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by Trebor
Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:39 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Use "noise gate" to paste room tone?
Replies: 6
Views: 839

Re: Use "noise gate" to paste room tone?

Is it possible to use a noise gate (or something similar) to find parts of a vocal recording with quiet, unwanted noises and replace those sections with previously recorded room tone? Steve made a plugin called repair channel . That plugin can be used to patch-in room-tone if you temporarily make a...
by Trebor
Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:34 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Hum remover.
Replies: 43
Views: 2144

Re: Hum remover.

... Both laptos have the same version of Audacity (2.3.1 alpha) ... Alpha software can be unstable and could cause crashes or data loss ... https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle# Alpha IMO don't touch alpha-software unless you're highly computer-literate, & willing to be a ...
by Trebor
Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:11 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Total Audacity noob here
Replies: 74
Views: 4564

Re: Total Audacity noob here

Koz, I really like your Audacity GUI setup. Any tips on how to get mine looking like that ... toolbars can be repositioned & stretched.gif If you want meters that go down to -96dB you'll have to select that in Audacity preferences . Other color-schemes are available , some are easier on the...
by Trebor
Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:41 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Stretching
Replies: 20
Views: 1387

Re: About Plugins

Electric_Dreamer wrote:
Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:17 pm
Long ago I enabled in my Audacity a plugin which makes using recorded m4a files possible.
I don't remember the name of the plugin. Do you know the name?
FFMPEG , see ... https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installing_the_ffmpeg_import_export_library.html
by Trebor
Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:03 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Is it best to use notch filter in spots or entire audio?
Replies: 3
Views: 206

Re: Is it best to use notch filter in spots or entire audio?

I hear a background hum in several spots. Do I use the Notch Filter effect just in those spots or can I apply it to the entire audio and it will fix all the spots at once? Steve 's de-hum plugin has a threshold setting : it only kicks-in when the volume is below threshold, (hum is more noticeable t...
by Trebor
Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:26 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Trying to meet ACX specifications
Replies: 18
Views: 986

Re: Trying to meet ACX specifications

.. I'd love to know whether sound/theater quality of Eq only and fully mastered are OK ... Alice4raw11162018 mastered.wav That does have a lot of mouth clicks. They can be reduced using a free plugin for Audacity called Paul-L's de-clicker ... ''Alice4raw11162018 mastered'' before-after click-reduc...
by Trebor
Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:51 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Hollow noise in recording
Replies: 9
Views: 694

Re: Hollow noise in recording

I keep experiencing a sort of hollow noise to my narration in audacity. It seems to be present from the initial recording I am trying to figure out the source of this ... https://forum.audacityteam.org/download/file.php?id=22064 Test clip raw.wav (884.29 KiB) It's a hollow, tube-like effect, that s...
by Trebor
Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:46 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Total Audacity noob here
Replies: 74
Views: 4564

Re: Total Audacity noob here

... Living room is bare walls ... ATTACHMENTS Audacity Forum Sample JH Zoom H4n 001.wav (1.68 MiB) Sounds very good. Needs some noise-reduction to get the noise-floor down to below -60dB. There is some reverberation from the room, (particularly noticeable when you say "pop filter"). A sof...
by Trebor
Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:48 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audacity can't open
Replies: 5
Views: 959

Re: Audacity can't open

You may have to install software from Microsoft to get Audacity 2.3.* to run on Windows 8,
see ... viewtopic.php?p=354968#p354968
by Trebor
Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:04 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Hum remover.
Replies: 43
Views: 2144

Re: Hum remover.

юра00 wrote:
Sun Nov 25, 2018 10:52 pm
Mr. Trebor, hello! But whole file on the illustration is only 3 min.
The hum-removal settings determine how long it takes to process the audio: use the least amount of harmonics necessary.
Dialing all the settings up to maximum will probably do more harm than good, and take a long time.