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Peaky Notes Update Aug. 17, 2016 for the song "Up From The Gutter" edit # 160817.. UPDATE: I pulled this song/failed NEW Update coming soon[maybe] The edit was with Audacity (freeware) v2.1.1 (not the current 2.1.2). Overall for what I'm doing I like this previous version better.. though Audacity 2....

"PEAKY NOTES/DIGITAL CAMERA" UPDATE Aug. 15th, 2016 - HOW TO DEAL WITH PEAKY NOTES by Black Dog Bluez Recording my own acoustic guitar and vocal performances on one track, in one take, with one of the least expensive recorders, the Tascam DR-05. Then editing with Audacity. Results click here--> http...

cool beans --- big thanks Steve.

Question anyone- What is the advantage recording at 96 kHz when you will export to 44 kHz.. Is there any advantage to this? And if so does it have to be edited at 96 --- which slows my computer down..

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... PS. how can you see distortion with MP3Gain? I thought that would be a simple ReplayGain tool. ... MP3gain has a column that will contain a Y if clipping, and of course the advantage to MP3gain and MP3directcut is their claims of utilizing their features without reformatting/degrading an MP3. S...

Thanks Robert.. It is definitely a learning curve and unrewarding on top of it! Well.. it could be alright, I guess, if someone doesn't mind performing live for real people.. i.e., coffee shops and truck stops, street corners and dive honky tonks.. So, long story short --- I think I was over-editing...

"TASCAM DR5 PEAKY NOTES" UPDATE Aug. ?, 2016 - HOW TO DEAL WITH PEAKY NOTES by Black Dog Bluez Recording my own acoustic guitar and vocal performances on one track, in one take, with one of the least expensive recorders, the Tascam DR-05. Then editing with Audacity. Results click here--> https://sou...

Thanks Steve. Wow, on my last edit (approach) there were peaks at 84 and 118 hertz I notch filtered 5 Q. Well first I noticed a lot of hum and I had already notched at 58 and previewed with (did not use) high pass which did nothing to stop the hum. Then luckily I checked the peaks around 100 hertz a...

Thanks Steve. So I zoomed in on my waveform trying to guesstimate where threshold should be set, or where above I'd like to compress and I guessed 0.1 linear amplitude. Which is probably about -20 dB (yes, it is about 20 dBs after switching the scale on the track's side scale read out to dBs). Thoug...