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... those compressor settings someone suggested really came in handy. The first track is very even amplitude wise. NB: Dynamic range compression can make sibilance worse. Excess sibilance can be caused by compression, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-essing Set the threshold (aka "floor")...

It's good but I can hear a problem with plosive Ps and Bs ... How? How are you listening? Headphones? I admit I didn't do the Worst Case Listening Experience with Computer Speakers, but I guess that's warranted. I can hear the popping on headphones and even on tinny laptop speakers which do not rep...

http://www.kozco.com/tech/clips/harshness-test-amplify-NR-Compress.wav It's good but I can hear a problem with plosive Ps and Bs ... "so I'm s P eaking about the same I way I was B efore on the other file" it's fixable with the equaliser (attached) but better to prevent it in the first pl...

It is possible to create an envelope-template-track to silence the same regions in each show using "auto duck", then follow auto-duck with "truncate silence" to remove the silenced regions.

[ maybe CPU intensive on an hour long show though ]

... suggestions Attachments sample.mp3 There is "drop out", aka "flat-line", aka "skip" at 8.6 seconds ... dropout (aka skip) at 8-6 seconds.jpg see ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording.html#skips Also sounds like noise reduction artefacts come in tow...

... just want to see how possible it is to get rid of the background white noise ... If I can figure out how to get rid of the noise as a proof of concept I will get back to writing SW to do it automagically. If it's true "white noise", which has the same intensity at all frequencies , ak...

older_bassman wrote:... I'm a retired software engineer so recompiling code is not a big issue for me.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... n_Audacity

I see what you mean about "tin can"/ "megaphone" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8#t=90s

It's very sibilant, re-ess* maybe ? , [ * opposite of de-ess ]

alternatively find out the frequencies of the bleep using analyze, "plot spectrum" then use a notch filter at those frequencies ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Notch_Filter If they are censor bleeps or spoiler bleeps they replace the sound which was there, removing the bleeps won't ...

Auto Duck ? ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Auto_Duck