Posted by Jon Danniken on 10/22/05 08:53

dadiOH" wrote:
> dadiOH wrote:
> > Jon Danniken wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have a question about mp3 format (digital) music. If an mp3 was
> >> originally created with levels that are to high, and clipping, can
> >> this be "fixed" by reducing the levels in audio processing software,
> >> or is it like analog music where one "clipped" rendering can never be
> >> fixed?
> >
> > Yes if too much gain was added via MP3Gain or MPTrim. No otherwise.
>
> One more possibility...
>
> CoolEdit has/had a plugin that would sort of do that. It wasn't perfect
> but it wasn't bad. However, it ain't cheap and if you use a cracked
> version you'll wind up with a file that has bell sounds at intervals and
> there is no way to fix that.

Thanks for the information, dadiOH, I appreciate it. Sounds like the
cooledit people came up with a neat way to discourage crackers. :)

Jon

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