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by kozikowski
Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:38 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: No playback sound
Replies: 2
Views: 623

Re: No playback sound

Audacity > Preferences > Devices > Playback. Make sure Audacity is trying to send the playback to a device you actually own and is connected.

Koz
by kozikowski
Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:36 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Burning audacity files to a CD
Replies: 1
Views: 357

Re: Burning audacity files to a CD

The music in an Audio CD is not standard sound files. Starting with your show in Audacity. File > Export > WAV (Microsoft). Make sure your show is shorter than 78 minutes total. There are tricks to doing this to multiple sound files. Audacity does not SAVE a sound file. You have to Export one. Drag ...
by kozikowski
Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:17 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Removing or Softening the Hiss in Pronouncing the Letter "S"
Replies: 5
Views: 2890

Re: Removing or Softening the Hiss in Pronouncing the Letter

Sorry. I was going to answer this earlier and I got pulled away. Effect > Equalizer: Draw Curves. The greenish line down the middle is a rubber band and you can pull it around as you want. Pull the Equalizer window wider to give you more accuracy up in the high frequencies. Drag the green line to lo...
by kozikowski
Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:06 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: audacity performance with different soundcards
Replies: 4
Views: 997

Re: audacity performance with different soundcards

Audacity is a complete slave to the computer and sound card. Audacity does no processing, filtering or effects in real time during the recording. You are listening to the performance of the soundcard ... and Windows. Let's not forget Windows and the drivers are getting into the act, too. Windows lik...
by kozikowski
Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:02 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Poor audio playback during high hard drive activity
Replies: 5
Views: 1267

Re: Poor audio playback during high hard drive activity

The original posting is very shy on details. It wouldn't be the first user shocked to find how much stress live audio (and video) puts on a system. Koz
by kozikowski
Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:17 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Odd Distortion occurring halfway through a recording
Replies: 11
Views: 9444

Re: Odd Distortion occurring halfway through a recording

Generally a very good recording until the clicking starts. I'm not sure I agree. It's too good. If you listen carefully to the leading phrase, it has compression/noise reduction artifacts on it (pre-gargling) and the area between that and the second spoken phrase is eerily quiet. Nobody doing a str...
by kozikowski
Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:55 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Dropping into record on the fly
Replies: 1
Views: 344

Re: Dropping into record on the fly

If you mean Crash Record, no Audacity won't do that. You can use the Overdubbing tools and Play and Record at the same time. Play the old track at the same time you're recording a new one underneath it. This is the technique you would use to sing three part harmony to yourself. http://manual.audacit...
by kozikowski
Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:29 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Removing or Softening the Hiss in Pronouncing the Letter "S"
Replies: 5
Views: 2890

Re: Removing or Softening the Hiss in Pronouncing the Letter

Have you listened to the performance on several different sound systems including good headphones? We had a poster who complained bitterly that his studio performance was crashing, hissing and "essing" constantly. Everybody on the forum thought the show was nicely done but a little bright....
by kozikowski
Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:26 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Removing or Softening the Hiss in Pronouncing the Letter "S"
Replies: 5
Views: 2890

Re: Removing or Softening the Hiss in Pronouncing the Letter

I think we've been sending people to the SpitFish De-Esser.

Scroll down.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/VST_Plug-ins

Koz
by kozikowski
Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:29 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Made a recording with low disk space, now cant save
Replies: 6
Views: 1484

Re: Made a recording with low disk space, now cant save

If you were recording and the system crashed, you may not have all your work. If you successfully got to the end and stopped the recording, then it should be all there. Koz