Audacity Forum

Which Mac operating system do you have?

I'm using OS-X 10.9.5

Koz

Fair warning, though. You should have a reasonably good system if you're going to do production for anybody else. It's your job to hear problems before the client does.

"What's that low rumbly, thumpy sound in the background?"

"What rumbly sound?"

Koz

In that case it may not make a lot of difference. The soundcard in the computer is likely to have a low power amplifier, so you're going to run out pretty quick and it has the problem of on-board computer noise. When they sell you a new soundcard, they warn you clearly in the instructions to plug it...

This is where we tell you to tell us the stuff from the pink band above the messages. Which Audacity, etc? Don't abbreviate anything.

Koz

Any link where to donate?

http://audacityteam.org/donate/

Koz

Select the whole show by clicking just above MUTE.
Effect > Bass and Treble...

That's the rough equivalent of the bass and treble controls on your music system plus simple volume.

Koz

Do you have a real stereo input connection?



Alternately, a 13" MBP whose single connection can switch?

Koz

http://audacityteam.org/about/

http://audacityteam.org/about/license

Audacity has no end-user license other than the public GNU agreement.

That may be enough for them.

Koz

What values are you using? Noise Removal would not remove hiss from a spoken word recording, and so was of very limited use. If you have a good profile (noise only) I have found that 6, 6, 6; 12, 6, 6; and 18, 6, 6 will produce a quiet recording whose corrections are undetectable and more importantl...

If you do use the compressor, you will be trying to duplicate the attack and fall times and the gain values of the recorder. Some companies can do that. Dolby Labs made quite a name for themselves being able to compress and uncompress sound without you being able to tell what they did. It's not simp...