Audacity Forum

There's another fuzzy rule here. The noise in a system is determined by the first electronics that the microphone signal hits. It will never get better than that without extraordinary gymnastics. A line-in connection might have a noise floor of about -60dB with a show volume of about -6dB. That's pe...

You're designing a microphone. Knowles FG 23329 microphone I don't know that there is a pre-baked interface for the three bare wires and ground braid this microphone has. Screen Shot 2021-04-05 at 9.59.47 AM.png You don't plug it into anything. You're expected to solder those wires to a circuit boar...

Use the computer to record the code and set your phone on the table to record your voice. You should be on headphones for this.

Move the sound file from the phone to Audacity and edit them together.

Koz

Of tangential interest, ACX has changed their return policy. They will pay royalties after a 7-Day product return.

https://goodereader.com/blog/audiobooks ... -royalties

No more royalty claw-back a year after the purchase.

Koz

One of the gotchas of convenient home recording on one machine is the service update process. It is to the service's advantage that you not be able to record the work on the same machine hosting the conference. They're not being evil. Getting hands-free to work well on a multi-point conference is in...

How many books have you published? Are you the writer? What was the last title you wrote and read?

Koz

You can get both Skype and Zoom to record both sides of the conversation on their servers in the middle. Go in later and retrieve the sound files. It is alleged that you can get Zoom to split record the host and the guests. Try this before you commit a show to the process. Zoom Recording is recommen...

You can't create a blank track and then "fill it up." Once you sort which of the keys starts a new track (mine is "R"), it will keep starting new tracks each time you Stop and hit that key. All the old tracks will play to your headphones unless you steer them with each MUTE and S...

You're overdubbing, right?

I think you're working too hard.

Record track 1. Stop.

Press the R key and it will automatically start a new track.

If it doesn't, try Shift+R.

The R key and Shift+R are opposites of each other. One adds on to the first track and the other starts a new one.

Koz

R and Shift+R are the keys to go back and forth between add on to the end and start a new track . You can either use the right keys, or you can change the key order in a preference. Preferences > Recording > [X] Record on a New Track (select). R used to always start a new track. zero point zero peop...