merging files in a pls file and trying to normalize the output file

merging files in a pls file and trying to normalize the output file

[RT]

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What I'm trying to do.

1) I'm trying to merge files in a pls file
2) Then normalize the output file to -3db but an error occurs
the commands I used are below.  I can get it to merge fine with


*sox -m mergefiles.pls output.wav*
but when I try to add the commands to normalize the output file to -3db
using the statement below

*sox -m mergefiles.pls output.wav gain −n −3*

I get

sox FAIL gain: usage: [-e|-b|-B|-r] [-n] [-l|-h] [gain-dB]

-e Equalise channels: peak to that with max peak;

-B Balance channels: rms to that with max rms; no clip protection

-b Balance channels: rms to that with max rms; clip protection

Note -Bn = -bn

-r Reclaim headroom (as much as possible without clipping); see -h

-n Norm file to 0dBfs(output precision); gain-dB, if present, usually <0

-l Use simple limiter

-h Apply attenuation for headroom for subsequent effects; gain-dB, if

present, is subject to reclaim by a subsequent gain -r

gain-dB Apply gain in dB

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Re: merging files in a pls file and trying to normalize the output file

[Jan Stary]

On Aug 20 03:53:07, ratulloch@gmail.com wrote:
> What I'm trying to do.
> 
> 1) I'm trying to merge files in a pls file

Show us the content of the pls file

> 2) Then normalize the output file to -3db but an error occurs
> the commands I used are below.  I can get it to merge fine with
> 
> 
> *sox -m mergefiles.pls output.wav*
> but when I try to add the commands to normalize the output file to -3db
> using the statement below
> 
> *sox -m mergefiles.pls output.wav gain ???n ???3*
> 
> I get
> 
> sox FAIL gain: usage: [-e|-b|-B|-r] [-n] [-l|-h] [gain-dB]
> 
> -e Equalise channels: peak to that with max peak;
> 
> -B Balance channels: rms to that with max rms; no clip protection
> 
> -b Balance channels: rms to that with max rms; clip protection
> 
> Note -Bn = -bn
> 
> -r Reclaim headroom (as much as possible without clipping); see -h
> 
> -n Norm file to 0dBfs(output precision); gain-dB, if present, usually <0
> 
> -l Use simple limiter
> 
> -h Apply attenuation for headroom for subsequent effects; gain-dB, if
> 
> present, is subject to reclaim by a subsequent gain -r
> 
> gain-dB Apply gain in dB

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Re: merging files in a pls file and trying to normalize the output file

[RT]

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The problem was that I did a cut and paste from the website
sox -m mergefiles.pls output.wav gain

* −n −3*

*is not*
sox -m mergefiles.pls output.wav gain

* -n -3*
The website dashes are not the same ones used to get it to work in Linux
once I replaced all the dashes I had cut and pasted with new typed ones it
worked.

Weird one

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Jan Stary <hans@stare.cz> wrote:

> On Aug 20 03:53:07, ratulloch@gmail.com wrote:
> > What I'm trying to do.
> >
> > 1) I'm trying to merge files in a pls file
>
> Show us the content of the pls file
>
> > 2) Then normalize the output file to -3db but an error occurs
> > the commands I used are below.  I can get it to merge fine with
> >
> >
> > *sox -m mergefiles.pls output.wav*
> > but when I try to add the commands to normalize the output file to -3db
> > using the statement below
> >
> > *sox -m mergefiles.pls output.wav gain ???n ???3*
> >
> > I get
> >
> > sox FAIL gain: usage: [-e|-b|-B|-r] [-n] [-l|-h] [gain-dB]
> >
> > -e Equalise channels: peak to that with max peak;
> >
> > -B Balance channels: rms to that with max rms; no clip protection
> >
> > -b Balance channels: rms to that with max rms; clip protection
> >
> > Note -Bn = -bn
> >
> > -r Reclaim headroom (as much as possible without clipping); see -h
> >
> > -n Norm file to 0dBfs(output precision); gain-dB, if present, usually <0
> >
> > -l Use simple limiter
> >
> > -h Apply attenuation for headroom for subsequent effects; gain-dB, if
> >
> > present, is subject to reclaim by a subsequent gain -r
> >
> > gain-dB Apply gain in dB
>
> >
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>
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> > Sox-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-users
>
>
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