Audacity Forum

First, congratulations on getting an actual recording which you know about by looking at the Audacity meters. I can't tell you how many people assume they're not getting a recording because they can't hear it. Those are two different systems. Click the pull-down next to the speaker and find out wher...

I use Chris's Compressor to do the same thing. It's a look-ahead volume adjuster and works remarkably well in making a ratty podcast sound like the same show as a broadcast. I change the first number, compression from 0.5 to 0.77. http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/chriss-dynamic-compressor-plugin-for-...

The song does have 10 stereo tracks on it

Ten stereo tracks top to bottom or side to side?
Koz

The desperation method is to export as WAV (should mix down to stereo), open that up in a fresh Audacity, Effect > Amplify to -1dB, and then export an MP3. Do Not re-import MP3s once you make them. That damages the sound. Just be aware that if you're comparing your personal performance with somethin...

Noise removal is a two-step process as you'll find from the instructions. However when you get it working, it's not going to work. You can't actually take white noise out of a show. It's too complex and has too many frequencies. The latest Removal tool tries to adapt to the limitations by working ar...

The above picture is one of two views of the same tool. That's the Graphic Eq setting. Koz

There's another idea. I have lumps and bumps in my hearing I didn't used to have. Get them to give you your hearing test frequency diagram. Select CostCo stores will do that free. Try to transfer those readings to Audacity. Where you have peaks, dip the sound a little, etc. etc. I have to wear heari...

I don't know that frequency shifting is going to help a lot. Human voices generally fall into the telephone effect -- 300Hz to 3000Hz. Your hearing is still good to AM radio -- 20Hz to 5000Hz. You may run into the same problems that people trying to get the "Announcing Effect." You can't j...

I wonder about that, too.

they rely on the same ID3 tags

And you only get one ID3 tag per sound file. I need to go to work. Koz

It's possible to get the 1.3.13 installer if you have to go backwards (if you didn't keep a copy of it), but it is intended that Audacity 2x will open and play 1.3 projects. I recorded in 16-bit sample format Audacity always works internally at 32-floating, so changing the track to 32-float will jus...