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if I find that the track already meets ACX standard before compressing, should I just stop there? Yes. If you compress too much it will start to sound tediously loud. Keep some dynamics in. what is the difference between soft clipping and a soft limiter? "Peaks" means both upward and down...

Timji wrote:I had the sensitivity set at zero.

That will explain it
Sorry not to get back to you sooner - glad you've got it working now.

I hope 3 with a maximum of 12 is better than 6 with a maximum of 6, and that those with high quality music sources will have less trouble with 3 than with 6. For high quality music I find "3" to be marginally better than 6 (smoothing seems to have more of an "on/off" effect than...

Please state which version of OS X you are using, the exact three-section version of Audacity from Audacity > About Audacity

vmi92907 wrote:the result it just fine for me.

That procedure looks OK to me.

Would it be possible for Audacity to warn the user if there is a discrepancy? Audacity already examines the audio devices (via Portaudio ), and as you will see in "Help > Audio Device Info", has a list of formats that the computer says are available for use. The problem that needs to be a...

I'm not able to listen to the audio samples right now, but re. making the level more even: 1) It does not need to be, and should not be dead flat - all one level. "Dynamics" are good (add interest and expression) when they are intentional and not too OTT. 2) A "Compressor" effect...

and a direct answer to your question... Related, is there a way to have Audacity highlight or somehow show you all instances of the sound going over a set amount? Yes, you can use "Silence Finder with the silence threshold set to the level that you want to mark"; http://manual.audacityteam...

Ricemunky wrote:I can get both going if I do it in stereo

Good - do that.
Then...
from the dropdown menu of the stereo track, select "Split Stereo to Mono" (see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/sp ... racks.html)

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