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by kozikowski
Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:19 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: recording breaks when low input level
Replies: 3
Views: 129

Re: recording breaks when low input level

While you're up there.

View > Show Clipping (ON/OFF).

All the red bands are places where the recording volume is too high.

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by kozikowski
Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:15 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: recording breaks when low input level
Replies: 3
Views: 129

Re: recording breaks when low input level

Transport > Transport Options > Sound Activated Recording (ON/OFF).

Koz
by kozikowski
Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:11 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Sliding tracks up & down a timeline
Replies: 5
Views: 275

Re: Sliding tracks up & down a timeline

Select the track by clicking just to the right of the up arrow (on the left of the track). http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/JusttRightOfTheUpArrow.jpg Then use the Time Shift Tool (two sideways black arrows), click inside the track and push. The current Audacity, 2.3.2, has a SELECT button on ...
by kozikowski
Fri Sep 27, 2019 2:09 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Reading ACX Check
Replies: 23
Views: 2079

Re: Reading ACX Check

Fair warning when you do submit, more than one reader got bounced when they got the amount of before and after room tone wrong.


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by kozikowski
Fri Sep 27, 2019 2:05 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Reading ACX Check
Replies: 23
Views: 2079

Re: Reading ACX Check

gives me noise floors around -70 After mastering? That's about right. I can do something similar with my H1n. I've recorded and edited 13 hours to complete my novel and am about to send it on to Audible. Did they pass a sound test or are you submitting cold? Submitting cold can be an adventure. &qu...
by kozikowski
Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:14 pm
Forum: New Plug-Ins
Topic: Audiobook mastering (In Development and Test)
Replies: 18
Views: 2922

Re: Audiobook mastering (In Development and Test)

And you'll be competing with this Macro. https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=106820 SelectAll: Equalization:CurveName="Low rolloff for speech" FilterLength="5007" InterpolateLin="0" InterpolationMethod="B-spline" RmsNormalize:mode="Ind...
by kozikowski
Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:53 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Reading ACX Check
Replies: 23
Views: 2079

Re: Reading ACX Check

The first three values and the sentence 2/3 down are the only readings you need for ACX. Those are the hardware values and are the tests performed by the ACX Robot—the first test in the series for acceptance. The other values are "Since We're Here." Once you go through the craziness of act...
by kozikowski
Thu Sep 26, 2019 3:15 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Making TTS audio sound natural
Replies: 2
Views: 1075

Re: Making TTS audio sound natural

In my opinion the worst problem is the errors in patter, rhythm, swing and timing. There's no effects or filters for that.

We can't change Male/Female, Adult/Child or anyone into an announcer, either. All popular requests.

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by kozikowski
Thu Sep 26, 2019 3:05 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: help for a friend
Replies: 5
Views: 235

Re: help for a friend

cant see a link to uplaod From a forum text window, scroll down to Attachments and then Add Files. a friend had a recent hd updat Can we get the friend to post? Troubleshooting like you want is the worst possible way. It's the Telephone Game coupled with He Said She Said and nine or more hour inter...
by kozikowski
Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:32 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Paste Special?
Replies: 4
Views: 205

Re: Paste Special?

no need to fill your RAM with an hour of room tone.
My RAM will be happy to hear that.

Koz