrow keys, respectively.

Thanks for the help, as always. 

John riehl

 

Re: another goldwave question

[Colin Howard]

John,

You don't change the wind forward or back values if you want to jump back or
forward 5 seconds, in case you are not aware of their location, press f11
and in the play tab which is where you land, tab can't remember how many but
certainly more than six, you should see a rewind which I think by default is
set at 2 the forward wind is set as 1 - meaning by pressing f5 or j, you
rewind at twice playing speed, by pressing f6 or l, you wind forward at
playing speed.  Of course, these values are edit boxes and you can change
them, I have mine set to 5, the maximum. 

To change how much the arrows / markers move, you need change the zoom rate.
By default on opening the file, the whole is on the screen - least I believe
this to be true though how a file of, say, seven hours can be shown I cannot
guess. 

I've opened a file of 25 minutes, my view is one minutes' worth of file, by
moving my start marker once it starting at 0.000, it now shows 0.600, again,
shows 1.200, then 1.800 . . . the end marker moves back the same ratio.

I change the zoom rate to show ten seconds, the markers move correspondingly
less, starting at 0.000 one move with shift and right arrow the start now
shows 0.100, then 0.200 . . . the arrow keys move the cursor back/forward in
tenths of the zoom rate, I strongly suggest you envoke the scrub facility,
about which I wrote at some length a few days ago - this is an edit box to
the right of the two wind values and by default is set at 0.000 I have mine
set at 0.150 which gives me enough sound for each movement of arrow / marker
to aid with both finding my place and editting.

I note nobody in their replies have mentioned this incredibly useful
function, I cannot understand why it is not set on by default with, say
0.200 but it isn't.  I played with values for a long time until I settled on
0.150 as being my favoured setting.

RE: another goldwave question

[john riehl]

Thanks for the great advice!

 

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Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 4:33 PM
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Subject: Re: another goldwave question

 

John,

You don't change the wind forward or back values if you want to jump back or
forward 5 seconds, in case you are not aware of their location, press f11
and in the play tab which is where you land, tab can't remember how many but
certainly more than six, you should see a rewind which I think by default is
set at 2 the forward wind is set as 1 - meaning by pressing f5 or j, you
rewind at twice playing speed, by pressing f6 or l, you wind forward at
playing speed.  Of course, these values are edit boxes and you can change
them, I have mine set to 5, the maximum.

To change how much the arrows / markers move, you need change the zoom rate.
By default on opening the file, the whole is on the screen - least I believe
this to be true though how a file of, say, seven hours can be shown I cannot
guess.

I've opened a file of 25 minutes, my view is one minutes' worth of file, by
moving my start marker once it starting at 0.000, it now shows 0.600, again,
shows 1.200, then 1.800 . . . the end marker moves back the same ratio.

I change the zoom rate to show ten seconds, the markers move correspondingly
less, starting at 0.000 one move with shift and right arrow the start now
shows 0.100, then 0.200 . . . the arrow keys move the cursor back/forward in
tenths of the zoom rate, I strongly suggest you envoke the scrub facility,
about which I wrote at some length a few days ago - this is an edit box to
the right of the two wind values and by default is set at 0.000 I have mine
set at 0.150 which gives me enough sound for each movement of arrow / marker
to aid with both finding my place and editting.

I note nobody in their replies have mentioned this incredibly useful
function, I cannot understand why it is not set on by default with, say
0.200 but it isn't.  I played with values for a long time until I settled on
0.150 as being my favoured setting.





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Re: Another GoldWave Question -

[Robert Doc Wright]

right now when I go to the bottom it only reads 0:00 0:00 no matter where 
I'm located in the track. nor does it show me whether  the track is mono or 
stereo its as if it is not seeing all of the screen. when I used jaws I 
could read the bottom 2 lines on the screen.
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To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: Another GoldWave Question -


you should be able to just find it at the bottom of the window with your 
mouse keys below the l and r meters. Reclassing it, if you're using 
window-eyes, won't really do anything. I could suggest some sort of 
dialogue where that information was presented to the user though, or how 
about a hotkey to find that info out? maybe there is one.



Dave C. Bahr

On 1/13/2012 3:08 PM, Doc wright wrote:

How do I reclass the window in win-eyes to get the best results. I'm not
seeing the line that shows the track length and whether its stereo or 
mono.


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SV: Another GoldWave Question -

[Bardia Zakeri]

Hello list, Bardia Zakeri here!
 I have a question about , GoldWave updated and how can I update it? And
newer scripts have license is the program for 5.57 and I can then update to
newer version for gwave? And script   I use  Windows 7
- swedish ---
Hejsan listan, Bardia Zakeri här!
Jag har en fråga ang, GoldWave och uppdatering  hur kan jag uppdatera
programmet? Och nyare script har lisense med  programmet för 5.57 och   kan
jag då uppdatera till  nyare version av gwave?  Använder  windows 7   

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Ämne: Re: Another GoldWave Question -

Hello,

Under the menu bar, you can read the length and, when the track is running,
how much data has been played in minutes and seconds.  Maybe even hours, as
well.  can you hear whether the track is stereo or Mono?

I think that info is located at the bottom of the sound window.



Good luck,

JP



At 23:02 13/01/2012, you wrote:
you should be able to just find it at the bottom of the window with your
mouse keys below the l and r meters. Reclassing it, if you're using
window-eyes, won't really do anything. I could suggest some sort of dialogue
where that information was presented to the user though, or how about a
hotkey to find that info out? maybe there is one.


Dave C. Bahr

On 1/13/2012 3:08 PM, Doc wright wrote:
How do I reclass the window in win-eyes to get the best results. I'm not
seeing the line that shows the track length and whether its stereo or
mono.

