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... my suspicion has been raised by the fact that the silent version of the subliminal tracks show no waveform in Audacity. I understand this could be due to the frequency they have been recorded at and that this may not display in Audacity - therefore appears as a flat line ... I will contact them...

IMO If the track is stereo then use an mp3 bit-rate ["quality"] of 256Kbps or the maximum which is 320kbps ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/m/images/b/b5/MP3ExportOptions.png http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/mp3_export_options.html If the track is mono , or the sample rate is below 4...

cruelflames wrote:Thanks! I'll try out the treble boost and see if they work.
... Here's another line if you want more.

If you use treble boost equalization you may have to de-ess ...
Spitfish is a free de-esser plugin which works in Audacity.

Could anyone take a look at this raw audio sample in general and recommend some improvements that can be made? I have already applied dynamic compression and noise reduction, but there is always this inherent fuziness in the audio. I suppose this can't be helped much, but are there any techniques t...

Thanks, but where do I find this re-esser effect? I can't find it in both Mac OS X and Windows version of Audacity. Are you referring to a third party plugin? Sorry, third party plugins e.g. ... http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=195044#p195044 [ de-essers can also be used to re-ess ] As...

There is an effect called re-essing (the opposite of de-essing ) , but the bad news is it will boost every ess it encounters, even those which don’t need it like “ s everal”. IMO the only solution is to manually boost each individual deficient ess , which is going to be time-consuming … sample, befo...

... If active Windows Media palyer and active graphic effects, then I see that the effects are synchronized with something... Some of the visualizations in windows media player are only partially dependent on the audio file : in some cases if you play a totally-silent audio-file, moving-graphics ar...

... lower amplitude on spikes often found in live recordings to a max value defined by the horizontal line. A limiter plugin will do that automatically ... ... dynamic range limiter to compress peaks that extend beyond the set threshold value. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Effect_Plug-i...

Just a though, if the unwanted noise is specifically computer-fan & HDD noise, then you could record those noises, (say with the computer's built-in mic), and digitally subtract them from your headphone-mic commentary using Kn0ck0ut ,( i.e. similar method as noise-cancelling headphones ). NB: Kn...

... I record gameplay commentaries for videogames on youtube and the yeti does a bang up job but I think it captures too much background noise which invades the audio. I don't really have the room or space to move my PC around or console so the fan noise and disc drives revving up etc. all bleed in...