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The limiter went through versions. Are you in Audacity 2.1.2?

Koz

I'm afraid anything I do is going to become audible. That's a joke, isn't it? That's not a pun. Is it a play on words? Run the suite with the original Ratio value of 2:1. Tack this onto the end. -- Effect > Amplify > OK -- Effect > Limiter: 3dB, 10msec > OK -- Effect > Normalize: [X]Remove DC, [X]N...

I need to sit and stare at those numbers for a second. That's a very serious imbalance

I'm afraid anything I do is going to become audible.

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Run the whole suite again but with the third compression number, Ratio, at 3:1 instead of 2:1 (slightly stiffer correction). Everything else stays the same.

That may be the most graceful way to pull this out.

Koz

This was a whole chapter, right? Do the analysis on the chapter before you patch it. I'll compare that to the clean posted sample and see if I can divine the differences. If I had to guess at first pass, you lost the authority in your voice as you read. It doesn't take much to make the RMS (loudness...

ACX-Check is reeeely tiny. Waaaay smaller than a sound file. Those settings should stick, so you don't have to type them in each time. It's five clicks: Normalize> Compress > Normalize > Profile > Noise Reduce. If you don't change the way you record each chapter, you won't need to repeat the Profile...

One more. (I'm losin' it. Time for more coffee)

In my opinion, I thought the clip was overly bright and harsh, so I toned it down a little.

Effect > Low Pass Filter: 6dB, 5000Hz

Koz

Audio Compressor -- Select the whole clip or show by clicking just above MUTE. -- Effect > Normalize: [X]Remove DC, [X]Normalize to -3.2 > OK -- Effect > Compressor: Thresh -20, Floor -40, Ratio 2:1, Attack 0.2, Release 1.0, [_] Make Up Gain, [_] Peaks.> OK -- Effect > Normalize: [X]Remove DC, [X]N...

I got the clip to pass with a little elbow room (attached). If I did it right, it should be possible to apply the corrections across the board.

I'm writing up the steps.

Koz

So you reached the I/O limit. You can hide the computer behind a cigarette pack (remember those) but you can't get in and out.

What task is that doing you can't do on your smartphone?

Koz