Audacity Forum

a reference to El Capitan... I have Mojave

It says El Capitan or later. Mojave is later.

Koz

You can stop anywhere in here and go with what you have. It's just if you can pass ACX, you can pass broadcast and just about any other quality judgement. Lot to be said for that when you submit for a job.

Koz

work on my sibilance issues.

Harsh SS sounds are usually microphone or microphone system issues. It's not like getting rid of lip smacks by drinking apple juice and getting a good night's sleep.

Koz

is it such a big deal to use the noise reduction tool to remove that fan sound Not if you remove the fan, no. From memory, your mastered and DeEssed clip comes in at around -62dB and the spec is -60dB. So, yes, it passes.... but if you change anything or do anything wrong, it's going to fall outsid...

Transferred all new data (with new drum track) back onto the stick. Using the same Project name? This can happen when you halt the save process before Audacity is actually done saving. There are other ways to get this failure, too. Sometimes overly aggressive virus software can cause this. What's s...

That's a common complaint about Analyze > Plot Spectrum. It keeps changing to display the most useful information possible (whether you want it to or not). This makes comparisons a nightmare. A while back, I suggested putting a single, known, loud tone in your show in addition to the work. Spectrum ...

There's different methods of measuring your voice, so we need to know what the job is, which microphone you're using and any other details about your system. Audio Interface or USB microphone? For example, Audiobook reading needs to measures the RMS, or overall energy of your voice, but Effect > Amp...

Generate > Tone: Sine, 400 Hz, 0.3 Amplitude, 3 minutes. > OK. De-select that tone by clicking outside of the timeline. Generate > Noise: Pink, Amplitude 0.3, Duration 3 min. > OK. Unless you stop them with the MUTE and SOLO buttons on the left, those will play at the same time and export into a sin...

there is a resolution difference between the two screens.

Thanks for posting back. We do keep track of these oddities against the time somebody else has similar problems.

Koz

So, in my opinion, if somebody fails your submission it will be because of theatrical problems, (lip smacks, gasping, tonal problems) and not mechanical or technical problems.

Koz