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    Recording & Wave Editing Basics
    Updated Sep 10, 2020

    Recording & Wave Editing Basics

    Sep 10, 2020

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    Recording Basics

    • Determine the characteristic of the record:

      • Atmo -> STEREO

      • Sound object -> MONO

    • Choice of the microphone 

    • Optimal time and location for recording

    • Allow enough time!

    • Take into account cutting when recording

      • If you think the sound is over, count on 3 again ...

    • Recorded distance influences character of the recording (and level!), keep recording distance and angle constant over takes -> consistency

    • Correct recording level: plan enough headroom (in relation to the expected dynamics of the signal)

    Wave Editing

    Basic

    • Denoise (Edit > Noise Reduction / Restoration > Noise Reduction (process) or cmd/ctr+shift+p)

    • Cut at zero-crossing (Edit > Zero Crossings > Adjust Selection Inward (Shift+i) or Adjust Selection Outward (Shift+o))

    • (Convert to mono (Edit > Convert Sample Type or: shift+T))

    • Normalize to -2db (Effects > Amplitude and Compression > Normalize (process))

    • fade-in / fade-out if abrupt start or end of sound

    Further options

    • Edit individual sample points (via HUD)

    • Leveling

    • AMP (amplifier) envelopes

    • Filtering (high-pass, low-pass, bandpass), equalizing

    • File formats, sample rate / bitrate set

    • File management: naming, export multiple



    File formats / Save

    • Formats: Uncompressed (PCM, eg in aiff or wav container), lossless (eg in flac, apple & wma lossless) / lossy Compressed (eg as mp3, ogg, wma, mp4)

    • Sample rates: 8 - 192khz 



    Tips for naming files

    For a soundlibrary, terms make sense that characterize the sound in general, eg. according to material and "morphology" of the sound. So you can find the sounds again. Examples:

    • “beer_can_metal_impact_sharp_long_resonance”

    • “fingernails_scratching_wood_dull”

    • “small_tonal_ding_glass_repeated”

    If you have a concrete, known process, e.g. a coffee machine or a kitchen blender, etc. then it is worth saving the whole noise under this name, and adding any qualities (eg coffe_maker_steamy_sharp_hiss ")

    If you have a sound that is (kind of) similar to the sound of a motor or something else concrete, so where a "purpose" is audible, then that could also be in the name, but not only.

    Sometimes it makes sense to make a note about the recording technique, especially when creating variants, eg:

    • _closeup

    • _distant

    • _stereo

    • _….

    {"serverDuration": 38, "requestCorrelationId": "5933d28360a148a8be62e42dd63acdc8"}