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by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:26 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: cursor only zooms in and out [SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 336

Re: cursor only zooms in and out

You can mark a position on the blue waves with labels.

You can press a hot key (yours may be different from mine) and a label forms at that exact spot.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/label_tracks.html

Koz
by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:21 am
Forum: Making Music with Audacity
Topic: Editing recorded tracks to sound as professional as possibl
Replies: 9
Views: 1387

Re: Editing recorded tracks to sound as professional as poss

Now that it's probably too late, I have a clothespin type microphone clip I like. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MY200?adpos=1o1&creative=54989489041&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CMLClKri9ccCFUuSfgod4ogJ8w That can be very handy if your microphone doesn't happen to...
by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:10 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: New mic, new to Audacity, not new to music.
Replies: 9
Views: 512

Re: New mic, new to Audacity, not new to music.

A recent poster produced a song with him singing over a prepared track. He got remarkably close. It took me a second to figure out it wasn't a real studio performance. Then he made a couple of silly newbie mistakes and it all fell apart...but for a while there..... As I recall, all he did was compre...
by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:55 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: How to fix harsh default sound quality (when saved as mp3)?
Replies: 4
Views: 556

Re: How to fix harsh default sound quality (when saved as mp

I know meter watching is an acquired taste, but you should be watching the sound meters during recording. Audacity made that much easier to do in versions 2.1.0 and 2.1.1. The meters are very large with color changes (if you want them) during the recording process. Keep the meters in the yellow regi...
by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:40 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Transferring 78 RPM Records - Buzzing?
Replies: 9
Views: 564

Re: Transferring 78 RPM Records - Buzzing?

it seems that there's no real "recommended value" for stylus pressure I bet there's a recommended pressure for the cartridge. The stylus and shaft are only in the middle of their range at one pressure. Anywhere else they start snugging up against the tunnel where the sensing happens causi...
by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:32 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: A version of karaoke that keeps the singer
Replies: 1
Views: 164

Re: A version of karaoke that keeps the singer

No. That's too much like the "Make Me Sound Like Somebody Else" request, with the added complexity of Language Translation, Vocal Removal, Vocal Isolation and multi-layer mixdown.

No. We can't do that. I'm betting really good editors can't do that.

Koz
by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:25 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: New mic, new to Audacity, not new to music.
Replies: 9
Views: 512

Re: New mic, new to Audacity, not new to music.

That appears to be a perfectly lovely microphone, but it's analog. How did you digitize it? That's just curiosity. I'm at a loss about what I should do next concerning the vocal and acoustic guitar track, normalizing, editing, etc. So are we. If you ask us something specific like how to get rid of r...
by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:38 am
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: How to record a voicemail from a landline
Replies: 5
Views: 1249

Re: How to record a voicemail from a landline

Our IT department used to be able to give you the messages if you asked. Sometimes they're available as MP3s if you know where to look or have the authorization. You're not the first person to require phone messages for a business deal.

Koz
by kozikowski
Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:14 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: What headphones best for editing? Regular or studio?
Replies: 20
Views: 2471

Re: What headphones best for editing? Regular or studio?

What's a good car to buy? I don't know that there is a good answer. Past a couple of absolutes like the Koss Pro4AA and that Sony model Hollywood loves, there are no good single answers (I can't handle listening to either of those for long periods). The best you can do, particularly when you're star...
by kozikowski
Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:57 pm
Forum: Compiling Audacity
Topic: How to Remove the hardcoded maximum of 1000000 Hz for SRC
Replies: 3
Views: 1406

Re: How to Remove the hardcoded maximum of 1000000 Hz for SR

You may have a long wait. Scientists have trouble with Audacity because it's not a WAV or Mathematics editor. It's a sound editor. If you can't hear your work, that doesn't seem a good fit for us.

Koz