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I did try the moving blankets and a small frame on my desk @gracielynn The Kitchen Table Sound Studio kills echoes and recording-in-the-kitchen effect, but it's only a fair studio for rejecting outside noises. The up side is that it's cheap and inexpensive. Your 2x4s and other materials were probab...

@rachalmers

I wondered [writing that down].

Have you ever had any of the automatic systems interfere with live work?

You on your second or third book?

Koz

I've a got a phono lead from the 'Booth' out of the mixer into my laptop using an adaptor to USB-C connection.

What adapter? Name and model number?

Koz

Like it's been modified quite a bit. The two samples submitted are noise-only which is of limited value without the accompanying voice and processed MP3 voice which doesn't do us much good without the unprocessed voice. So we await the "clean" test. Up to chapter 19 at the moment... @rach...

I would like to create a mix of pre recorded voices of songs from my choir.

Need a little more. You want to make a "mix tape" of several songs one after the other, or you want to mix all the voices of your choir recorded at home into one song? Both are possible.

Koz

In fuzzy general terms, you should shoot for blue sound peaks about half-way up, 50%, or -6dB to -10 dB on the sound meters. That should allow you to be loud enough to override the background noise yet not so loud that you create overload or clipping distortion. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/p...

Recording on your laptop is right there on the list with cranking out quality work on your smartphone. The first person who cracks that one will retire comfortably.

Koz

Past the problems of it being something of an afterthought, the built-in has to share the cabinet with the computer fans. This leads to automatic noise reduction that you can't turn off. Not the best in the world for good quality work. Quite a number of computers have this problem, so it's been gene...

I'm trying to build a case

You need an actual security company or service.

I know Audacity's price was attractive, $0, but Audacity can't be used for surveillance, security, law enforcement, or conflict resolution.

Koz

Yes, but you didn't install Punch Copy/ Paste plug-in because of Audible's accounting practices. What production problem were you solving? Lip smacks and tongue ticks?

Punch was developed out of the combined awkward experiences of people trying to clean up narration using the older tools.

Koz