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Nope. No thump.

I got a computer from work once and someone left Windows playback special effects running by accident. It drove us nuts for several days until I figured out what happened.



Koz

Your work does have tones down to 115Hz which might quality as thump, but they're no louder than the regular voice tones. I have a music system in my car that boosts thumps and any rumble and low pitched sound in radio shows. It only appears in my car. Nowhere else. I thought to myself, "How ca...

I'm using a pop filter.... Right then. Couple that with the fact that I couldn't hear it means it's not really there. Your playback system is doing something wrong. Listen to the work on something that's not your computer. Do you have an iPod or other portable music system? Other computer? Home mus...

There's a way to do it in post production, too, although that can effect your voice.

Effect > Equalization: Select Curve: Low Rolloff for Speech. Length about 5000. > OK.

See if that helps. It's best to get rid of this at the recording step instead of later.

Koz

I don't hear any thump. How close to the microphone are you and are you using a pop and blast filter? That round thing is the pop filter and that's about the right spacing for your lips. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/PowerFistSpacing-Screen-500t.jpg If you ever wondered what that round thin...

Audacity doesn't understand MIDI enough to manage actual music (AFAIK). I record my MIDI keyboard through the headphone connection.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/organfinale.mp3

You may be recording the computer internal microphone. Is it a laptop?

Koz

Voellers 050119.... What is the exact filename? The dots suggest the actual name is longer than that. Do you hide filename extensions? I think that's a terrible idea, but maybe that's just me. Right-click the file > Get INFO. Does that agree with what you think you did? Desktop > Go > Computer > ri...

I thought I had one of these pictures. WoodFloorKitchen.png That's an insanely beautiful and stylish death trap for voice. Not just for recording, either. If you have one of those, did you notice you have trouble understanding people talking from across the room? Ikea has a whole display area devote...

That's the exhaustive, detailed description for the manual.

There's actually a joke about that. See: the four volume set, "How To Ride A Bicycle."

Google that. The hits go for weeks.

Mastering is only three tools, Equalization, RMS Normalize and Limiter.

Koz

other than hiring a studio. There have been several posters who started out their careers in studios and decided to do the second or third book at home. They're going through the same juggling acts you are. They have the advantage of knowing what it feels like to walk into a super quiet studio with...