ronmasa Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Hi, We have recorded an entire audio book with Wavepad and discover after saving the files as .mp3's that the spectral subtraction noise reduction is causing awful problems when mastering the files for CD. We would like to know if the original files, before noise reduction damaged them are still somewhere on the hard drive? Can we reclaim these original files, the ones before editing? If so, where are they? (note: it was not saved as a project file) Learning the hard way, Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmasa Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Sorry for typo: ARE UN-EDITED Files Stored Somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Chapman Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hi Ron, No, the originals aren't saved anywhere by WavePad unless you saved them yourself. The only time WavePad will leave unsaved audio data on the hard drive is if it crashes or is force-quit, in which case WavePad will ask you whether to recover that data the next time it runs. I think your best hope is that you did save the original recordings somewhere (maybe as .wav?) before editing them and saving them again as .mp3. I know it's probably too late for this, but a good principle for recording is never to do anything irreversible to your data. Some examples of this principle applied are: 1. Use a good microphone, in a quiet room (to start with the best quality data you can), 2. Use a reasonably high sampling rate (44100Hz or 48000Hz are good), since lower rates discard human-audible audio data, 3. Save to a lossless format (such as WAV, FLAC, etc.), not to MP3, which irreversibly reduces quality, 4. Keep original recordings in say an 'originals' folder, then save any edits to other folders, ie. 'originals-trimmed', 'originals-trimmed-noise-reduced'. I'm sure you've already learnt this one! Best of luck, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmasa Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hi Alex, Thank you for your informed response, it is of great help in proceeding. And I greatly appreciate your considerate tone and excellent suggestions and reminders! It is most appreciated. be well, Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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