Audacity Forum

The only remaining strange issue is that Skype works perfectly. So I'm inclined to agree it's a configuration problem. But until/unless I find another similar posting on the Web, it's likely to remain a mystery. If the Window's enhancements have been disabled, and the problem persists, the only oth...

... I will not be able to record under any conditions with this crappy, brand-new Windows 10 computer. Everything in our society is losing quality ... It sounds like your computer is misconfigured for what you want to do, rather than defective. GoldWave (which I used to use frequently, years ago) ....

But my voice is recorded very faintly and distorted. Also, the volume increases to a maximum and then decreases again, whether or not I speak aloud ... a kind of fluid quick warble ... What you're describing is consistent with what Window's "enhancements" can do, try disabling them, ( all...

kozikowski wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:54 am

This is me going for a hearing test.

Not necessarily hearing, it could be headphones or speakers.

... I’m not sure what clicking is. Is that a sound description or a technical term? Some clicks come under the category of wet-mouth-noises : lip-smacking & inadvertent tongue-clicks . They tend to be brief : less than 5 milliseconds, and higher-frequency : above 2kHz. (Most people can hear up ...

I don't hear most of that, so that's between you and Trebor ... The click on "hello" is in the 6kHz -10kHz range. So if your speakers / headphones / ears don't operate well in that region you'll have difficulty hearing it. It sticks out like a sore-thumb on the spectrogram ... Hello - Hel...

Would love your feedback on the quality of my vocal recording. This is an untouched sample (no editing). Audacity Vocal Sample.wav Your voice is good. The #1 technical problem is clicking. There is a free de-clicker plugin for Audacity . It's capable of very good results, but it's very complicated ...

You may have to install software from Microsoft to get Audacity 2.3.* to run on Windows 8, see ... https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=354968#p354968 I had the same problem as Shasha and this topic don't resolve it ... You can get the software, free, directly from Microsoft , so no need ...

CBJorgen wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:10 pm

... I was wondering, would I be able to send you a recording of my voice for your option of how it sounds ...

It's possible to attach audio to posts, see ... viewtopic.php?p=214897#p214897

kcchiefs wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:45 pm

I downloaded what I believe to be an older version of Audacity, and I cant remove the vocals from a simple acoustic/vocal file.

It may not be possible to remove the vocals on some tracks regardless of the version of Audacity.