why does an 8-bit mono track sound even weirder in Live?

badnicki · Post by **badnicki** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:33 am

Hopefully there is a quick answer/fix for this:

I am trying to use a wav file ripped from a video taken with my cell.

Sample rate - 8khz
bits/Sample - 8 bits
Bitrate = 64/sec
MONO

When played in Windows Media Player or in Audacity is sounds "fine" (as fine as that sound quality gets) but it takes on a distinctly more buzzier sound when loaded into Live. Any thoughts on why and how I can fix it?

Thanks

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:40 am

dunno, maybe...

put a low pass filter on it, starting at 4kHz.

after that, make a notch filter and move it around to find the sweet spot. also, try Spectrum (Live 7) to see where the noise is.

badnicki · Post by **badnicki** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:57 am

I suppose, but I'd rather play with the "raw" file and have it sound normal...

Maybe because there's no 'real' mono in Live?
Bah.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:09 am

there's mono in Live, two channels playing identical material on one track. you make a point as far as the GUI is concerned.

care to post part of the audio so the rest of us can play?

can you try another version of Live? did you try converting the file to 48kHz, 32 bit in a program that plays it well?

Claes · Post by **Claes** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:27 am

Make sure the Hi-Q option for the button is set. This will reduce the amount of buzziness caused by the sample rate conversion, especially if you're using Live 7 in which the quality of this conversion has been improved a lot.