Audacity Forum

ebennett119 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:23 pm

I do not have audio enhancements.

Windows audio enhancements can be on by default, (you don't have to switch them on).

Also there can be another layer of audio enhancements which specific to a computer,
e.g. ... viewtopic.php?p=370304#p370304

It's probably windows audio enhancements to blame, (definitely not Audacity).
Here's how to switch off all those audio enhancements in W10 ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnUjiGgBaI

AidenFleetfoot wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:56 pm

... Audacity 2.1.1 ...

Your version of Audacity is old. The latest version has a Nyquist* plugin installer, see ...

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/ins ... st_install

[* ACX-check is a Nyquist type plugin ]

Pour rendre la musique aussi forte que possible, essayez le limiteur d'Audacity avec le gain de maquillage activé.

TriDirt by Noiseware is worth the effort of download.

... I'm using the same studio that I did all of my radio commercial work so I know I can do it. Same studio but probably not the same mic and/or recording-chain. ... This may very well be some electrical hiss however, I don't have anything in the booth with me exception for a small silent light and...

... Here is a sample of audio I recorded after I made the suggested changes in Windows. I'm still hovering at around -48 to -45. Is there anything else I can do to get this lower? I have a carpeted floor, acoustic panels, bass traps, etc. Any other suggestions? The high noise-floor is mainly electr...

IMO " RM2.wav (1.28 MiB) " is not "unprocessed audio". Some sort of noise-reduction has been applied. Like Koz says, either Windows audio, or another layer of audio-enhancement is responsble, (not audacity). [ The creaking is almost as if you were hand-holding the mic in that tes...

Two passes with harmonic notch filter plugin ...
one pass at multiples of 1000Hz for the USB whine
a second pass at multiples of 60Hz for the mains-hum ...

Inevitably the notch-filters will damage the voice.

... they also use additive synthesis ... If audacity has a tool to sort of filter the harmonics and remove the "rest" that would be neat ... There is a free additive-synthesis program called SPEAR . Now the bad news: it's complicated to use, slow, & the results sound computery IMO, bu...