Audacity Forum

I believe they were user error caused by movement or me not pronouncing clearly, I quickly recorded them earlier so I can find out if my setup is acx capable. Ignoring those two technical errors, am I recording correctly enough to submit to acx?

Here you go, one is with the sock and one without, recorded them according to the distance seen in the pictures as well

Hey, I do in fact use a foam windscreen cover on the yeti mic. Here is another raw recording, is my voice to harsh recording at that audio volume? I don't want to embark on recording my entire book only to have it be a waste of time and rejected because my voice was too loud sounding. But if it soun...

Thank you so much, You are a life saver. I am the writer.

Followed the steps for placement and I increased the gain knob to about 45% in order to reach the -10 to -6 db during recording. If it's still wrong, I think my motherboard usb slots might not be that great for sound recording or the mic itself might be a bunk...My computer does make a slight hum so...

I've posted the .wav file below good sir. Recording it with blue yeti gain set to the absolute minimum and have made 0 adjustments to the file.

I can't seem to find the export option for audacity 2.2.2. Rest assured, I've tried following the steps on the other threads, but to no avail. My audacity is set to Preferences: Default Sample Format > 16 bit Interface: Meter db range: -96 db 44100 Hz Is that correct? I will return with a sample of ...

Okay, let me explain, I'm on the verge of tearing my hair out, can someone please explain to me how to obtain the required -23 to -18 Db RMS requirement for ACX in audacity? When I normalize to obtain the required RMS level, the sound floor buzz for the narration portion of the track is also amplifi...