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MrLip
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Source material: Analog stereo cassette recordings of a live show. Most of the show was unevenly balanced, most of the output is in the left channel with very little coming from the right.
Objective: To take these cassettes and master them to CD.
So far: I have sampled the cassette recordings to stereo digital files. I have some experience with WaveLab 3.0 (I've 'mastered' a few CDs with it) and plan to use it for this project.
Question: Is there a way to even out the stereo balance in a beneficial way (ie. without comprimising overall audio quality?) My initial thoughts were to convert the stereo files to mono, but then I realized that to write a CD I would have to convert them back to stereo. Would this be a bad thing to do? Would converting back and forth cause significant reduction in audio quality?
Or is there a better way, other than converting to mono, to even out the stereo balance?
The material does not have any significant stereo material. Converting to mono and losing any stereo imaging would not be detrimental to the overall sound.
Thanks.
Objective: To take these cassettes and master them to CD.
So far: I have sampled the cassette recordings to stereo digital files. I have some experience with WaveLab 3.0 (I've 'mastered' a few CDs with it) and plan to use it for this project.
Question: Is there a way to even out the stereo balance in a beneficial way (ie. without comprimising overall audio quality?) My initial thoughts were to convert the stereo files to mono, but then I realized that to write a CD I would have to convert them back to stereo. Would this be a bad thing to do? Would converting back and forth cause significant reduction in audio quality?
Or is there a better way, other than converting to mono, to even out the stereo balance?
The material does not have any significant stereo material. Converting to mono and losing any stereo imaging would not be detrimental to the overall sound.
Thanks.
