Hixxy – Timescape / Baby Tainted

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Discogs or another link (NOT Youtube)*: https://www.discogs.com/release/196875-Hixxy-Timescape-Baby-Tainted-Version-17
Release catalog number*: B Trax – BTRAX 007
Year*: 2000
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6 Comments

#2seleni1002023-02-14 22:13

Thank you very much, as a mp3 request I think it's the better quality, and the rip is well done.
Could you tell me how you rip vinyls? I cannot get this quality in my rips.
Thank you again!;

PD: In the 6:42 minute in Timescape there are mixed some pc sounds;

#3Q912023-02-14 23:02

Yea, I got a few others that I have managed to record windows sounds too >_<

Here's a few steps I do to clean. Also, I think it's worth buying the Magix Audio Cleaning Lab, as it has many good filters, although i would refrain from using them all too much. This guide will use ACL. This will be as simple as possible.
1. Record you vinyl around -10dB. Try to record ~5 seconds of silence before and after each track. This will be used for removing background noise.
2. Remove Crackles n Pops (Declicker/Decrackler). Try to use as low settings as possible, as anything above 40% on both will clip the tops of almost all bassy songs.
Try using ~25% on crackles and ~30% on clicks and slowly go up. Try listening for ~5 seconds at various parts of the song to check that it's ok. Normalize and then Export WAV
3. Remove background noise (Denoiser). Put the playback line somewhere before or after the track, click "Pick", make sure the Noise level is set to ~50% and Derumble to 30dB. Normalize and then Export WAV
4. Mastering.
First use Stereo Enchancer (Expand Stereo - Weak), and lower the loudest side so they're equal.
Then enable Multimax (Loudness Boost - Medium) and Brilliance (Make techno songs... NOTE: make sure that SOFT and HIGH QUALITY is not turned on).
Normalize (either by using the automatically picked normalize volume, or drag so the highs look like they cut a little, but not too much).

If you want to make it more advanced, try using Objects (cutting the track in several parts so you can process each section of the track differently)

#4Borgild2023-02-19 08:49

Only you shouldn't normalize to 0 dbFS (full scale) but to 0 dbTP (true peak) or leave some "headroom" (like 1-1,5 dB) before full scale. All speakers are kinda analog by default and actual analog sineform is not the same as what it looks in audio editor and can cause heavy clipping upon playback. You might note that difference in waveforms if you, say, 4x increase/convert sampling rate and deamplify a bit to see some parts of waveform go beyond the original 0 dB level.
Messing with dynamic range compression just to increase overall loudness level is also not a good idea, imho - it's usually np to increase volume via your hardware amplifier unless you listen lossless on smartphone or smth. You can remaster original files later for the latter purpose but you can't unmaster all these numerous "personal preference" tweaks to the original vinyl's waveforms

#5Q912023-02-19 10:09

The Multimax filter has a clipping prevention feature, so each segment of the song (it divides the freq into 3 parts) doesn't clip. Of course this will muddle the sound more if you try to pull the peaks way above the full scale peak.

#6seleni1002023-02-15 16:54

Thank you very much for the explanation;
I will try it!

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