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Do you use Skype, Zoom or any of the chat or conference apps? They can change your sound settings without asking. Make sure chat and conference is turned off and maybe Restart your Mac before you read.

Koz

The background sound in both samples is the same number. Drag-select some of the first two seconds... Screen Shot 2020-05-05 at 7.14.45.png ... and Analyze > Contrast > Measure Selection. They're both -83dB. That's a suspiciously low for raw readings, but OK. Shaka 2 sounds further away from the mic...

The Yeti gets its operating voltage from the USB cable. If the USB service 5 volts isn't clean and well filtered, you can get "frying mosquitoes" in your voice. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/USBMicrophoneWhineClip.mp3 There is an Audacity filter for it called Mosquito Killer. P...

Don't forget your towel, particularly on Kakrafoon.

If it seems clean enough, you can spread it on the table under the Yeti to help suppress slap and comb-filtering tonal distortion.

Koz

Would audio editing be too taxing for my poor old laptop? You can edit wherever you want. You may want to record on your laptop if it's a lot quieter than the larger, well-ventilated machine. As long as the laptop drives aren't full and it's not doing a million other jobs, it should work. Defragmen...

What kind of podcast was in your head when you went into this? If you're going to interview people, we need to know that real soon. There's no good way to record Skype or Zoom, and recording two or more people in your room is not fun.

Koz

Well, WR, (that's your Hollywood moniker). Can you tell if your computer is on just by listening? That kills your background noise level right there. Yes, I can suppress it with Effect > Noise Reduction , but by the time I get I get it quiet enough, your voice is starting to sound bubbly and cell-ph...

Was she in the room with you? I don't see any way to rescue that sound. There is no clean, clear sound to boost. There is a Hollywood solution. Find somebody who sounds like Kim Scott and have them read the same words in a studio or quiet room. I double record important interviews. This is my phone ...

Oh. Wait. There is one. Since you're on Windows, there is Pamela. https://www.pamela.biz/ It's not free. You'll be writing checks. I think there is a damaged free version. A caution, only the top two, Business and Professional will give you two different sound tracks to edit. The other two smash bot...

I tried other combinations -- S and R and S and R, etc... You probably shouldn't abbreviate or use colloquialisms in a post. Anybody from any location and any age can post an answer and we all have to know what you're talking about. is there some other software our forum recommends instead as the g...