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by kozikowski
Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:58 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Convert audio to 5.1 as in this other thread...
Replies: 6
Views: 4609

Re: Convert audio to 5.1 as in this other thread...

<<<18dB per octive filter centered at 180Hz>>> Cool. That's how he got the LFE Low Frequency Effects channel from the main show. You could probably do the same thing with Effects > Low Pass Filter at 180 Hz. He was doing a very specific frequency equalization curve. Yes, you need to be able to trans...
by kozikowski
Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:50 pm
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: USB mics
Replies: 9
Views: 1412

Re: USB mics

But the short answer is no. Audacity will only manage one sound device at a time. People trying to record multi-player games and multi-guest podcasts all run into the same problem. In the case of the games, sometimes you can record the computer's own sound service and that can work, but not capture ...
by kozikowski
Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:42 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: Music Shrinkage?
Replies: 3
Views: 735

Re: Music Shrinkage?

Did you use Effect > Amplify to reduce the volume?

Koz
by kozikowski
Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:36 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Large Projects opened as empty projects
Replies: 4
Views: 808

Re: Large Projects opened as empty projects

You join a long list of people trying to make Audacity into a surveillance system. My rule of thumb is personal involvement. If you can't possibly sit there with no breaks and watch the whole thing in real time, then Audacity may not be the program for you. That peels off all the seven and eight hou...
by kozikowski
Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:12 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Re: Home recording for beginners
Replies: 4
Views: 1732

Re: Home recording for beginners

<<<can anyone tell me how to get rid of some background noises?>>> Highly likely, but not from where you posted. Nobody will ever find you down here. Copy your post and navigate to here... http://forum.audacityteam.org/ Then scroll down until you get to your version of Audacity, and scroll some more...
by kozikowski
Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: MP3 Export Quality
Replies: 4
Views: 1191

Re: MP3 Export Quality

There are fuzzy values, too. 32 is the threshold for mono shows. Below that, most people can tell there's something wrong. 64 for a stereo show. 128 is a good overall stereo show with some really minor damage. I think there's a higher value of 300 or 360 where you would need expensive instruments to...
by kozikowski
Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:38 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Recommendation for a recording microphone
Replies: 3
Views: 981

Re: Recommendation for a recording microphone

I'm probably thinking of the ME66 and the ME80 microphones which haven't been made in a long time. They've been replaced with the MKH 416. I like the opinions of the guy in Florida because he has the moisture and salt problems. He used to run into problems with the screw-together systems because of ...
by kozikowski
Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:42 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Finding average RMS volume
Replies: 19
Views: 14841

Re: Finding average RMS volume

<<<Absolutely true - of course the best "measure" for loudness is by listening. These "complicated calculations" are better than a peak level measurement, but they are still not fantastic.>>> Which is what Chris did. He kept tweaking and listening until he got it to where he was ...
by kozikowski
Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:25 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: Starts playing when trying to save.
Replies: 4
Views: 923

Re: Starts playing when trying to save.

<<<Using 10.6.4 OSX and 1.2.5 Audacity.>>>

On some machines (mine) that is a profoundly unstable combination -- even though it's the recommended one. The others are worse -- except Audacity 1.3.12.

Koz
by kozikowski
Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:22 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: CAN'T EXPORT STEREO
Replies: 2
Views: 614

Re: CAN'T EXPORT STEREO

Just to be clear, are you exported files actually in "real" mono, or are they in two-track mono -- stereo with the same left and right? Open them in QuickTime Player and Command-I to get the Info panel. Audacity is supposed to revert to stereo when you activate the panning sliders. Did you...