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>> Anyone know what the 'Audio Energizer' actually does?  Isn't it
>> an attempt at computerized mastering?
> 
> It keeps the peak level the same, while increasing the average level
> -- according to the manual.  Sounds a bit like a compressor to me...
> Never used it myself, and probably never will.
> 
I've not used this very much myself, but it was an interesting experiment to
try using it on some single-cycle waveforms  - sawtooth and sine if I
remember rightly - to examine just what it could do. It does add stuff to
the basic waveform and I was able to use the 'enriched' samples as raw
material for synthesis. I may give this another go and use the results in
EXS24.

Tony Thompson

> >> Anyone know what the 'Audio Energizer' actually does?  Isn't it
> >> an attempt at computerized mastering?

It makes your wavefile go red ;-)
Seriously, from a purely "ears only" POV, the results sound somewhere
between compression and an exciter. I used it just recently to add presence
to an odd-sounding vocal that was already in place in a mix. I'll be
definitely using it more often.

Adam P

>  Anyone know what the 'Audio Energizer' actually does?  Isn't it
>  an attempt at computerized mastering?


Basically it is just very hard limiter.

Mastering is a much more complicated concept than simply compressing 
the program.