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by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:28 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: mp3 music file volume modification [SOLVED]
Replies: 24
Views: 1782

Re: mp3 music file volume modification

I often use Foobar2000 to update the replay-gain (similar to sound check) level.
The nice thing is that it can alter the tracks permanently and not only by a virtual ID3-tag which will be ignored in some players.
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:35 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Meeting ACX Requirements w/ Audacity
Replies: 129
Views: 29423

Re: Meeting ACX Requirements w/ Audacity

Thanks for the clips, but they are not public.
I've pressed the request button, however, that was not your intention, was it?
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:44 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: '70's/'80's CD music remix examples using Audacity
Replies: 19
Views: 4723

Re: '70's/'80's CD music remix examples using Audacity

... personally I find 3 seconds is plenty time to assess how an effect sounds. Not in my opinion. I've set it to 30 seconds. Firstly, I can always cancel the preview with space bar. You can often not tell how an effect interacts with other portions of the sound later on. A de-esser may sound fine o...
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:29 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Meeting ACX Requirements w/ Audacity
Replies: 129
Views: 29423

Re: Meeting ACX Requirements w/ Audacity

I think the recording isn't that bad. First of all, there are no booming sounds like those Ian's recordings suffer from. The whole sample is even noise reduced if I take all as the noise profile, call noise removal again, reduce by 10 dB and set the sensivity to -20. That's not the way it is meant t...
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:07 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Razor or Cut Tool??
Replies: 6
Views: 3812

Re: Razor or Cut Tool??

I suppose that's about as close as it gets to what I'm hoping to do. And with a free program, I've got no complaints! Thanks for your help! It depends on what you're trying to do. Firstly, you can use ctrl-alt-I to move the selected portion to a new track without duplicate it (produces a gap in the...
by Robert J. H.
Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:50 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Analyze MP3 to find instrument timings
Replies: 2
Views: 333

Re: Analyze MP3 to find instrument timings

You can always duplicate a track, equalize it to hold your specific frequency range and then apply the sound finder.
However, there's much more to it.
by Robert J. H.
Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:17 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Can't load FFMPEG with newly compiled Audacity [SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 1092

Re: Can't load FFMPEG library with newly compiled Audacity

Exactly what version of Audacity have you compiled? If you compiled HEAD, Audacity will require a shared build of FFmpeg 1.2 or later. Try http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ . Gale I've compiled the HEAD version, yet none of those libraries can be loaded. I've decided to (temporary?) give up ASIO in...
by Robert J. H.
Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: removing silence from recorded streams
Replies: 4
Views: 362

Re: removing silence from recorded streams

-40 dB may be a little bit too high and regard too much audio as "silence".
Gradually move up from -80 dB.
by Robert J. H.
Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:44 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Mitigate overdose of reverb
Replies: 12
Views: 6691

Re: Mitigate overdose of reverb

There's a setting and process by which Noise Removal will help get rid of echoes/reverb. I got it to work... once. It was such a surprise I wasn't able to remember what I did or write down the settings. Koz As I recall, it is basically: - creating the noise profile with the whole audio selected - E...
by Robert J. H.
Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:24 am
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: Gverb vs Reverb
Replies: 17
Views: 8877

Re: Gverb vs Reverb

Not sure I know what you mean by adding reverb as a seperate track etc... It means that you do first duplicate the voice into a new track, or better two--to have it in stereo (make stereo from the drop down menu on the first duplicated track). You then apply reverb to this effect but with "Wet...