Audacity Forum

Are you running out of space to put new work? How long is the show? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027321/windows-10-find-out-how-much-storage-your-pc-has You may need to take some stuff off your machine to make room. If you have your show as a Project (AUP), try Shift+Shutdown > OK > Wai...

processing 20 hours of stereo audio

And your SSD got warm.

I think I had you right up to (5). Is that a typo? You picked the highest of the low points in each chunk?

Koz

I got Gain-4 to easily pass ACX. Noise at almost -67db. The limit is -60dB, good is -65dB. I applied the mastering tools just like this. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/AudiobookMasteringSuite.jpg Two items you might try. Read at an oblique rather than straight on. You can get closer and lou...

Do you have the raw recording? The recording before you did anything to it? I think you're Mastering it wrong and you can create serious damage if you're not careful. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/AudiobookMasteringSuite.jpg Do Not leave out any steps, add steps, or get them in the wrong o...

filtering out everything below 200 Hz

I tried it at 300Hz but it sound too much like a bad telephone.

Koz

Different Audacity versions have slightly different Audiobook Mastering and we're trying to play catch-up with the instructions.

Koz

Your recording has one good voice and one noise track.

Start with the raw recording. Use the drop-down menu on the left and Split Stereo to Mono. Delete the bottom noise track.

Which Audacity do you have? Help > About?

Koz

They're not apps. They're tools that extend the Audacity abilities.

I gotta look up the Windows process (I'm not a Windows elf).

Koz

How about something like this?

What's this code's talent in English?

Koz

without deleting all audio to the right of the play head And the only problem with that is the sudden need to actively manage all that right-hand work—screen video and sound—in real time—while recording perfect quality new sound. We're having troubles now with some of the effects which need real-ti...