Audacity Forum

Did you follow a published process? If you know where to look, I think Apple still publishes earlier OS's. That's Google and strong coffee, but you're stuck with the juggling act of getting rid of Catalina and installing the new OS while you're running.....what? That's the tricky part. Boot from a ...

It's Command+T



Koz

I'm going to carefully select something on the timeline. In one keystroke (or two), delete everything else. Leave it right there in time.

Photoshop has Select and Invert the Select—select everything else.

Koz

I already exported and combined both tracks. That's the kiss of death. Audacity can't split a mixed performance into individual voices, instruments, or sounds. You exported the original voice as a backup WAV file, right? Also, you can Save the mix before combining as a Lossless Project. That will l...

I did save it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq2yoVwpRs8

Koz

Here's one with couch pillows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMajhJfgM7o The video is way too long for what it says. You can't use the towel on the table because that's where your phone is. You can try it with the phone sitting on the towel, but I think your volume will drop too much. Still lookin...

I did something similar with De-Esser and noise reduction. Recording_756Processed.wav The next thing you can do is get rid of room echoes. The simple way is to make a blanket tent over you and the phone. The heavier the blanket the better. You can't work for a long time like that (you run out of air...

opinions on automation? I think I'd be a lot happier if there was a task, job, or goal in the post. For example, cellphone voices are highly automated because the goal is to be understood at the other end. Nobody would mistake "cellphone voice" for theatrical production. Do you have a goa...

reverted to High Sierra version 10.13.6.

How?

As far as I know, there is no graceful, convenient path to do that. Did you follow a published process? Do you still have the link?

Koz

thanks, I will run a full scan (it takes 13 hrs).

Post back after you run your full scan. Many people start that when they go to bed.

Koz