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I don't suppose you can do all your recording outside? With a little stiff processing, it meets audiobook technical standards. First three values and the sentence 2/3 down. Screen Shot 2019-11-19 at 20.39.42.png That, and the voice is much better without that recording-in-the-kitchen sound. Outside-...

Koz

"clip is broken" That's a combination phrase. A "clip" is a segment of a performance taken from the action of attacking a piece of audiotape with a razor blade or scissors. "Broken" refers to a sound clip that is not suitable for purpose, to borrow a British phrase. Pe...

There's a test clip trick.

Split Stereo To Mono first thing. If you send the forum a mono clip (one blue wave), you can talk for 18 seconds.

Koz

And yes, I can do some serious noise reduction with the normal tools but not with that first clip.

Koz

OK. I got it. I think your clip is broken. If you carefully listen to the background noise before and after you speak, they're different. Further, after "Amazing," the background noise changes for two seconds. I can't tell if that's you breathing after the words...? You can't do that. The ...

Is there some setting I should change to avoid those steps? Menu on left > Split Stereo to Mono . Delete one track. Mono automatically plays to left and right headphones or speakers. I'd even be content if there was a way to get a macro to do it. The Macro's worse. Tools > Apply Macro > Select the ...

Limiting to ~0.5 (-6dB) can be due to recording in mono from a stereo device What he said. Since you seem to be doing everything right, record a simple voice sound test and post it here. We may be able to help with a specific case. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/TestClip/Record_A_Clip.html Ther...

I don't know how to avoid them, but I know how to sidestep them. Export all original work as WAV (Microsoft) 16-bit sound files. Assuming your shows are relatively simple, you can Export WAV versions of edits, too. WAV doesn't support mutliple tracks and other tricks. Neither WAV nor Audacity Projec...

I have been recording all week Are you reading for an audiobook? When you get the basic studio and system so you like it, you can send a test to ACX for their approval. https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=100504 There's just nothing like reading for weeks only to have ACX tell y...