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Citysteve · Posted - Mon Aug 19, 2002 2:01 pm

Does anyone know a way of applying "overshoot compensation" to a finished show. We pre-record our radio shows using CE2000 using a variety of multi-band studio gear. We then attempt to get the loudest sound possible after recording by amplifying above 0dB, then normalizing back to 0dB. Obviously this does cause some occasional clipping - although not audible. Overshoot compensation apparently "alters" the peaks of waves, resulting in a "sizzly" top end, mainly on vocals and some treble peaks that leak through our limiters. Does Cool Edit 2000 or Cool Edit Pro have a facility for this ? Look forward to hearing your comments, ideas, suggestions. STEVE.

Syntrillium M.D. · Location: USA

Though I can't comment directly on 'overshoot compensation', I can tell you that the Hard Limiter (part of the Tweakin' Toys plugin for CE2K) is a digital ceiling limiter that will allow you to push the loudness *without* clipping.

The benefits of using a Hard Limiter can really be found when working in 32-bit. The same goes for your previous method (mixing over 0dB then downward normalizing). As long as you're in 32-bit, you can go above 0dB, add a little EQ (ie, around 12-14k would probably do nicely for some added shimmer) and then run the Hard limiter with a boost of 6-8dB, limiting the max amplitude to -.3dB. This will leave just enough headroom so that when you convert to 16-bit (for CD) you'll be good to go.

---Syntrillium, M.D.

Citysteve · Posted - Wed Aug 21, 2002 3:01 pm

Thanks. Have tried it using the demo and it produces almost identical results to that of upward amplifying and downward normalizing. There were, however, a few peaks that exceeded 0dB, so I still had to normalize before moving on. It's a handy tool though.