Audacity Forum

Both "audio-excerpt1.wav (1.53 MiB)" & "audio-excerpt2.wav (944.02 KiB)" suffer from clipping :( ... audio-excerpt2.png After you've boosted the high-frequencies for presence, you may have to RMS-normalize again & limit to -1dB , that should prevent any clipping. If you c...

LivingInternet wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:26 pm

Would an RMS normalize of -1 dB still be reasonable?

Definitely not : the maximum value permitted is -6, which is VERY loud.

Can RMS normalize to -18dB , then (soft) limit any loud peaks to -1dB ...

... Where in the order of effects would these be best placed? Normalize, change tempo, change pitch, de-ess, boost presence? I would add RMS normalize immediately before De-ess , because De-ess is a (volume) threshold-dependent effect. Then you can keep the De-esser threshold setting constant for y...

Equipped wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:04 am

Hrm, dang. Is there any interpolation or smoothing that can be done to make it at all more usable?

Can do a sort of comb-over : applying temporal-blur to spread the sound into the bald drop-out gaps,
but the result is even less intelligible ...

I need to counteract the echo because it is no longer in my history. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Echo & reverb , (be they real or artificial) are generally impossible to remove. If the echos are quieter than the rest of the audio, can make them quieter still with an ex...

I was wondering if anyone knew of a good way to repair, or at the very least, clean up this audio ... It has drop-outs : so it's a jigsaw with pieces missing ... dropouts (aka skips).gif ... an isolated section, about 15 minutes long (pretty close to the end, but not exactly there) that I've run ac...

I don't speak Mac , but I know a little Audacity.

As a workaround try temporarily unchecking "Software playthrough of input" tickbox in Audacity preferences ...



Software playthrough can cause a feedback loop.

What settings did you use for the more de-ess? I used the "more reasonable" settings ... https://forum.audacityteam.org/download/file.php?id=21614 If the volume on your copy of the audio is lower you'll have to set a lower threshold on the de-esser to achieve the same level of de-essing, ...

... It has a reverb or something like that. Anyone know how to fix it? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gr-ew162ZDtqs11zHDdTCAYWTveB48No/view the file #1. de-reverb usually isn't possible. #2. You need to change the permission on that "drive.google" link if you want anyone to be able hear...

Here's the result with those settings. What do you think? audio-excerpt1.wav That's a big improvement: sibilance was definitely too loud on that. I'd be tempted to apply even more de-ess, but that's just my taste. ''It is a Set of'' original, your de-ess, my de-ess.png ( if too much de-ess is appli...