Audacity Forum

I'm better off buying a newer recorder with XLR mic power/capability. Most home 1/8" microphones are electronic and have to be powered somehow. Plug In Power sends computer 5 volts up the mic cable to run things and then the microphone sends voice signals back down to be recorded. Second pictu...

Is there a way to disable this exclusive control? That's how they work. They need to keep all the computers in the conference from fighting with each other. Everybody wants to record a conference, so many companies offer cloud meeting recording. That's microsoft's version. Do you use a free-standin...

I pulled up the Change pitch option

I used Effect > Change Speed.

Instead of 1.1 as a speed conversion, use 1.088. That's a more exact match between the two speeds.

Use 0.918 to go the other way.

Koz

MP3 gets its small, efficient files by rearranging sound tones and leaving some of them out. Sometimes, you can do simple cutting with a pure MP3 editor such as MP3 Cut and MP3 Direct Cut. But if you do anything that upsets the balance of sound tones (bass boost, noise reduction), file management ha...

Did you tell them it was only noisy on some patterns? If they check it on Cardioid only, it may pass testing.

Koz

All that and you don't have to change anything. This does work as it is.

Koz

People can have noise problem with home microphones because they're too far away, but getting closer can produce popping and vocal air distortion.

You can try getting closer but pushing the microphone to the left or right (B)


Koz

Microphones get their different patterns (usually) by switching different electronics in and out. Cardioid or kidney pattern receives sound mostly from the front. Usually where they put the company name. This is the common one. Many microphones only have this pattern. https://www.kozco.com/tech/auda...

Do it in the Mac first. Apple (upper left) > System Preferences > Sound > Input. The microphone has to appear there and the sound meter has to jump. Do you have it that far?

Koz

There is one other possibility, too. I'm a couple of blocks away from a rug and carpet store. Raid the dumpster/bin in the back after dark and make off with carpet remnants and ends. Build the booth out of that. You can do this all by weight. If a stiff wind will blow your soundproofing over, you pr...