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Service exited with abnormal code: 255 Appears to be the machine's warning that "There's Something Wrong!" Not all that helpful, but there are a number of hits for this error from people having their SSH fail. Do you log into the Mac from a remote location? I know that's a stretch, but th...

a reference to errors from Console logs should not make you nervous. It's a basic troubleshooting resource for these kind of issues. Posting relevant error messages often helps in finding a solution. It also indicates an advanced user and greatly expands the list of possible problems/solutions. sin...

Which Audacity?

Audacity > About Audacity.

Koz

recorded the voices as they came through my PC's loudspeakers Your voice is easy because it's a service of your computer. The far side voice is a service of the chat or conference program and they don't like to share. You didn't actually get the far-side voice. You got Messenger's leakage, processi...

I know it doesn't make any difference whether the microphone is upside down or not, but the instructions are clear this is a directional microphone and the different between front and back volume is expected to be (wait for it) about 20dB. I can't wait to see if your voice volume drops by 20dB when ...

Vocal Reduction and Isolation doesn't "know" what a voice is. It works by managing sound in the left-right center of a stereo show which is usually where the vocals are. If you have a mono song (no left-right separation) it doesn't do anything. Even if the show has two blue waves on the Au...

Sorry. I missed my cue. The answer is 42.

Koz

Listen to what's going on in the background of that trailer.

Koz

Do you have any recommendations No. It depends on the script. You're standing exactly half-way between audiobook reading which has no support at all other than artful reading, and radio theater which is all production, music, and effects. Sometimes it helps if you find somebody else you like as an ...

Shoot a normal, short, voice microphone test. Stop. Shoot the same voice with the microphone backwards. Speak into the rear of the round grill on top with the BLUE name away from you. Try not to change the studio very much when you do this, and don't change any settings. Just flip the mic around. It...