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by Ono
Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:19 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: changing podcast voice to something tolerable
Replies: 7
Views: 2581

Re: changing podcast voice to something tolerable

<<<And the Audacity I'm using leaks lots of memory so it's hard to use.>>> 1.2.4 did that. Upgrade to 1.2.6. <<<SRO>>> Standing Room Only. Literally. Or Sitting Room Only. He's been known to fill a conference room up to people squatting on the floor. Squatting Room Only? Anyway, no you will not be ...
by Ono
Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:37 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: changing podcast voice to something tolerable
Replies: 7
Views: 2581

Re: changing podcast voice to something tolerable

Pop and blast filer? Normally yes, but he's wearing a headset with the microphone too close. <<<get a bit more emotion in his voice>>> I have one of those. Completely emotionless voice that puts people to sleep. I've actually done studies of one of the artists in the company that seems to have a vo...
by Ono
Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:32 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: changing podcast voice to something tolerable
Replies: 7
Views: 2581

Re: changing podcast voice to something tolerable

You could ask him to try and get a bit more emotion in his voice while he is reading, and stop blowing into the microphone (a pop shield would fix that). I'm just a consumer. The announcer must have engaged a big part of his ego into these podcasts. Seems like it would be hard to extract that ego f...
by Ono
Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:17 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: changing podcast voice to something tolerable
Replies: 7
Views: 2581

changing podcast voice to something tolerable

I found a site that has some podcasts that are good but the voice is too annoying. Sounds robotic actually or like his mouth is wired shut or he's trying to sound like a broadcaster??? http://www.industrybroadcast.com/podpress_trac/web/234/0/IB58AB-TroyGilbert-DeconstructingZelda.mp3 Is there an eas...
by Ono
Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:26 am
Forum: GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Topic: Memory growth - ubuntu 8.0.4.1 and 1.3.4-beta (Unicode)
Replies: 1
Views: 681

Memory growth - ubuntu 8.0.4.1 and 1.3.4-beta (Unicode)

I was trying to alter a 3.4megabyte MP3 using the Delay effect once than twice causes Audacity to bloat up near 500MB. At the start it's small: ps -ea -o rss,vsz,sz,args|grep audac Sizes in kilobytes rss vsz sz args ----- ----- ---- ------- 1) 26044 53100 13275 audacity <- audacity after startup 2) ...