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Johnb2 wrote: Is it the final part of your chain or do you normalize after it?

Sometimes LevelSpeech2 can be a little bit too loud & cause clipping. Normalizing afterwards will cure that ...
[ Red lines are "show clipping" ]

When I would record freelance stuff at local studios in the 70's they used to compress the heck out of the audio to make it jump out of the speakers, can I do that myself in Audacity? Any tips and tricks? The new & improved " LevelSpeech2.ny " plugin will do that ... ''LevelSpeech2'' ...

RobertTopp wrote:What is the best way to export audio from Audacity to create the highest quality sound for a podcast?

16-bit WAV @ 44100Hz is CD quality.
However your podcast-host will probably transcode your WAV files into another format, reducing the quality to some extent in the process.

I need to eliminate the fade in from a track, so the volume is 100% from the beginning ...How do I accomplish this? Envelope tool can help ... using envelope tool to mitigate fade-in.gif Wash rinse repeat. Now the bad news : inevitably the more you amplify the sound the more noisy it will be.

yellowtriumph wrote:... what is the source material? Generally they are off-air radio recordings of FM stereo broadcasts in the 70's.

You may have problems putting that on YouTube or SoundCloud : they have automatic copyright-infringement detection, see ... https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797370

The two options are vocal reduction (aka karaoke) , & vocal isolation.

ItisIBillReynolds wrote:... some sounds decrease in pitch while I have audacity open, and after I close it as well.

Once Audacity is closed it can't be to blame for subsequent audio glitches.

PuzzlerBob wrote:(2) "Generate Silence" to pad the audio in places to shift the audio back.

The time shift tool is a better solution ...

yellowtriumph wrote: I'm also considering uploading them to youtube for others to enjoy.

There are websites which host Audio, rather than Video, e.g.SoundCloud.

http://download.cnet.com/guides/best-so ... ernatives/

Edward1 wrote:... I prefer the original color scheme...

This is closer to the original colour-scheme ...http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 55#p337455