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I've done everything I described above, plus slowed it down by 50% ...
[ The UFO sample you linked to has abrupt changes in volume, I could have produced a better result from scratch ].

Suggestions ... 1. Have the equalization gradually change from bassy in the distance to trebly when close. (Mix bassy and trebly versions of the ufo noise : gradually fade-in the trebly one). 2. Have the stereo image gradually change from mono in the distance to stereo when close. (Mix mono and (pse...

There are "bubbly harmonic" sounds that are typical of "MP3 compression" and "Noise Reduction". I bet It's noise reduction: the bubbly artifacts are too high pitched to be due to extreme mp3 compression which has very little high frequency content. Before-After Noise reduction (after sounds likeFul...

To select just one of the tracks click on the little panel on the left of the desired track where it says "32-bit float", immediately below the name of the track. The background of waveform goes dark when selected. Effects will only be applied to the selected track(s). To select all tracks press the...

TheKLF99 wrote:... does anyone know what this effect is called

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_time_stretching

Audacity 1.3.11 has "slding time scale" which can slow down a track without altering pitch ...
[ Very Troy McClure ]

There's a lot missing from the other person's reply, i.e. dropout ... A dropout is also a momentary loss of signal in a communications system, usually caused by noise, propagation anomalies, or system malfunctions. For analog signals, a dropout is frequently gradual and partial, depending on the cau...

Yep that’s overload distortion. Not a lot that can be done. I’ve butchered the spectrum, (have a look at the before and after frequency analyses to see what frequencies I’ve amputated), and applied “ Floorfish ” (free) expander at different frequencies … Woodhand's distorted opera singer, Before-Aft...

Woodhands you've attached an Audacity (.aup) file which doesn't contain any audio. To attach audio to a post it needs to be in mp3 or wav (or another audio format put in a zip file), not bigger than 1Mb, (typically that's only about 10 seconds). If an expander merely expands (say) the clipped parts ...

An expander will make peaks more peaky : it increases the gain above a threshold, [It won't make a peak out of a plateau though]. But I wouldn't get your hopes up of being able to cure this type of distortion. An expander performs the opposite function [to a compressor], increasing the dynamic range...

goatboy wrote:I get a horrendous feedback buzz

Buzz or Squeal ?