[music-dsp] Help (Mac): How to remove (bass) clipping

[James McCartney]

Well even though you have lost information, you can replace the flat tops
with round tops to make them more tolerable.

> Thanks Andy,
> 
> Well, all you said I knew already yet the PC crowd told me
> that with Sound Forge they can somehow ''remove'' clipping,
> so like an idiot I asked: is there something like that on the Mac?
> 
> ... and,  the answer seems to be:
> No, Santa Claus is not for real :-)
> 
> Thanks anyway,
> 
> Davor
> 
>> What you need is an analogue compressor on your bass player before it
>> reaches an ADC. You can probably post something to a recording based list to
>> find out more about how to record things properly.
>> 
>> Once you have clipped you have lost data. There is no way to automatically
>> reconstruct it that doesn't compromise your sound. As an extreme example
>> take a recording of all full positive and full negative values, now
>> reconstruct that as the original unclipped audio, it's much easier just to
>> go back and re-record the lot properly.
>> 
>> andy
>> --
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Davor Pavuna" <pavuna at bluewin.ch>
>> To: <music-dsp at shoko.calarts.edu>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:10 PM
>> Subject: [music-dsp] Help (Mac): How to remove (bass) clipping
>> 
>> 
>>> I just subscribed to this list and I alredy need help !
>>> 
>>> Last night I was recording my jazz band's rehearsal directly
>>> to my Apple Powewerbook G3 yet most tracks have the
>>> distrotion due to digital clipping - essentially due
>>> to the bass-players 'punch' ...
>>> 
>>> Now I know that on the PC there is Sound Forge that has the
>>> removal of clipping (almost automatically) but is there
>>> anything on the Mac ?
>>> 
>>> I have the SFX-machine and it does some removal yet I will need
>>> some more powerfull software to remove all the bass-induced
>>> clipping.
>>> 
>>> Any guidance welcome.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Davor Pavuna
>>> Montreux, Switzerland
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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