Audacity Forum

There could be an Audacity oddity in here. Some devices depend on Special ASIO drivers to make everything work. Because of licensing restrictions Audacity does not easily support ASIO. "Easily." It is possible to recompile the Audacity program to accept ASIO software. Have you ever compile...

Many multi-track recorders mount in conventional computer systems as bunches of stereo tracks. I'm more than half-way convinced that this is a marketing and publicity thing. When you take the mixer out of the box, it does "something." Anything to prevent you from sending it back. You alway...

What he said. You should be doing a complete, comprehensive backup of all your work on that drive.

Picture what would happen if it stopped working very soon.

Koz

Just to avoid fuzzy words problems. Noise is everything in the room except your voice. ACX is sensitive to distractions. Anything that distracts from the enjoyment of your clear voice is forbidden. That's why they hate too many effects and filters applied to your voice. Nobody is going to pay money ...

You can submit anything quieter than -60dB. That's the ACX Limit. The guideline is -65dB. The problem with consistently using the limit is the variability of measuring. Note that one forum posting where you got a different Noise number than I did on the same reading. That can't be the difference bet...

Filtering out everything below 70Hz, then applying a Notch at 120Hz, reduces the noise-floor measurement by over 16dB ... You maybe able to just use the notch. Audiobook Mastering takes out everything below 100Hz, so the 70Hz filter isn't needed. Another reason to use all of Mastering as a matched ...

Once you start reading, you can't change anything. ACX wants their chapters and segments to match. The beginning and ends of the book should match, too. There is a New User effect. You start reading the book an amateur and you finish a seasoned professional. That's when you realize how bad the begin...

120Hz is what power systems in the US do when they're not feeling well. That's fluorescent light buzz and some electric motors. I have an older CFL (spiral) bulb which makes tones like that and many lamp dimmers can make that sound. I had one really bad LED lamp which would buzz at that pitch. If yo...

This raw sample is -55.4 dB. I get -55.1dB, but yes, the evil, rumble, vibration sounds are gone. That must have been building noises from the floor. There you lose me. I mastered with the three tools and ACX Check gives me noise of -55.3dB. Mastering usually boosts voice volume, but the first tool...

Missed one. I had to record an evaluation session in a movie theater. I shot it in stereo and even though multiple people were talking at once, you could listen on stereo headphones and pick out different people's clear conversations. The Director was in the middle and the Director of Photography wa...