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by kozikowski
Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:13 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Nyquist vocoder plugin not working
Replies: 7
Views: 4657

Re: Nyquist vocoder plugin not working

I need to leave for a while, but all the tool is doing is multiplying the two sound values. Is your voice normal level? If it's really low, then the output performance will vanish. Use my MP3 voice as the test track and use Generate > Pink Noise 0.8 amplitude as the carrier track. Were you able to f...
by kozikowski
Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:42 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: are CD's recorded with vocals and each instrument separate?
Replies: 2
Views: 427

Re: are CD's recorded with vocals and each instrument separa

They're separate (usually) at the studio, but then there's a mix-down when they're all smashed together into one stereo song for the release. The only management you can do after that is Vocal Removal (Karaoke), and that generally doesn't work particularly well. There's a long list of people who wou...
by kozikowski
Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:17 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: How do I get audacity to use the time shift when exporting
Replies: 13
Views: 2139

Re: How do I get audacity to use the time shift when exporti

Audacity does not recognize the area between time zero and the start of the show as a "real thing," so it vanishes when you export. The easiest way around this is create a new track with silence underneath everything. Audacity will "marry" the silent track to your show during exp...
by kozikowski
Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: No sound playback whilst recording
Replies: 1
Views: 386

Re: No sound playback whilst recording

Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Recording > [X] Playthrough (select).

However, the sound is going to come out "one computer late" and you may not like playing like that.

Koz
by kozikowski
Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:52 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Help Making Awesome Sound Effects
Replies: 8
Views: 2946

Re: Help Making Awesome Sound Effects

Here's a six second test with just the vocoder against pink noise. No other effects yet.
Koz
by kozikowski
Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:44 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Nyquist vocoder plugin not working
Replies: 7
Views: 4657

Re: Nyquist vocoder plugin not working

All the values have to be real numbers. "0%" doesn't work.
Koz
by kozikowski
Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:20 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Help Making Awesome Sound Effects
Replies: 8
Views: 2946

Re: Help Making Awesome Sound Effects

Start with the acting. We can't do acting. No software is going to turn your mum into Professor Festerwound. We also can't change the pitch of a voice. You would think it would be a snap to turn your Billy Baseball voice into a radio announcer, but nope. Can't do that either. Given you have a proper...
by kozikowski
Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:13 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audacity use w/Mackie Onyx Blackbird digital rec interface
Replies: 2
Views: 722

Re: Audacity use w/Mackie Onyx Blackbird digital rec interfa

If the Onyx is connected to the computer via FireWire, what's the analog connection for? Audacity will not play back multi-channel (over 2), but it will record, I think, up to 64. The problem is Audacity will only manage one Device at a time, so the trick is to prevent your sound system from breakin...
by kozikowski
Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:05 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Loss of stereo and underwater distortion
Replies: 14
Views: 3956

Re: Loss of stereo and underwater distortion

Particularly if it comes and goes, you have an instability, not something broken. This seems counterintuitive, but can you make it worse? Like start Photoshop and FireFox and Office and Angry Birds then try to make a recording. If the machine falls face-first into the mud, then it's just not powerfu...
by kozikowski
Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:52 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Very simple help needed with mixing times
Replies: 3
Views: 422

Re: Very simple help needed with mixing times

Select the Time Shift Button (sideways black arrows), select the track you want to shift -- double click the blue waves. Push sideways.

Koz