Audacity Forum

I know this is not fuzzy-warm, but it's possible your system failed because Skype wanted it that way. Skype got to be the ultra-reliable chat application by viciously and unpredictably taking over your computer's sound services. It's not unusual when Skype rejiggers settings for far-side recording t...

...a novice...

Stop us any time you don't understand something. We will not be offended and we don't beat up posters... unless you want to be beat up. <g>

Koz

You may be a candidate for another process. Chris's compressor was designed so he could listen to opera in the car. It automatically jiggers volume on the fly through a musical piece so everything comes out about the same. https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/chriss-dynamic-compressor-plugin-for-audacit...

[Waiting on edge of seat]
Koz

The loudness war By the way, I'm not talking about the loudness war. I'm talking about passing technical sound standards for audiobook reading. They're pretty stiff. Flynwill designed an analysis tool from older parts that mimics the ACX AudioBook Quality Control Robot. You don't have to wait for a...

If you post enough times without trying to sell us anything, the moderation fades away. It's bad form to go back and edit an old post. You could post additional information which will vanish because I, at least, don't always go back and read everything that came before. On longer posts, going back i...

Rather than that, you can make the system record in Mono (one blue wave) instead of stereo. We're almost all united in thinking it has to be an odd stereo problem that the PA system can't handle. Mono should come out of both speakers even though it's a single blue wave and not two. It should say MON...

Have you tried the Windows 10 built-in disc burning function?

Worth a try.

Koz

To be fair, limiter is a compressor. It's changing the characteristics of the blue wave in your show, not just straight, plain boosting or reducing them. So technically, it's distortion, although tiny and desirable. The trick with processing, even compression, is not be able to tell I did anything. ...

I think you're working way too hard. Effect > Limiter is right down your alley. Used in it's most graceful settings, it will "squash" the sharp, upward peaks without affecting anything else and as long as you don't go nuts, can't be heard while it's working. It's invisible. "For Some ...