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A caution that Effect > Change Tempo and Effect > Change Pitch are the two effects most likely to cause sound damage. They have to take the sound apart, only change some characteristics, and then put everything back together when they're done. Someone will correct me Pitch and Tempo are not easily r...

I could not find any equalizers in my Effects menu. Oh, I can make that worse. Research and find an effect, download it, launch Audacity > Tools > Nyquist Plug-In Installer. Now launch the job and use the plug-in, right? .. Right? .. No? No, now I have to Effect > Add/Remove Plugins, find the new e...

We can take the easy one first. Are the USB connections all the way in and does it do the same thing with a different computer USB connection? Any change is significant. If you change USB connections and the problem gets much worse, it's good to know that. Is the Presonus power light on and/or does ...

My turn.

How did you do that? Home readers never pass noise and home style microphones come with built-in shortcomings and odd sound distortions. You don't seem to have any of those problems.

Koz

And through all that, the work sounds exactly like you. If you want to go to the extra Noise Reduction step..... Drag-select a little of the "clean" room noise/background hiss (no voice or other noises). Effect > Noise Reduction > Profile. Select the whole chapter or performance. Select bu...

Like you can still hear that microphone hiss in the silence before I start talking. You can add simple noise reduction on top of that, but it's not the best idea to go "diving for noise." If you have to crank up the volume to hear the hiss, it doesn't count unless you want it to. Set the ...

Thanks for the track. I applied the three mastering tools in order and the track easily passes ACX technical acceptance and sounds exactly like you. Screen Shot 2020-12-03 at 11.34.19.png Forum-TestMastered.wav The leading room noise seems natural, but I didn't hear you take a breath. Was this a lit...

I find I can keep the values in the green zone as long as I keep my voice volume and tone exactly the same, but that makes for a less nuanced performance. The idea behind the goal illustration is to avoid two common mistakes: So loud the sound distorts... https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/Sho...

I passed the ACX check noise floor test with flying colors. Are you getting set up for audiobook reading? ACX has provision for a voice actor reading someone's published book or a voice actor reading their own published book. What they don't have is provision for reading an unpublished book. You sh...

"standardize the loudness" There's Level Speech. https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?t=77808 Did one of your microphones stop working? What's the show? Three way discussion? Neighborhood podcast? Are you trying to record a Zoom or other on-line conversation? That can be crazy har...