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I agree, a better recording would be the best way, but it's also probably the most demanding in time and effort. It takes seconds to try the other solutions. If the result is not satisfactory, then re-recording is the solution.After 19 posts, and many, well meant, well presented and thoughtful suggestions from caring members, I return to the point I made in post #2 - you need to return to the original source and recopy it.
Yeah, well, way too many undefined quantities in that one, so I'm afraid I'll have to respectfully disagree. "Good quality" is not defined, and if it's a vinyl rip the original is below 16/44 quality anyway, with a high noise floor, distortion, etc. So a digital gain change may be fairly innocuous. Then we have "small changes"... I don't know what "small" means here, but I can easily demonstrate at +20dB gain change without perceivable quality degradation. A recording 20dB low might be termed "barely audible" relative to a modern loudness-war-processed track. 20dB is a pretty big change, but not even the greatest change possible. During digital mixing we regularly make changes anywhere from a few dB to 50dB+, or more during a fade-out. No issues there.No amount of electronic manoeuvring can emulate a good quality original. Small changes can certainly be achieved, but from what the OP said, some of these music tracks are barely audible at the highest volume setting.
Ian
So I'd have to say that "electronic maneuvering" may have limits, and may not make something wonderful out of something awful, but the possibilities are not nearly as limited as implied here either. You'd be surprised at the degree of maneuvering that goes on in the typical pop tune these days.