This amplifies the sample to the most it can be without being distorted. Even the samples with noise in the background sound good because your ears pick up on the voice mostly, not the noise. Not just “chopped out” of the sound track. Essentially, the volume starts at 0, ramps up for the sample, the sample plays & when the sample is done, it ramps down to 0 again. For the phrases, I loaded each one, performed an audio fade in AND out for each of the 4,841 phrases.
I went through that RAW DATA WAV file, cut out the spots that didn’t contain dialog. I went through each RAW DATA WAV file, placed markers denoting when Kitt talked or sound FX occurred. DC offset was corrected (when the WAV doesn’t cross in the middle of WAV form). I recorded a RAW DATA WAV file via the computer and sound editing software. Using DVD’s, I went through each episode (84+ a few extras). Yup, about 6 months ago, I began cataloging all of Kitt’s phrases, sound effects (Karr too).
