Audacity Forum

Koz and Steve, THANK YOU BOTH for taking time to answer my post. I took your posts into consideration when I bought a Dell Inspiron. It's the least expensive line of laptop computers. When I used the $30 Radio Shack microphone on the new laptop, the quality was passable. I was AMAZED the mircrophone...

Koz or Steve,
Do either of you have time to answer this? Thanks!
Lisa

More info... In another, earlier post, Steve wrote: Often the noise on laptop and notepad computers is electrical noise because they use very cheap microphone input components. This type of noise will typically sound like a constant hiss. Other forms of computer noise are "mechanical" noises such as...

More info... Now using a Dell laptop bought approx 2006. Dell rocks !!! processor Intel Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz processor speed 1.69 GHz memory 1024 MB operating system Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 Ready to buy a Dell laptop for $600. processor Intel Core i3-380M 2.53 GHz, 4Thre...

Using Audacity 1.3.12 beta. I’ve been I am ready to buy another laptop. What do I need to get? My goal: Use Audacity to record my voice. Use Powerpoint to make slides. Use Windows Movie Maker to add my voice to slides and create a video. I upload the video to Youtube. Done. My problem – noise. My qu...

Hi Steve, Recorded my voice on Sony hand-held voice recorder.. Mike sensitivity high. Mode HQ recording. Saved to desktop as 44.1 kHz 16 bit stereo .wav Opened Audacity. Imported audio file. Did noise removal, equalization, and amplify -10. File. Export. Save as type WMA version 2 files. Options. Bi...

Steve and/or Koz: Quick questions. I record on my Sony hand-held voice recorder. It's model ICD-p520. I go to my computer, & open the computer program that came with the Sony - called Digital Voice Editor. I save the file, from my Sony, to my desktop. Here are my options: save as it is auto conversi...

Do you think we'll get through every day of the week?
Funny. I like your sense of humor. Hey, I'm just happy to get through today. Lisa

Oh, wow! That did it! Much better! I made changes to that one file, and posted it below: After Equalization.wav Thanks for letting me know it might just be my speakers, and it's not that bad on your speakers. I plan to record something else later today... I'll try to equalize an entire track, and se...

Steve, As always, you have been gentle and kind with your words. Respectful and considerate. And helpful. Can we clone you? Koz too? I read what you wrote, twice, and it makes sense to me. Set the Sony hand-held to "high quality" and "high sensitivity" mic, and that's the best quality I'm gonna get....