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by steve
Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:27 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: need "bell/gong"sound every 3 minutes in track
Replies: 6
Views: 2229

Re: need "bell/gong"sound every 3 minutes in track

Create a new second track underneath the first and put the bell on that. Select the bell sound plus 3 minutes of silence and Control-C copy. From there, it's End > Paste > End > Paste > End > Paste. Three minutes and one bell per paste. It's manual, but it's really fast. A slightly more automated w...
by steve
Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:11 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Sample rate and a very, very loud hiss sound
Replies: 6
Views: 1199

Re: Sample rate and a very, very loud hiss sound

Are you using a USB cassette player?
What settings do you have in the Device Toolbar?
by steve
Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recording a Narration
Replies: 12
Views: 2157

Re: Recording a Narration

Paul L wrote:I'm a narrator too, and rather new on this forum, and I'd like to know if there are others discussing concerns specific to our work.
Perhaps these Google Search results: http://alturl.com/8rfhu
by steve
Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:06 pm
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: Changed behavior of graphic equalization in 2.0.3
Replies: 8
Views: 3134

Re: Changed behavior of graphic equalization in 2.0.3

An easy way to test the Equalization settings is to apply it to white noise (Generate menu > Noise) and then look at the result of the equalization using "Analyze > Plot Spectrum". An important question would be this: if Audacity changes the curve that I specify, then when I use the slider...
by steve
Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:47 am
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: Help Red Bars on Recording
Replies: 11
Views: 5014

Re: Help Red Bars on Recording

If you are on Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, the record levels in the Windows Sounds Control Panel may be too high. It is common for more recent versions of Windows to set the record level for USB devices much too high. There is also an input level on the Yamaha AudioGram3 that needs to be s...
by steve
Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:29 am
Forum: New Plug-Ins
Topic: Punch Copy/Paste
Replies: 36
Views: 40670

Re: Punch Copy/Paste

I did not try the "Eq Power" Crossfade type before, but I don't understand why if it is selected but the crossfade time is zero (off) that low Paste Mix values reduce the resulting volume even when pasted into audio that is at 0 dB. If it's a "feature" what is its purpose and wh...
by steve
Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:28 am
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Recording sound from desktop SB Live!
Replies: 2
Views: 8554

Re: Recording sound from desktop SB Live!

There is an article about recording sounds that are playing on the computer on Linux: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... linux.html

For recoding Skype, the easiest way is probably with Skype Call Recorder http://atdot.ch/scr/
by steve
Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:37 pm
Forum: Nyquist
Topic: Limits of what I can do
Replies: 1
Views: 1009

Re: Limits of what I can do

There is a good introduction to Nyquist plug-ins here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Plug-ins_Reference There are three "types" of plug-ins: "process" (effects) "generate" "analyze" When a plug-in is run, it returns a "value" that is usua...
by steve
Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: Help Red Bars on Recording
Replies: 11
Views: 5014

Re: Help Red Bars on Recording

What are you recording and how are you recording it?
by steve
Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:38 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: File loss on upgrade?
Replies: 5
Views: 46909

Re: File loss on upgrade?

You're welcome. Glad the update went smoothly. ;)