Audacity Forum

You seem to have missed the first part of that question.

What tools and how were they used to determine the number of times Steve's Limiter was applied...

Koz

That's Sixth Ave Local, isn't it?
Koz

Anyway, did you turn off Windows Enhanced Services?

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... hancements

Koz

I can't figure out how to listen to the clip. SendSpace keeps trying to install software.
Koz

Did you try the plain vanilla File > Save As and change the directory and drive? Audacity defaults to saving stuff in the program folder on my machines, so I had to get rid of that in a hurry. Does the D: drive come and go? Is it always mounted on the machine? Audacity doesn't much like drive acroba...

That came out well. I've said many times you can crank out very nice stuff with modest equipment if you pay attention to what you're doing. Five minutes of graphics is a little rough. This thing cries out for lip sync. That will also make the graphics last longer. Ever done that? It's dead easy. Pla...

Do post back and tell us what your theatrical goals were and how you satisfied them.
Remember, it's a forum to exchange ideas.

Koz

(the occasional crash, but nothing dramatic) I think it's dramatic. My MBPs crash once every two or three....years. One of my two Minis crashed.....once. So we'll start with the assumption that you have a naturally unstable machine because of something odd you're doing. when trying to import mp3 Th...

Limiting by 3 to 5 dB is probably the best compromise between energy preservation and distortion. I know this immediately gives everyone a bad taste, but how different is this from Effect > Leveler? I was able to get remarkably close to the required density of sound with Effect > Leveler: Moderate....

To work. Have you ever added a tool or effect to your Audacity? Have you ever added a pre-baked filter to Effect > Equalization? The ACX process (so far) involves a number of little home-made programs and it's something of an Easter-egg hunt to find them all and install them. I've been keeping notes...