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We should note that if both parties are on headphones, the system doesn't do that switching thing.

I went into the original recording of my test and found a segment where Denise interrupts me in real time.


Koz

What he said.

Both sides should be wearing wired, sealed-on-the-head headphones. You are listening to Skype noise cancellation and echo processing errors.

https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix ... 0-650w.jpg

There's other ways to lose this, but that's the main one.

Koz

Where do you lose it? File > Export > Export as WAV...... What are you calling it and where are you trying to put it? I always work through the Desktop and then manage files from there. It's possible to store work in a place that Catalina doesn't like. Upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers...

I think I see it. Normalize and RMS Normalize are different tools. You need to install RMS Normalize as a plugin.

See: the top of the Audiobook Mastering instructions.

https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audiobook_Mastering

Koz

If this still doesn't come out right, record a 10 second sound test and publish on the forum. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/TestClip/Record_A_Clip.html Do Not apply any effects, filters or corrections. Read it, Stop, Cut it to length if you have to, Export and post it here. Read down the blue ...

Audacity Audiobook Mastering guarantees Peak and RMS. You're supposed to fail Noise. You missed the first step, Select the whole track or show. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/AudiobookMasteringSuite.jpg You need to have at least 3/4 second of pure background sound in your chapter or show. ...

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We should note that if both parties are on headphones, the system doesn't do that switching thing. The system never gets a vocal conflict and has to decide who gets priority. Or at least Skype works that way. We can do task reduction management. The Goal is to record the far side. Full Stop. The sys...

Found one. This isn't my mixer, but representative sample. SkypeRecorderSetup.jpg Do Not send Skype back to itself and this pix doesn't show my microphone plugged into Mixer 1. This setup will handle two studio presenters and one Skype/Zoom/Chat guest. Headphone management starts getting interesting...