[Paul Stephen C.]

I've been preserving some much-loved audio cassette tapes to digital on my iMac using Sound Studio, with the intention of cleaning them up on Titanium Toast. I got the free version of Sound Studio, and bought Toast, tho' I've still to use Toast.

I tried importing the Sound Studio AIFF files into iTunes4, which is supposed to handle them, but when I play them back on iTunes the files are compressed - by which I mean the db volume is levelled. Playback in Sound Studio is fine, but the free version doesn't permit equalization.

Do I have to process the files in Toast before they will play properly in iTunes, or am I overlooking something obvious?

Paul

[Mark E]

i'm not too sure what you actually mean here.. do you just mean that iTunes has normalised them for you? (i.e. increased or decreased the volume so it sounds the same as your other audio files?)

any changes that are made in iTunes are just edited presets in the itunes software, no actual editing of your original AIFF files has occurred.

if you want to turn off itunes' sound enhancement features go to "effects" in the itunes preferences.

sorry if that's totally not what you were talking about.. your message was kind of confusing.

-Mark

[Paul Stephen C.]

Thanks MarkE

Sorry if my message was confusing; but, no I don't mean that the sound files wre "normalised" in the volume sense you refer to.

I mean compression which has been used for a long time to lessen loud/increase quiet peaks and troughs to a median level - usually used in recording studios to make audio broadcastable for radio, or pressable for vinyl; not to much bass thump, treble not too peaky.

itunes preferences-effects, no. Sound Check wasn't 'checked, although Sound Enhancer was slightly above the mid-point - shouldn't make a difference to compression.

I was importing AIFF files from recording software (Sound Studio) then dragging them to itunes which compressed them. Maybe I should import the files to Toast first - I 've still to try that.

I was just wondering if anyone had tried recording analogue to the iMac HD, then imported to itunes. I foung unexpected, and unasked for, compression.

Paul