Mao of Love: Preamble – Poem Reading and Frequencies Editing

3 poem reading files were received in m4a format so the first thing to do is to convert them into mp3 or else there is no way I can mix the reading with the rest of the piece.

The recording was well done with quite acceptable noise level so the next thing to do was to eliminate the background noises as much as possible through Adobe Audition 1.5.

The wave amplitude was quite problematic. The frequencies were something I have not seen for a very long time where they vary from the low frequencies of the basses to as high as above 15 000 Hz. So I decided to listen to the reading instead of being too technical to the properties.

I was surprised. I thought poem reading is just another reading but that was stupid of me. There must be reasons why they call it poem reading.

It was a very passionate reading. That should explain why the frequencies vary.

Having discovered that, next is to edit the amplitude:

Adobe audition 1.5 > Effects > Amplitude > Dynamic Processing > Attack/Realease:


However, there were problems with certain waves which did not yield strong enough amplitude so I have to select those waves and edited them again as above.