Brushing up sound on old Demo Recordings

[willhenderson]

can someone thats done it recommend me some programs and/or basic tips on how to just simply get a better sound from some old demo recordings; that arent in so good quality transferred from tape (in mp3) ?

im not sure what settings or what program to use to maybe take out some hiss, make some bass deeper, vocals clearer etc..

[redwudz]

You can try the freeware audio editor Audacity. It can accept MP3s. It has a lot of filters to expirement with. With Lame added, it can resave in MP3 format also.

[drewzor]

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[willhenderson]

thanks for the replies, and awesome drwazar that is exactly what im looking for although these are rare old rap recordings. anyhow yes i want to look into the program; here is a 10-15 second clip of a song from one of the demos...see if you could maybe do a little something with it. its very appreciated.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=9BFB19EA64A97332

Edit: sorry might be some language not suitable for work. just noticed

[drewzor]

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[willhenderson]

great thanks, no rush take your time and excuse myself i f youll check the edit.

[Marvingj]

Used Audacity or Goldwave they do a neat job. You can get even cleaner with soundforge.

[BJ_M]

here you go, still has some mush on the high end - but bass and vocals fixed ....

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=B3E553946E5B8F8C



to bad it was in mp3 to start with -- really killed a lot of quality

[willhenderson]

thanks i like it itt sounds a lot better, see if drewzor maybe gets some other results; what did you use and what are some of the settings you toyed with?

[drewzor]

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[BJ_M]

thanks i like it itt sounds a lot better, see if drewzor maybe gets some other results; what did you use and what are some of the settings you toyed with?

ran it through vegas and chain used was sony parametric for hiss removal and balancing mix , then ozone 3 with vocal processor and soem other setting (included compression/expansion and parametric and a bunch of other things) ... then wavearts verb and final BBE subsonic treatment ... I mixed it to very heavy bass line that will blow your subs (i master on a professional level) but only spent about 3-4 min. on this mix ... if it was a good source - i could really make this puppy lock.

[drewzor]

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[BJ_M]

drewzor's method is really better for you because he did it with cheap and/or free tools vs. several grand