Audacity Forum

What are the three quality types? I assumed they were all down from 192.
Koz

I probably would Export from Audacity as a high quality WAV file (Audacity default) and make iTunes convert it. If your job is to create work for your portable music player, then if Audacity converts it, you might get stuck with two conversions. If the music started with MP3, then three. Each conver...

As a test and so I'm not blathering in a vacuum, I shot a voice sound test in my third bedroom. With very simple and gentle post production corrections, I got a clip to pass all ACX specifications and still sound like me (attached). It's possible to fall off the cliff by having a noisy room or too l...

The difference is this path gives a simpler FILE menu if you intend to export the whole show. Export selection is a special case handled in an additional decision tree—only when needed. Koz

You reversed those two clips, right? The Heater clip is clean and the No Heater clip has significant hum tones at 60 and 120. Do a test clip without the heater. Room Tone 2015-02-28 Room Tone is the sound your room makes without your performance. ACX guidelines tell us to include a room tone segment...

Import that clip into Audacity. Drag-select from 1 to 3. Analyze > Contrast > Measure Selection: -69 (noise) Select the whole clip (click just above MUTE). Effect > Amplify: read 3 (Peak - Overload) Select the whole clip (click just above MUTE). Analyze > Contrast > Measure Selection: Read -21 RMS (...

Third Bedroom Sound Test

I made that noise clip intentionally bad so you can hear what I'm hearing. It's the sudden recognition that it's probably your goldfish bowl pump. It's not that bad in real life. I didn't realize I was going to have to have a mega recording studio with thousands of dollars of equipment. You don't. B...

I was going to "Get You Out Of Jail" with a notch filter, but that didn't work. Past the obvious single tone that fan is making, it's also making other rushing noises that are not so easy to suppress. Besides, the notch filter can distort your normal speaking tones. That leaves Noise Remov...

OK. Now I can hear what's going on. You need to get the computer out of the room with you. Or air conditioner or whatever that is (Attached).

Koz