Audacity Forum

How do you normally play audio files?
If, for example, you play an audio file in Windows Media Player, where does the sound come out (and does it sound normal)?

You can use the Envelope Tool: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/envelope_tool.html

There is also an automated effect that you might be able to use, called "Auto Duck": http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/auto_duck.html

After running a 24 Db Noise Removal over the entire conversation to help clear out some background noise, As long as the remaining background noise is over -75 dB, then you can use "Truncate Silence". (Truncate Silence is supposed to work down to -80 dB, but there is a bug that makes the ...

If your computer is configured to automatically log in, then switching on could be as simple as a wall plug timer. For switching off, see the "power management" features of you operating system. Most operating systems have settings that allow the computer to shut down after being idle for ...

How "silent" is the "silence" within the clips? Is it "absolute" silence? (generated silence rather than recorded silence?) Are the silences that you want to end up with precise durations? All the same duration? All different? It might be easiest if you tell us the stor...

jrl124c wrote:If I want to generate noise made of frequencies between 30 and 100 Hz, do I specify 65 Hz as the center and 70 as the bandwidth?

Have you tried that?
Did give you what you wanted?

One way would be to generate some "White Noise", then resample it to 200 Hz.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ge ... html#noise
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tr ... l#resample

stigg wrote:My system is old ie; XPpro

And now you're using?
Audacity version 2.0.5?
You installed Lame carefully following these instructions? http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... .html#lame

Unnamed wrote:so i guess ill have to do this manualy then?

MP3Gain is probably your best bet: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

juliehoverson wrote:the sound of my breathing, which ends up really loud and raspy after compression.

If compression is making your breathing louder, then you may need to set the "noise floor" setting of the compressor a bit higher.