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We don't need "decompressed." We need "never compressed in the first place." Once you compress a sound file you burn the damage in. That's why MP3 is called a destructive compressor. If you convert the work to a higher quality format, you will be able to hear the damage much bett...

You should still post an example of the problem before you patch it. Smashing silence between the tracks may not be the best sounding way to process your performances.

Koz

If you're having trouble sleeping I can tell you what each step does and why it's needed.
Koz

How I got there. You should do this with strong coffee or tea. Instead of presenting a laundry list of settings, I attached screen captures of everything I did. You'll still get lost, but it will be much prettier. Click on the graphics to see them larger. Normalize is used more than once for differe...

The processing is a little bit of a violin. It's not "push that button and everything will be OK." I got the clip to pass (attached). Listen to the patch and then to yours. It's not just volume. It's more forceful. I'm going through the patches and see which is the simplest one that will m...

RMS is intensity, density or loudness. This measurement gets worse if you like to pause between words or sentences for dramatic effect. Even compensating for that, the punch in the voice isn't enough. So now it's decide which processor to use to cause the least damage. The good news is the noise lev...

It fails, but it fails in a very gentle way. I'm going to see what little I can do to it and post the results. flynwill wrote an auto analysis tool specifically for the ACX-bound. You don't have to do multiple passes through "contrast" to see what you're doing. It is good to be aware of wh...

We need the poster to tell us that he went to his mum's house (for example) and tried it there. We need to clear environment/room/house problems, and yes, experiment leaving the cellphone in the car. Pieces of a cellphone keep running even if you "turn the power off." There is an area in m...

Do the clips play OK in Quick Time Player and/or iTunes? It's not clear how you're listening to the clips.
Koz

You may just be doing it wrong. Post a short WAV segment showing the end of one sentence and the beginning of another.. Nothing over about ten seconds. DO Not send just the noise. The voices are required.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=72887

Koz