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by Trebor
Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:06 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: HELP! Trying to record a song with background music
Replies: 3
Views: 1622

Re: HELP! Trying to record a song with background music

... when I try to just record my vocals and then merge it with the original background music, my vocals are never on time with the song That could be "latency" : you can correct the timing so the tracks are in-sync* ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Latency_Test [* nothin...
by Trebor
Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:38 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Recording Onto PC
Replies: 2
Views: 4094

Re: Recording Onto PC

I have a Boss RC-2 Loop Station pedal for my guitar and I'm trying to record its output onto my computer. I plugged the jack directly into the microphone port. What I get is that the sound fades/phases in and out rather than staying at one volume level and picking up all of the sounds. What's this ...
by Trebor
Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:53 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: using Audacity to transcribe interviews - help!
Replies: 9
Views: 6785

Re: using Audacity to transcribe interviews - help!

Apparently Express Scribe can accept analog input, (e.g. ye-olde tape recorder) ...
Express Scribe ...
Ability to dock both analog and digital portable recorders to load recordings
http://download.cnet.com/Express-Scribe ... 60252.html
by Trebor
Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:32 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Audio cleaning please!
Replies: 5
Views: 964

Re: Audio cleaning please!

The recording as you presented it appeared to already have a lot of work done to it. That kills anybody who wants to follow with better tools. Do you still have the original recording? Koz According to mediainfo the recording submitted is stereo 44100Hz at 96Kbps, (the latter being a wee bit too lo...
by Trebor
Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:22 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Audio cleaning please!
Replies: 5
Views: 964

Re: Audio cleaning please!

Hyper-expanding, (which is extreme dynamic range compression) hasn’t helped much …
hyperexpanded telephone conversation.mp3
louder but not much more intelligible
(950.48 KiB) Downloaded 82 times
The woman on the other end of the phone is just too quiet and there is too much ambient noise, (e.g. road traffic).
by Trebor
Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:55 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Help i have no clue what im doing :((
Replies: 10
Views: 1325

Re: Help i have no clue what im doing :((

What was that periodic pounding? Possibly "voice" (volume) activated recording being activated by approaching road traffic ? e.g. the "j" of "jolly good" is missing : "jolly" was loud enough to activate the recorder but the initial "j" has not itsel...
by Trebor
Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:04 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Help i have no clue what im doing :((
Replies: 10
Views: 1325

Re: Help i have no clue what im doing :((

First strike is it's a Windows Media file, so Mac people will need VLC Player to hear it. I didn't try opening it in Audacity. I don't think it will. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/VN550081.WMA Yes WMA files can be played by Audacity 1.3 if you have ffmpeg library installed ... Audacity w...
by Trebor
Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:07 pm
Forum: Plug-in Archive
Topic: Pseudo-stereo effect
Replies: 9
Views: 33975

Re: Pseudo-stereo effect - a definite keeper

I've had a go with your Pseudo-stereo plug-in the results are very good: the inherent reverb makes it more realistic than my attempt at a pseudo-stereo effect.

A before-after example is attached with the default settings, (delay factor 30%, Effect mix 80%)
by Trebor
Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:44 am
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: CANT RECORD TD9 ELEC DRUMS WITH MIDI TO USB?
Replies: 5
Views: 3502

Re: CANT RECORD TD9 ELEC DRUMS WITH MIDI TO USB?

similar "can't record electronic drum" thread ...
To get Audacity to record the drum sound generated by the drum kit* you'll need to use one of the other drum machine outputs ...
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... ilit=+drum