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by Robert J. H.
Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:30 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Trying to playback 32 channels to ASIO device
Replies: 11
Views: 1412

Re: Trying to playback 32 channels to ASIO device

cyrano wrote:@Gale:

Could you please add my vote too?

Thx!
And mine as well.

Thx

Robert
by Robert J. H.
Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:52 am
Forum: Podcasting with Audacity
Topic: What to do with non-talking track in interview?
Replies: 12
Views: 2547

Re: What to do with non-talking track in interview?

I'm editing an interview, and I don't know what to do with the track that's not talking at any given time — silence it entirely? Use noise gate or something else? I've found lots of posts about cleaning/compressing one singular track, but what to do with the non-talking track in an interview? Thank...
by Robert J. H.
Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:54 am
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Sensible defaults could make Audacity a lot better
Replies: 62
Views: 5882

Re: Sensible defaults could make Audacity a lot better

(snip) Arguably, if we want to represent "how it sounds" we should use " sone " scaling (rather tricky to implement as it is frequency dependent, but not impossible). +1 Another problematic point apart from the frequency is the actual output or target volume. The Sones will change depending on this...
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 13, 2015 7:47 pm
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Sensible defaults could make Audacity a lot better
Replies: 62
Views: 5882

Re: Sensible defaults could make Audacity a lot better

I always change the Solo button behaviour to "Simple", disable the automatic Metadata pop-up, and increase the preview length. Wow that's a good tip about "Simple" behavior for the Solo button - I've struggled with the default Solo for years 8-) I actually like the default solo behaviour. However, ...
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:24 am
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Sensible defaults could make Audacity a lot better
Replies: 62
Views: 5882

Re: Sensible defaults could make Audacity a lot better

There isn't any sound engineer on the planet that thinks in linear percentages. I agree. That's why I would like an option for a dB scale on the linear waveform view. Most of our users are not sound engineers and come to Audacity with little idea of what "dB" means. That's why we need to educate th...
by Robert J. H.
Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:37 am
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Waveform antialiasing
Replies: 40
Views: 5796

Re: Waveform antialiasing

You can't say no to an additional option that you won't choose. Everyone is entitled to give their opinion about proposals. Whether or not a proposal every gets added to Audacity largely depends on whether someone has the time, enthusiasm and ability to do it. Decisions about what is enabled by def...
by Robert J. H.
Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:39 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Cleaning up vinyl rip with weird distortion
Replies: 2
Views: 630

Re: Cleaning up vinyl rip with weird distortion

Have you already the 2.1.1 version of Audacity? If so, you can use the effect "Vocal Reduction and Isolation" instead of the stereo to mono mix down alone. It has the advantage that the common audio of both channels is kept, suppressing all clicks at the sides, whereas a normal mix down attenuates t...
by Robert J. H.
Fri Aug 07, 2015 5:45 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menu items and ellipses
Replies: 18
Views: 1099

Re: Menu items and ellipses

I think three dots are just a "less professional" way for the ellipsis that also has its own Unicode character. A really great user interface would also take no-break spaces into consideration, the correct dash lengths and would use a number of other Unicode symbols, e.g. minus . In computer scienc...
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:48 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menu items and ellipses
Replies: 18
Views: 1099

Re: Menu items and ellipses

the so called ellipsis is in this case neither the former nor the latter. We don't have an "Auslassung" but actually an indication that this item opens a new dialogue. I do not even know if the Duden deals with that case. What's more, the ellipsis has its own Unicode character and is denser than th...
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 06, 2015 4:08 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menu items and ellipses
Replies: 18
Views: 1099

Re: Menu items and ellipses

the so called ellipsis is in this case neither the former nor the latter. We don't have an "Auslassung" but actually an indication that this item opens a new dialogue. I do not even know if the Duden deals with that case. What's more, the ellipsis has its own Unicode character and is denser than th...