Audacity Forum

This is three examples of Chris.

No processing
0.5 Default Compress ratio
0.77 Stiffer Compress ratio.

The sound is louder and denser without any obvious damage.



Koz

If it of any help

What would help is for you to answer the questions. We have to build your machine in our imaginations and detailed descriptions of your system are valuable—even they seem to have nothing to do with the problem.

Koz

I cannot record any sound (voices) whe using an external mike. What's the external mic? Model numbers, makers? If you're trying to use an analog microphone or an unusual combination, maybe Asus is right. Analog sound services is right on the very bottom of the list of valuable services on an afford...

a compressor program will boost lower volume passages to "normalize" the volume levels with the overall song volume level. Normally yes. This processor, however, was designed for a different goal. Bring up the quiet parts and make everything denser and louder. It's a broadcast processor, ...

I liked Stinger-Rock-CMaj-Low.wav That was almost an accident. That's a rock band organ (on my Yamaha keyboard). I was shooting for a plain C Major chord and instead of going up, 1, 3, 5, 8, I went down 8, 1, 3, 5. It came out better than I thought. It's in full theatrical stereo, but if you jam it ...

Correct. In addition, when you're simple overdubbing, you should not hear your own microphone , just the backing track. That's what's ringing alarm bells. How are you listening? We never got an answer to that. Where are the headphones plugged in? It's rough finding any information on the microphone....

What else do you have running with sound services? Games, Skype and Chat come to mind. Skype is famous for taking over your sound while it's running. Restart the machine and don't let anything else start.

Koz

Is there a solution for this? How can I get my mp3 files from ripped CD's to play louder in my truck's audio system at the same volume setting as the radio? You could try Chris's Compressor. He intentionally wrote it so he could listen to opera in the noisy car. Opera features very wide variations ...

a microphone type to get started with.

Get started doing what?

Can you tell if your machine is on just by listening? I'm guessing yes and that will limit what you can achieve without knowing anything else about you.

Koz

I can hear the mic through the headphones but not the backing track. That step right there is wrong. You are not supposed to hear your microphone at all during overdubbing, just the backing track. If you click Overdub and Playthrough both, you should hear the backing track and your own voice with a...