Audacity Forum

This has subsequently been converted to MP3

Given the technical quality of the MP3s (dreadful), that's the step we need to address. How did you do that?

Koz

It's possible a setting inside the turntable is incorrect. USB sound devices create a digital music stream inside the turntable and that's generally where the volume control is set. It's difficult to reset it later in the system. You may have gotten a software package with the turntable that can per...

After you capture the work in one of the included software packages, you can probably export a sound file and use that in Audacity for further production, filtering and effects.

Koz

The Interface may be so custom that you're forced to use that and not Audacity. You didn't just buy a simple interface. The physical box is only half the system. The software packages are the other half -- and they're married. Universal Control All members of the FireStudio family of interfaces, inc...

Newer Windows machines have conferencing and communications sound tools that default to "auto gain" and "audio echo cancellation," both of which can destroy the quality of a theatrical performance. Windows Enhanced Sound http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4117...

What happens if you re-open the exported file in Audacity? Still OK?

Are you on a Mac? Open the file in QuickTime Player and try that. Are you listening on stereo headphones?

Koz

Oh, and it's permanent. We also warn people to produce their work in uncompressed, very high quality and use that for archive, not a compressed format like MP3. MP3 "throws away" quality when it works. Once you get the honking, flat sound, it's all over.

Koz

We tell people at great length that MP3 files make terrible production elements because MP3 creates damage -- always -- and it's cumulative. If you make an MP3 from another MP3, particularly in Audacity, you get a music file at the end that contains the summation of the two damages. It can give you ...

It does, and it launches the audio on the timeline. But: Last login: Tue Sep 13 22:24:29 on ttys000 jimmy:~ koz$ ls Desktop Downloads Movies Pictures Sites Documents Library Music Public kozco jimmy:~ koz$ pwd /Users/koz jimmy:~ koz$ /Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity Deskto...

Shot by shot production and effects is serious college level course on audio production. Not something we can help with in a simple forum. If one of the elves has time to deal with the intricacies of each tool, we'll be there, but maybe not. We also have the rest of the forum to deal with. If you ha...