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I will be using to record meetings with my clients and often conferences/lectures that I attend in universities in Singapore. Have you ever done recording like this before? My guess is you will not be able to record conferences unless you are seated next to one of the public address speakers. The f...

Oh, and as usual, we can't do anything with a processed piece. Raw work.

Koz

Also, the waveform after normalizing looks nothing like the mastering "video resource" example they give. What video might that be? Ok, yay, the noise floor conforms, even with the laptop. I totally get it - there will be no removing the laptop in post, because the tone is right in the mi...

The noise is not a problem, but getting both peaks and RMS compliant is Not exactly. A marginal noise floor is going to interfere with balancing the other two settings. As you noted a bit up the thread, compressing the voice to make it denser and "louder" oozes up the noise floor. Those t...

That DC Offset error should die in the Normalize step. I think you mentioned this a million miles up the thread. Yes, I think you should be recording with the 80Hz vocal filter applied to the Tascam. That will help suppress any rumble and thunder sounds in your environment. It will help with P Poppi...

Sorry. Forgot to post the frequency analysis. Click on the pictures.

Koz

We're baaaaack. I didn't have any trouble making conformance with either clip, although the one with the laptop running is very slightly more difficult. I'll do the noise thing later. This is going to read a little pedantic like "How To Ride a Bicycle," but stick with it. Open up "Wit...

But you want to do it direct. Does the sound device show up in Windows Control Panels? Audacity gets sound from the computer, not the device. If the sound device doesn't show up, working, in Windows, that's the end of the story. My old Win7 had a control panel with little sound meters to help with d...

Of course it does come off Tascam in a wav, sorry. Lots of grownups use Tascam for some very high-end applications (NPR), so it's a good bet it supports WAV, yes. I need to go have a life for a little while. I want to show you how I found what I'm assuming is a fan sound, so you can do it, too. Are...

If you're wondering why I'm banging on about the noise, it can kill some of the other tools. If you need to bring the fullness or loudness of your voice up to make RMS, those fans are going to come right up with you and miss the noise measurement.

Koz