Audacity Forum

I am teaching speech. Some students are very quiet and reluctant to use a mike. I would like to experiment with the "average decibel level" projected a screen in the back of the room. That may be a pretty abstract, probably impractical approach. But if anybody would have a better approach, it might ...

Yes, the bell ding (desk bell, like at a dry cleaners, etc) is embedded in conversation.

I want to quickly search a sound file and count how many times a bell has been dinged.

What analysis tool do i use?

OSX.5

Is there software to convert .mzp on a Mac?