demtation Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 Hi everyone! After an exaustive search on these forums, I am still having no success finding an easy way to compare two audio files... Is there a technique within SoundForge (4.5 or 5) or CoolEdit 200, or is there dedicated software that analizes, bit for bit, the difference between to .wav files? Thanks in advance! Demtation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 You could flip the phase of both channels and then combine them with the original recording. If they're the same, you should hear nothing (or close to nothing). Whatever you do hear is the difference between the two audio files. Musicplayer.com's phase-flippin' junkie -- Popmusic This message has been edited by popmusic on 06-25-2001 at 04:35 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 There are general file comparison tools available -- I believe there's even a DOS command that'll tell you something... but I'm not sure how useful these would be unless the files are at least supposed to be truly identical. What I mean is, you could have two WAV files with exactly the same audio data but one has markers or different header information. The comparison might make them seem different when they are really not, sonically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 you can find a CRC32 for Windows 9x/NT implementation from here: http://www.cyberdyne-software.com/crc32.html you can also find md5sum programs for a variety of platforms by doing a Google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelandre Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 Hi Demtation, I found this excellent audiograbber program that does this very easily. It's called Exact Audio Copy and you can get here: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/index.html It's 'cardware', so make sure you send the author a postcard. Regards, Andre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 Steinberg's Wavelab has a file comparison utility built in. Great fun for when you want to find out what MP3 is removing... Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demtation Posted June 27, 2001 Author Share Posted June 27, 2001 Thanks, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 Man I know this is simplistic, but I just look at the level of the waveform on the scale, and try to keep all the stuff in a project at similar levels. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 And I use Soundforge Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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