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How did you set up the mixer? Did you set it up or get somebody else to do it? I've done reliable Skype recordings with a mixer, but I did it with two different computers. As a rule, Skype takes up two sound channels (transmit and receive) and the recording takes up one either stereo or mono dependi...

Which numbered Audacity is it? Did you get it from here? http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ You know Audacity is doing this because.....? What do you use Audacity for? If you like to self-record, that is record YouTube videos or something like that, you can get scrambled playback devices ...

Two thoughts. I can do this for weeks, but maybe you should stop obsessing and actually read something. You are not a beginner and already have a good self-concept of your talents. You are so not a newbie. Whatever you do, export the RAW work as WAV (Microsoft) and save it as Archive. There is no &q...

If you don't have enough pain in your life, I did write a thing about how to do ACX testing manually. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/ACXTesting/ACXTesting.html This is what one-pass ACX-Test replaces. There's actually a mistake in there I never bothered to fix. The peak specification is actually...

I don't know we ever found your exact microphone model. My favorite microphone for this type of work is the Samson G-Track. Among it's significant attributes is echo-free monitoring from a connection in the base.



Koz

I do note that all your posted work so far has been commercial and "presenter" work rather than theatrical readings. That's my joke of listening to someone telling you a story over cups of hot tea in a comfortable kitchen as opposed to someone trying to sell you "New Scruffy Trash-Can...

ACX doesn't like those tools because most people overuse them. It's not unusual for someone to submit a clip that's been processed to death because they started with a very noisy original recording and then tried to "rescue" it with processing. We regularly get posters who proudly point to...

Yup. 1/2 second. There is no half-second silent stretch in the clip, so the tool went nuts.

Koz

How to measure noise the old fashioned way. Drag-select the silent portion. I used the portion at the beginning .05 to .25. Analyze > Contrast > Measure selection (top one) > Read the value > Close. For this one clip for that one value, you have to do it the old way. I think ACX-Check needs a half-s...

The clip passes very nicely. Yes, it's been through some compression processing so the RMS (loudness) is actually higher than ACX would like it. All I did was reduce the overall volume (Effect > Amplify: -2 > OK.) and both Peak and RMS fell straight into compliance. What about noise? The noise measu...