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by Trebor
Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:13 pm
Forum: Podcasting with Audacity
Topic: help fixing this audio quality
Replies: 13
Views: 1157

Re: help fixing this audio quality

Would you recommend any other? The volume maybe a bit high still? How about the NORMALIZE effect? RMS normalize , (yet another plugin :roll:), as a final step before you upload the podcast. -18dB RMS is a typical value for speech, but the platform you're uploading to may have their own standards fo...
by Trebor
Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:06 pm
Forum: Podcasting with Audacity
Topic: help fixing this audio quality
Replies: 13
Views: 1157

Re: help fixing this audio quality

I can't find the 2 plugins separate to download ... LevelSpeech2.ny desibilator.ny If you can't get the Nyquist installer to work, just put copies of the two ".ny" files attached (above) into this (hidden) Windows folder, (the Audacity plug-ins folder) ... C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\Roaming\au...
by Trebor
Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:30 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: How was this sound effect achieved?
Replies: 20
Views: 515

Re: How was this sound effect achieved?

antoniu200 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:56 pm
... I've encountered a sound similar to some DJ vinyl scratch ...
You can ramp speed up/down via time track.
by Trebor
Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:42 am
Forum: New Plug-Ins
Topic: Updated De-Clicker and new De-esser for speech
Replies: 236
Views: 136129

Re: Updated De-Clicker and new De-esser for speech

... I get this error message: "This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. Please install an app ... I don't know what to do, but I desperately need this de-clicker ... https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/ installing_effect _generator_and_analyzer_plug_ins_on_wind...
by Trebor
Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:37 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Clicking noises - are these mouth clicks?
Replies: 7
Views: 220

Re: Clicking noises - are these mouth clicks?

... to my ears, I don't hear anything other than character in either of those recordings ... The mouth clicks are visible in the spectrogram view ... loudClick.png Splashy " loudclick " is actually series of clicks mainly around 10kHz, & only ~2ms apart. Their closeness is why Paul-L's de-clicker w...
by Trebor
Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:15 am
Forum: Podcasting with Audacity
Topic: help fixing this audio quality
Replies: 13
Views: 1157

Re: help fixing this audio quality

Plugin manager should look like this ... my_copy_of_LevelSpeech2.png If the Nyquist installer has not worked, you can put copies of "LevelSpeech2.ny" & "Desibilator.ny" into this hidden folder ... C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\Roaming\audacity\Plug-Ins Then enable them in the plug-in manager.
by Trebor
Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:46 am
Forum: Podcasting with Audacity
Topic: help fixing this audio quality
Replies: 13
Views: 1157

Re: help fixing this audio quality

I have enabled the nyquist but dont see it under effect ... You have to click on the "OK" button below the "Enable" button in the plugin-manager to make changes persist ... https://forum.audacityteam.org/download/file.php?id=18546 When enabled those Nyquist plugins then should appear in the (alphab...
by Trebor
Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:03 pm
Forum: Podcasting with Audacity
Topic: help fixing this audio quality
Replies: 13
Views: 1157

Re: help fixing this audio quality

... Do I have to download The 2 plugins you mentioned? Yes. They are specifically for Audacity & are called NYquist plugins. In the latest version of Audacity there is a feature to install them ... https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/ nyquist_plug_in_installer .html After installation you still ha...
by Trebor
Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:41 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: I'm not sure how to fix this hum issue. Despite the large amount of noise reduction I apply, there's still a lot of hum.
Replies: 27
Views: 1043

Re: I'm not sure how to fix this hum issue. Despite the large amount of noise reduction I apply, there's still a lot of

5k33t3r wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:06 pm
Here's the new voice file: https://voca.ro/1nZrVmpm2lLZ
That sounds much better: no distortion.

IMO needs some treble boost, (if you do that de-essing will be necessary)

snownman, before-after.flac
"after" is EQ'd , compressed & de-essed.
(250.6 KiB) Downloaded 16 times
by Trebor
Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:14 pm
Forum: Podcasting with Audacity
Topic: help fixing this audio quality
Replies: 13
Views: 1157

Re: help fixing this audio quality

I have recorded a call with 3 people for my podcast. Here is an extract. Can someone recommend what to do on audacity in order to improve the quality of the audio? LevelSpeech2.ny plugin on default settings, then desibilator.ny plugin with threshold at -10dB, (was -20dB), all other settings default.