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- WM Compress
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- WM Compress allows you to either reduce or enhance the dynamic range (the
- difference between the lowest and the highest sound level) of a WAV.
-
- The signal is low pass filtered prior to amplitude determination (in general,
- you want to affect the amplitude *** envelope ***, not individual sample
- values) so you must also provide a parameter controlling the filter.
-
- Compression itself is simply the act of dividing the original signal by the
- amplitude of the filtered signal, raised to some power (the <compression>
- parameter). In general, you will want to rescale the result (adjust the
- volume). You can do this without losing precision using the /a <amplification>
- option.
-
- Usage: Compress <source> <destination> <HHF> <compression>
-
- The default directory is Temp\. The default extension is WAV. The
- source file may NOT be overwritten; you must specify different
- filenames and/or extensions.
-
- <HHF> stands for Half Height Frequency. It is the frequency (in
- Hz) at which the low pass filter employed for amplitude
- determination will produce an amplitude factor 0.5 (down from
- 1.0 at 0 Hz). Audio buffs will recognize this as the 3 dB point.
- In general, it should be kept low (15 Hz or so), so as to make
- individual cycles in the sound invisible to the compressor.
-
- <compression> is a real parameter controlling the actual operation
- performed on the amplitude. When positive, it causes the dynamic
- range to be reduced; at <compression> = 1 "all" dynamics (up to the
- resolution allowed by <HHF>) is removed. A negative value heightens
- the dynamics.
-
- Options: /l (affect left channel only)
- /r (affect right channel only)
- /a <amplification>
- /w <start>:<end> (effect window times, in milliseconds)
- /q (quiet mode: no screen output)
-
- The following title:value pairs are written to WAVmaker's public Function key
- file {FnKeys} upon successful termination:
-
- File #1 : <source>
- File #2 : <destination>
- Parameter #1 : <HHF>
- Parameter #2 : <compression>
-
- If the /w (effect window) option is used, the following pairs are also
- written:
-
- Start time : <start>
- End time : <end>
-