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Is your H2 one of these? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LSbDdZLr1w If it is, you win the lottery. Josh recorded the whole first third of his music career on that thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcVec_RPwuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5SC1uIxXhk It's an H2 and not an H2n, right? Those a...

My Opinion the reason they went to good lengths to explain what was happening was you are an old and valued client. First time readers get more abbreviated comments if for no other good reason there are usually multiple problems and it's not their job to troubleshoot someone's studio. I bet they're ...

I cover it with a sheepskin rug while I record

They do need to breathe. Be super careful not to block any air or vent holes. My machines breathe around the hinge. If I use a flashlight, I can see inside to the heat radiators.

Koz

You have conflicting symptoms. I think the voice track is just fine the way it is. It doesn't show any signs of Windows Enhancements or room echoes. If you hear it "funny," you might go into Windows settings and make sure there are no playback filters or enhancements trying to "help y...

DeEsser and DeClicker work best on stable, levelled sound, so put them after. Most times, they don't affect the file specifications enough to throw anything off. breaths, shirt rustles and PC mouse noises There should be no shirt noises and mouse clicks. Many people read from a tablet or phone and s...

Can you sense the puzzled look?


Can you try the 222 on a different computer?

Koz

dB or Decibel Relationships <— Quieter ———————— Louder —> -65dB, -60dB, -23dB. -18dB, -3dB, 0dB That's all the audiobook dB specifications. — Maximum volume is 0dB. Sound gets quieter with negative numbers. — -3dB is the loudest audiobook peak sound value. — RMS or loudness needs to hit between -18...

When I manage to get peak values below -3dB the RMS shoots above 23dB There is an audiobook suite of tools that can deal with all that. https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audiobook_Mastering That's the detailed step by step. This is the quick version. Screen Shot 2020-01-07 at 16.45.44.png If your ...

The top timeline is overloaded. Screen Shot 2020-01-07 at 13.11.31.png The top is a recording that was made too loud and the middle blob of waves is taller than the timeline. You can see it's trying to extend downward farther than -1.0. The bottom timeline is the top show with Effect > Amplify appli...

I know I moved from Maryland to California and my voice recordings are very different now.

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Mostly because the California place has a sound studio. Hard to beat that.

Koz