Audacity Forum

Just so we're all talking about the same number values. "Zero" in sound-speak is maximum volume. If any part of your voice tries to get louder than that, it can become permanently damaged and sound terrible. The rest of the numbers go negative from there. -3dB is quieter than that. -20dB i...

Does that mean they all have to have exactly the same levels: peak, RMS and noise floor? No, but they're very clear they do not want distractions . If your background noise changes between two chapters, that will take the listener out of the story. If your voice timber changes chapter by chapter be...

Its the finished audio file thats been compressed and normalized and etc. We can't take effects and corrections out of a performance. Whose recipe or formula were you using? We have a mastering suite of tools, but it certainly isn't the only one. Are you up to recording a test clip? http://www.kozc...

I'm curious to see if I can figure out how to record in a way that will require no correction. Post back not if you get there once, but if you can do it to three or four chapters in a row. That's what most people can't do. There was a recent poster trying to do that and his book mostly passed but h...

The UM2 is a a native mono device and they provide a mono-mix to your headphones. Your adapter is native stereo and I'm not shocked they shove one microphone to left or right. If you make the sound into mono later, then yes, it will appear on both sides. You should be able to shift Left and Right by...

Please post back if you resolve the error. We keep notes about historical problems.

Koz

It complains repeatedly about "IO Error". How many external things do you have connected? External soundcards? USB microphones?

Disconnect everything, restart and see if the problem doesn't vanish.

Are you trying to edit via Network Connected Drives or Cloud Drives?

Ko

If you have to post long documents again, please use the CODE tags. Either type them before and after like this. Screen Shot 2019-03-23 at 09.24.25.png Screen Shot 2019-03-23 at 09.25.08.png Or select the whole document and press the CODE button. Screen Shot 2019-03-23 at 09.25.28.png Or press the c...

If you get one to work, post back how you did it.

Koz

recording level is great and when I save it as an MP3 What is "it"? So the recording level is great and when I save it as an MP3 and play it back the volume is perfect and sounds amazing. The issue I'm having is when I'm playing back my recording before it is finalized So the recording le...