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The darkest marks at the bottom (~1200Hz) are the fundamental frequency.
The similar, but fainter, marks above, at integer-multiples of the fundamental are harmonics.

The fundamentals are stretched-out in-time due to echo/reverberation.

After applying the limiter, it just gets everything at ACX-acceptable levels, but the distortion is baked in ... Attachments POST Gratitude.wav (325.49 KiB) RAW Gratitude.wav (324.4 KiB) The limiter should be on "Soft Limit", not "Hard Limit", (nor any of the other options). inc...

see ... viewtopic.php?p=258562#p258562

I've just noticed Blue Yeti-X comes with real-time effects software:
compressor, expander, DeEsser, limiter, Noise-Reduction ...


https://www.bluedesigns.com/products/yeti-x/

Nice.

... the example I've attached here is Mic gain at 4, double-thick nylon pop-filter, 45-degrees to mic. I made sure to include a passage with lots of Ps, to see if my methods work ... Attachments Sample at Gain 4.wav (993.79 KiB) P's & B's sound good on that: no popping. ... my mic is a Blue Yet...

... When I change the peak value, I get an error that now the RMS is off ... Adjusting the RMS will change the peak values & vice-versa. Limiting the peaks will also lower the RMS to some degree. So first set the RMS higher than you're aiming for, (say-18dB, when you want -20dB), then apply the...

The free version of dBlue glitch plugin works* in Audacity on Windows ...
https://youtu.be/wCgENwOytuA?t=490
http://illformed.org/

[* mostly]

karlkeymer wrote: ↑

Sun May 31, 2020 4:31 pm

what would be the best way to bass boost a track without losing the crisp highs and normal mids?

Compress the bass frequency range (<200Hz) only, & apply some make-up gain to that range ...
https://www.gvst.co.uk/gmulti.htm

msjensing wrote: ↑

Sun May 31, 2020 6:40 pm

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Here's how to do that ... viewtopic.php?f=49&t=72887

... During playback on my PC speaker, I am getting a weird spike/buzz in the speaker, as if the whole speaker were vibrating for an instant. However, when I listen to the same clip through (normal) headphones, it doesn't appear. If it's on speakers but not headphones, check Windows-audio playback-e...