octimax, winamp, nero & audio optimizing.

[Tempered81]

Hello all, thanks for your time.

I'm using a few programs right now to create a CD. I have some scattered MP3 audio tracks as the source on the computer. They are all derived from different audio sources and encoded using different parameters for the most part.

I use a plugin for winamp called Octimax 1.50. It is Absolutely AMAZING. It creates the hearty full feeling of all the highs and lows in the songs, and maximizes, normalizes, and prevents clipping of the songs, real-time during playback in winamp.

Turns whispers into great full sounding experiences, probably similar to what many radio stations are using today. I have become so used to my music this way, that when i burn a cd to play in the car, the songs all have different sound/volume levels, even though i use "normalizing" when burning them in nero.

This octimax program has a similar effect to the one heard in Media player classic & FFDshow for the optimization and volume boost of audio tracks in movies.

Does anyone have advice on how to burn an audio cd with 20 tracks from seperate sources with the volume all boosted to the same level?

OR

Does anyone know how to record the speaker output from my computer digitally? (not through a mic)

Thanks again,

Jared

 

[BassBomb]

Use stereo mix as your "mic" and record what you are hearing.

I do this to send voice clips to my friends. It should work fine for you depending on soundcard/motherboard.

For me it is on my motherboard

A few more details:

Basically play your file the way you normally play it, and record it at the same time to another file. This way you should capture the equalizing done by your plugin.

Quality might suffer, but for the most part (I used windows sound recorder) it comes out exactly as I hear

 

[Tempered81]

Thanks for the help, Bassbomb.

windows sound recorder and other programs are recording it through the mic, and i only have these two choices for recording input:

mme: microsoft sound mapper for input
mme: sigmatel audio recording

your post described my exact plan of action, yet i cant figure out how to record it directly though the line - internally. It keeps coming out the speakers and into the mic, not good at all quality wise...

Is there a flat out easier/smarter approach to this?

 

[BassBomb]

Well it wont show up as an input, but it shows up under Volume Control (might have to open up advanced to get it) then switch to recording and select stereo mix.

Use a low volume setting for stereo mix otherwise it will be extremely distorted and horrible.

 

[Tempered81]

Fixed it: downloaded some software called total recorder. Works great! thanks, Bassbomb!

fyi, totalrecorder installation added the "stereo mixer" driver to my selection for recording devices.