[linux-audio-user] I just want to EQ the quiet parts

Hi LAUs,

I'm pretty new to all this but have been using Audacity with plugins,
etc and have recently been experimenting with Ardour and Jamin.

What I want to do is EQ the "quiet" parts only of a wav file. The file
is a tape recording of some source (probably LP) done on a cheap
recorder. There is lots of rumble that is mostly noticeable (of course)
in the quieter spots on the track. Playing with Jamin's 30 band EQ
shows that filtering out a band or two around 200 Hz helps a LOT but
this wrecks the bass in the louder "musical" sections.

Is there something like a noise gate that, instead of silencing
everything below a certain threshold, would apply a given EQ to it
instead? With all the cool Linux Audio tools out there, it seems like
there must be some way to do this. (Maybe Jamin can and I just don't
see it.)

Thanks,

Mike
Mike Jewell
One-Up Audio
Received on Sat Aug 27 00:15:10 2005