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Audacity 2.1.1.0 running on Windows Vista. If you create an equalization curve, ( either by drawing it, or using the graphic-equalizer) , then apply it , when you go back to the equalizer that curve has gone , ( also true if you use a preset equalization curve ). In previous versions of Audacity the...

What's the verdict, ditch the eyeball?. The eyeball is not responsible for the sibilance problem : excessive-sibilance is present on both the with & without eyeball recordings. I noticed you mentioned you're using a " a focusrite pre-amp " . Some of those focusrite products have real-...

Effect > Pauls's De-ESSer according to the posted settings and values > OK The settings I posted are for sound normalized to 0dB , the submitted sound was quieter : normalized to about -10dB, so in that case threshold on the DeEsser should be lowered by 10dB to -40dB , (rather than -30dB shown) , i...

...I had assumed it was the room ... So here is this morning's bit of raw audio heaven....at 15cm from the mic, with the standard rode pop filter, nowt else. Mr Beebe no eyeball 15cm 220715.wav (943.04 KiB) The whistley "T" sounds are not due to the the room . IMO it's your teef . No dent...

I have problems with highlighting sections of a song with audacity. When I highlight, whether from left to right or from right to left, and I've zoomed all the way into the track, it seems to select more than what I have highlighted. The selection will always be a whole number of samples : when you...

... Another example I can think of is a helicopter flying over your head. Steve made a plugin which makes sound spin around head , if wearing headphones , see ... http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=220702#p220702 Robert J. H.'s stereo-tool plugin also has a rotate effect , it has the adv...

... my sound guy friend says there is always some static noise and fan noise. I think he's right about the fan noise. If you look at the spectrogram-view of your "raw" take, the noise consists of narrow horizontal bands, the worst is at about 2000Hz ... ''raw'' take , waveform and spectro...

speaking of compression, with my odd style and sounds, what settings would you begin with? There are two completely different types of "compression" which are not related ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossy_compression Above Koz ...

Here's a [Windows only] plug-in designed specifically to reduce sibilance ... http://www.toneboosters.com/tb-sibalance/ ( only I found it yesterday, but results are very good IMO : unlike Paul-L's de-esser it has an adjustable knee ). TB_Sibilance-V3 in Audacity 2-1-1.gif The free demo version is of...

oops : ignore what was here . [ I used reafir in EQ mode when I should have used it in compressor mode to de-ess ]