Audacity Forum

Please post the computer type, operating system version and Audacity version—all three numbers. I'm typing on a Mac Mini, OS-X 10.9.5 and I use Audacity 2.1.0. Odd question. How is the music getting there? How are you producing the rest of the show? That may give us a clue how best to add one sound...

Do you have such an equalizer? That was to Steve who was supposed to leap forward with a custom equalizer (as he has done before). You understand I am an anathema to most engineers for whom more processing and additional software is always better. De-Essing is a massively complicated affair with on...

VEC recording device

Many people ask about that. How are you doing it in detail? Model numbers, type of phone, etc. I do it with an Olympus TP-8 microphone. It has the advantage that any type of phone I push up to my ear works.

Koz

Does it always stop at the same time? There isn't any easy answer that I know of. You don't fall into any of the regular traps. I'd start by cleaning the plug that goes into the computer. Swab with alcohol or unflavored vodka and clean paper towels. Rub dry and plug back in several times twisting th...

Is PJTest2.wav with no processing.....I hope?

We warn people not to submit processed work because we can't tell what happened and we can't take processing out.

Koz

The Macs tend to make very little or no noise. I can just hear my MBP if I jam my ear in just the right place at the hinge to the left, behind the ESC key. Otherwise, nothing. The person who does the ACX demo videos has his MBP in the studio with him right behind the microphone. No noise. You might ...

You don't have the computer in the same room with you, right? Could we be listening to the computer fan?

Koz

The Yeti set for Cardioid (recommended) has a heart-shaped (kidney shaped) pattern. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/CardioidPattern.png Sound directly behind the microphone doesn't do anything. Sound on the sides does OK and sound from the front is terrific. Soundproof behind your head. The c...

Are you a top floor apartment? Where are the air handlers and cooling compressors?
Koz

Each of those corrections is very gentle except for the notch filter. Notch just brutally cuts a hole in your show where that MMMM sound is. If your voice pitch happens to hit that tone, it will not be pretty. It would be really good if you can find where that tone is coming from. Open the raw clip....