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I have a mic running through a mixer to power the mic. It is extraordinarily important not to keep secrets. I have a Shure model 4 XLR microphone connected to a Peavey PV6 mixer which is supplying 48volt phantom power. The lights on the mixer flash when I talk. The [Lexicon] sound card is plugged i...

One very common problem is the inability to get background noise, overall loudness and peak blue waves at the same time. They complain that overall loudness (RMS) is too low. You know how to set peaks. That's dead simple Effect > Amplify or Normalize. RMS is a little more of a challenge. You need on...

You could try the compressor tools. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/compressor.html Assuming this show doesn't have to match anything else, you might also try Chris's Compressor. http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/chriss-dynamic-compressor-plugin-for-audacity/ Chris designed it to even out volume ...

That's pretty impressive. You will probably pass ACX compliance without a great deal of work although the sound is still a little "tight." I could listen to a story in that voice. Here's a trick. Steve designed a "rumble filter" which you can use installed in Effect > Equalizatio...

One more. If you do have a desk stand, start a recording with you talking and slowly pick the microphone straight up. If your voice goes through 'talking in a wine glass' effects, then you have a "live" table and need more towels. If your voice just gets quieter, that's normal.

Koz

"Treatment" can be just making them non-parallel. We had a remarkably good room to record in once, not because of extensive blankets and duvets and carpets, but because none of the walls were parallel. Will will correct me, but I don't think the ceiling was parallel to the floor, either. M...

Many announcer/presenters have an uneven voice. There is one radio show where the bumpers are announced by a person with an aggressively uneven voice. I can pick out the commercials from across the room just by looking for their off-center blue waves. Unless there is something broken, that's complet...

You are not intended to keep saving backups on top of old backups. You should have a series of individual backups all with different dates and times. And use ISO dates. Today is 2015-01-25.

Koz

All that plus connecting it to the second computer. If it's still low, then the microphone is probably fried since you already changed the cable.

Koz

There is Mackie driver software for this unit. Did you install it?

Never mind.

"PC users running Windows are advised to download and install the latest ASIO driver from http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxblackjack for the best performance."

Audacity doesn't directly support ASIO.

Koz