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Pro FX6 v3 Mixer. Before you do anything else, make sure the 48V light on the far right is off. That's Phantom Power and your microphone doesn't use it. Plug the microphone into 1, Up Left. Hi-Z off and Low Cut off. Talk and advance GAIN until the little green LEVEL SET light flashes. EQ Both knobs ...

Dueling Posts.

I need to look up your mixer.

I need to drop for a while.

Koz

I got the clip to pass, but it's not by much. I applied the Audiobook Mastering Collection like this. MasteringSuite.png Followed by Hum Remover to get rid of the power and lighting hum in the background and then Noise Reduction. Screen Shot 2020-04-17 at 12.36.51.png The noise limit is -60dB and yo...

Terrific microphone, but still super low volume. This microphone takes a cable like this. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/XLR-Cable-500.jpg To plug into something like this. Screen Shot 2020-04-17 at 12.23.05.png Which plugs into the USB cable to the computer. The UM2 is the sound booster wh...

This is a simple recording I made in my bedroom.


Koz

We didn't get the two seconds where you hold your breath and don't move. We need that to analyze the noise. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/TestClip/Record_A_Clip.html You also need to record louder. Screen Shot 2020-04-17 at 11.29.07.png The blue blobs on the left are you reading. The blobs on ...

Every time it says "RMS," say to yourself "Loudness."

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Koz

Post a sample of the work. Sometimes we can tell by analyzing the silent portion how best to deal with the noise. Sometimes, in rare cases, you're just measuring it wrong. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/TestClip/Record_A_Clip.html Record, stop, cut it if needed, and export. Don't filter anythin...

I got it to pass ACX with just the mastering tools.

There's a fuzzy rule of passing -60dB noise by at least 5dB and yours is -66dB.


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

Koz

The best way to adjust the Noise Floor is make your room or microphone quieter. Can you tell if the computer is on just by listening? If so, it's going to be a long day. We publish Audiobook Mastering instructions. This is an abbreviation. MasteringSuite.png From here. https://wiki.audacityteam.org/...