Audacity Forum

Dolby AC3 is not a conventionally compressed format. They play a lot of tricks to get 5.1 sound channels into a small file. One of the tricks is to mess with the separation -- which in your case doesn't work so well. With natural video, nobody would ever know. That and the dynamic range bump, the &q...

That didn't work? Chris's claim to fame is it works as well as the physical compressors at the radio station -- functionally invisible while it's working. It's the one and only software compressor that we've ever found that works as well as it does -- by itself. Of course if you have a destroyed sho...

As we go. I plugged the C&W CD player into the Stereo Line-In of the Mini running OS-X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard and Audacity 1.3.13. I selected the Line-In in Apple System Preferences. The sound meter bounces and the volume control at the panel works, but it doesn't go to zero. It has a range from lo...

I'm perfectly clear about the need for accuracy. It's a little less clear my ability to provide it.

I printed the instructions and I'll see how far I get. I'm installing a sound system tomorrow -- at 7a.

Koz

You picked the worst combination. This recorder has no removable storage and it doesn't have a computer interface, so your only option is to adapt the headphone output connection to your computer. 3.5mm or 1/8" plug should fit into the headphone socket and if the other end of the cable is anoth...

Chris's Compressor is designed to smooth out volume variations in any length show. It also optimizes the overall volume -- usually upward.

http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/chriss- ... -audacity/

Koz

If you switch it in the drop-down menu, it will change the playback pitch and speed of the show.

Don't do that.

That's also where the QuickTime 7 info panel comes handy. Real numbers.

Koz

It should. If it's still running Win7, then the latest Audacity Beta, 1.3.13, should slide right in. http://audacityteam.org/download/ Do Not use Audacity 1.2. That's a pretty simple, stripped-down computer, so you won't be mixing a massive symphony any time soon, but for simple recording and editin...

44.8? Not 48000? 48000 is the standard for television PCM sound and 44100 is the standard for Music CD sound. There is no "normal" 44.8. Is that a typo? The little window to the lower left of the Audacity work window is the standard of the Project. It can be changed. File > Export > Format...

It's difficult to get most Win7 installs to do this, so my guess is you were recording the built-in microphone listening to the speakers. That will kill you the first time you try to use Skype or other communications or conferencing system. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recording_audio_playing_o...