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by Trebor
Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:23 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Remix stereo left channel vocals right channel instrum
Replies: 1
Views: 1063

Re: Remix stereo left channel vocals right channel instrum

Suggestions for remixing the stereo version of "Please Please Me" ... End result stereo with vocals on both channels with the vocals centered. You could make a copy of the right channel, re-label this copy as left, then invert it ... re-lable copy of right channel as left.jpg Re-label ori...
by Trebor
Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:57 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Levels too low, but peak volume is high
Replies: 18
Views: 5029

Re: Levels too low, but peak volume is high

I'm going to give Chris' compressor a try. Any thoughts on why the professional recordings I've checked out sound louder, but have waveforms that look smaller than what I'm working on? Human hearing is not equally sensitive to all frequencies ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour ...
by Trebor
Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:58 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Levels too low, but peak volume is high
Replies: 18
Views: 5029

Re: Levels too low, but peak volume is high

Whenever I go to play the recordings through any audio system (my car, a stereo, etc.), I need to turn the volume up very high to get a decent volume - Have you tried Chris's [dynamic range] compressor: it's better than the one which is shipped with Audacity ... I’ve written a program that makes it...
by Trebor
Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:43 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Automating Repetitive Tasks
Replies: 22
Views: 5361

Re: Automating Repetitive Tasks

Is there a way to automate simple processes in Audacity. There is " chain " for batch processing in Audacity, (personally I couldn't get "chain"to do what I wanted: the list of processes which can be added to a chain of commands is limited). However you may be able to automate p...
by Trebor
Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:29 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Modified Sine Wave plugin?
Replies: 16
Views: 3157

Re: Modified Sine Wave plugin?

I did want to know if there's a plugin which removes certain Frequencies which are below a certain dB... does that exist? Steve made an Ultra-narrow filter plug-in which can be downloaded here … http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=78073#p78073 If you make two copies of your “system” dial ...
by Trebor
Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:34 pm
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: VST Instrument plugins
Replies: 5
Views: 5127

Re: VST Instrument plugins

... I have a lot of VST software which would be nice to add into the effects tab as the download page suggests it should After installing the VST plugin(s) into the Audacity plugin folder you should tick "Rescan VST effects next time Audacity is started", in "Preferences" ("...
by Trebor
Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:38 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Modified Sine Wave plugin?
Replies: 16
Views: 3157

Re: Modified Sine Wave plugin?

if you run it through the frequency analysis you can see there are heaps of other freqs in there.. comparison of spectra, 'regular' in red..png [ Audacity doesn't offer superposition of spectra, I produced the above using GIMP ] BTW there are free Audacity plug-ins for creating DTMF phone tones whi...
by Trebor
Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:26 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Find silence and insert more duration of silence
Replies: 2
Views: 651

Re: Find silence and insert more duration of silence

If it is true, flat-line, silence between the words you could use Audacity's "Generate" silence to extend the silence. However if the "silence" is not truly silent, (e.g. has faint hiss noise), then you'd be better off copying a bit of background hiss from the recording and pasti...
by Trebor
Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:52 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: SAVE A RECORDED FILE AS MP3
Replies: 3
Views: 1295

Re: SAVE A RECORDED FILE AS MP3

... If you post your messages in the sub-forum for your operating system and version of Audacity, we'll be able to give you more specific information. For now, could you tell us that information? Apparently "Windows XP 2002" and "Audacity Beta 1.3" ... http://forum.audacityteam....
by Trebor
Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:35 am
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: RECORDING LOW BACKGROUND MUSIC W/ VOICE
Replies: 57
Views: 20202

Re: RECORDING LOW BACKGROUND MUSIC W/ VOICE :problem?

... I would like to have the music barely audible Turn down the level slider on the music track, which I've marked in red below, to make the music quieter ... level slider control for track marked in red.png The thing I've marked in red is what Steve was on about above ... Use the Volume Slider in ...