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by Trebor
Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:13 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Help with Audio?
Replies: 2
Views: 214

Re: Help with Audio?

I'm particularly concerned about the high pitched buzz in the background of the speaker's voice, but if I do a low-pass filter I lose whatever shred of dynamics there may still be. You need a steep cut-off to just shave-off the worst digital-artefacts, but preserve as much of the voice as possible....
by Trebor
Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:03 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Spectral edit parametric EQ error
Replies: 8
Views: 463

Re: Spectral edit parametric EQ error

I still get the same error message ..when I try to use the effect 'To use 'Spectral effects' enable 'Spectral Selection' in the track spectrogram and select the frequncy range for the effect to act on. Does anyone have any clues? You get that error message when the waveform is shown rather than the...
by Trebor
Sat Feb 22, 2020 4:42 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audacity wont launch in windows vista.
Replies: 13
Views: 646

Re: Audacity wont launch in windows vista.

...I seen a post on here saying you need to download Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015. i went on there but it has this and i dont know which i should download. File Name vc_redist.x64.exe File Size 13.9 MB vc_redist.x86.exe File Size 13.1 MB Currently Audacity on Windows is 32-bit,...
by Trebor
Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:33 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: One thing fixed, another is not
Replies: 14
Views: 910

Re: One thing fixed, another is not

#1. Don't repeatedly save your project in mp3 format as it will accumulate damage each time you edit it. Use WAV format when editing, only use mp3 format to deliver the finished product, if the customer requires mp3. #2. RMS is an objective measure of volume: independent of ones computer/amplifier/h...
by Trebor
Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:15 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Laptop fan and plug ins
Replies: 5
Views: 392

Re: Laptop fan and plug ins

1. The bigesst problem is the laptop fan. I have installed noise gate, gone in another room, purchased a new microphone and changed volume settings. Still the noise is really loud from the fan? If the microphone is in a different room from the computer & the fan noise being recorded is loud, th...
by Trebor
Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Does Parametric EQ exist for Audacity users?
Replies: 3
Views: 1965

Re: Does Parametric EQ exist for Audacity users?

Audacity's built-in spectral editor has a parametric option ...
https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/spectral_selection.html#eq
by Trebor
Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:22 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Have to re-install Windows 10, How can I save my current Audacity setup?
Replies: 5
Views: 394

Re: Have to re-install Windows 10, How can I save my current Audacity setup?

keress wrote:
Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:09 pm
... Is there anything stored in my AppData that will help here? ...
There are plug-ins, macros, & pre-sets in the Audacity folder there ...

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C:\Users\<YourNameHere>\AppData\Roaming\audacity
by Trebor
Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:28 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Vinyl to MP3 Conversion...No Bass
Replies: 4
Views: 254

Re: Vinyl to MP3 Conversion...No Bass

The phone may only have one speaker, so it effectively mixes to mono,
which can cause anti-phase (bass) signals to cancel out.
by Trebor
Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:35 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: How do I interpret these graphs - noise floor and with rolloff
Replies: 10
Views: 602

Re: How do I interpret these graphs - noise floor and with rolloff

I don't know how to interpret these results to tell if I have an issue that should be fixed ... The 50Hz level has gone down from -67dB (inaudible) to -85dB (even more inaudible). The main benefit of low roll-off is to remove infra-sound , which is also inaudible*, but can disrupt processing using ...
by Trebor
Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:16 am
Forum: Making Music with Audacity
Topic: "Mixing" a live recording
Replies: 1
Views: 596

Re: "Mixing" a live recording

db1 wrote:
Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:25 pm
... have even added some reverb to one side, in order to try to get a "wider" sound.
Voxengo's "stereo touch" is a free plug-in worth having ...
https://www.voxengo.com/product/stereotouch/
I've only used it on a PC but apparently it's available for Mac.