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Re: SV: Another GoldWave Question -

[Dave bahr]

Bardia, just go to the file menu and then check for updates. If that 
doesn't work, not sure why it wouldn't, but www.goldwave.com is the main 
site. Not sure about jfw scripts. You don't need a new license to update 
to v 5.65. hth, 	



Dave C. Bahr

On 1/15/2012 4:46 AM, Bardia Zakeri wrote:



Hello list, Bardia Zakeri here!
  I have a question about , GoldWave updated and how can I update it? And
newer scripts have license is the program for 5.57 and I can then update to
newer version for gwave? And script   I use  Windows 7
- swedish ---
Hejsan listan, Bardia Zakeri här!
Jag har en fråga ang, GoldWave och uppdatering  hur kan jag uppdatera
programmet? Och nyare script har lisense med  programmet för 5.57 och   kan
jag då uppdatera till  nyare version av gwave?  Använder  windows 7

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Skickat: den 15 januari 2012 02:04
Till: PC Audio Discussion List
Ämne: Re: Another GoldWave Question -

 Hello,

Under the menu bar, you can read the length and, when the track is running,
how much data has been played in minutes and seconds.  Maybe even hours, as
well.  can you hear whether the track is stereo or Mono?

I think that info is located at the bottom of the sound window.



Good luck,

JP



At 23:02 13/01/2012, you wrote:

you should be able to just find it at the bottom of the window with your

mouse keys below the l and r meters. Reclassing it, if you're using
window-eyes, won't really do anything. I could suggest some sort of dialogue
where that information was presented to the user though, or how about a
hotkey to find that info out? maybe there is one.



Dave C. Bahr

On 1/13/2012 3:08 PM, Doc wright wrote:

How do I reclass the window in win-eyes to get the best results. I'm not
seeing the line that shows the track length and whether its stereo or

mono.


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Re: Another GoldWave Question -

[Dave bahr]

ok, what are you using now? if it's nvda, I don't know the mouse keys 
for it. Kinda slammed with school, but...hmmm, it's not reading the 
whole screen, no. Is it possible that the icons of another program are 
blocking that window? Or could it be that the meter graphs are too large 
for the mouse to move down? Would you be able to have a sighted person 
look at it and tell you where your cursor is when you hit what the 
reader thinks is the bottom of the screen? if you are recording, you'll 
see something like, recording, 44.100hz. stereo, length, size. At 
least, that's what I think it says, doing that one from memory. I'm 
wondering if it's possible to get this in some sort of popup edit box, 
what do others think of that? if necessary, one could do a passthrough 
aka bypass key to execute the hotkey.



Dave C. Bahr

On 1/15/2012 4:24 AM, Robert Doc Wright wrote:

right now when I go to the bottom it only reads 0:00 0:00 no matter
where I'm located in the track. nor does it show me whether the track is
mono or stereo its as if it is not seeing all of the screen. when I used
jaws I could read the bottom 2 lines on the screen.
- Original Message - From: Dave bahr dcba...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: Another GoldWave Question -



you should be able to just find it at the bottom of the window with
your mouse keys below the l and r meters. Reclassing it, if you're
using window-eyes, won't really do anything. I could suggest some sort
of dialogue where that information was presented to the user though,
or how about a hotkey to find that info out? maybe there is one.


Dave C. Bahr

On 1/13/2012 3:08 PM, Doc wright wrote:

How do I reclass the window in win-eyes to get the best results. I'm not
seeing the line that shows the track length and whether its stereo or
mono.

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Re: Another GoldWave Question -

[Joe Paton]

Hello,

Under the menu bar, you can read the length and, when the track is running, how 
much data has been played in minutes and seconds.  Maybe even hours, as well.  
can you hear whether the track is stereo or Mono?

I think that info is located at the bottom of the sound window.



Good luck,

JP



At 23:02 13/01/2012, you wrote:
you should be able to just find it at the bottom of the window with your mouse 
keys below the l and r meters. Reclassing it, if you're using window-eyes, 
won't really do anything. I could suggest some sort of dialogue where that 
information was presented to the user though, or how about a hotkey to find 
that info out? maybe there is one.


Dave C. Bahr

On 1/13/2012 3:08 PM, Doc wright wrote:
How do I reclass the window in win-eyes to get the best results. I'm not
seeing the line that shows the track length and whether its stereo or mono.

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Re: Another GoldWave Question -

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How do I reclass the window in win-eyes to get the best results. I'm not 
seeing the line that shows the track length and whether its stereo or mono. 



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Re: Another GoldWave Question -

[Dave bahr]

you should be able to just find it at the bottom of the window with your 
mouse keys below the l and r meters. Reclassing it, if you're using 
window-eyes, won't really do anything. I could suggest some sort of 
dialogue where that information was presented to the user though, or how 
about a hotkey to find that info out? maybe there is one.



Dave C. Bahr

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Re: Another GoldWave Question - Problem with File Quality

[JM Casey]

Hm. Well, as far as I know wma is also a compressed file format, but it's 
one I never use so I can't say much about it..used to have bad experiences 
with them so I've just avoided them ever since.



- Original Message - 
From: Danny Miles emowarr...@googlemail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Another GoldWave Question - Problem with File Quality



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.


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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

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Another GoldWave Question - Problem with File Quality

[Danny Miles]

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

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Re: Another GoldWave Question - Problem with File Quality

[JM Casey]

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.



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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

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Re: Another GoldWave Question - Problem with File Quality

[Danny Miles]

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

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Re: Another GoldWave Question - Problem with File Quality

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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

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