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by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:34 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: bookcassette recording problem?
Replies: 10
Views: 2562

Re: bookcassette recording problem?

if it works at all then it should do your book jsut fine especially if you have that magic adapter if you just want one book you could hire someone to do it but is that book really worth it ? might be cheaper to buy another copy on cd if you have several books you love then it might be better to buy...
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:29 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Guitar solos Sound awful - hhhhelp!
Replies: 14
Views: 2751

Re: Guitar solos Sound awful - hhhhelp!

[quote="Richardalexander"... no amp/effects hiss. ...the pop song isn't the issue any more. ...... Anyway It's perhaps more of a general production question. I want my added solos, to sound as if someone were actually playing those solos on the original record - really integrated as much as possible...
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:22 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Ringing in Conversion from Wav to MP3
Replies: 13
Views: 2310

Re: Ringing in Conversion from Wav to MP3

We are recording voice educational lectures in wav with an H2 recorder and would like to compress them to place on a website. ... 2. How can I make a clean sounding mp3 file in Audacity at 16 kbps? (We had previously used a Sony ICD-P620 for the task and got great results and small file sizes, <20M...
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:16 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: bookcassette recording problem?
Replies: 10
Views: 2562

Re: bookcassette recording problem?

radio shack has nothing - i looked already best buy has nothing - at least in the store i tried amazon has 3 brands only one with good reviews i got the pioneer from vanns (due next wednesday) teac is not the same quality it used to be ditto onkyo if you dont like amazon or vanns then try all the bi...
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:11 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Remove other sound and extract speech?
Replies: 5
Views: 2757

Re: Remove other sound and extract speech?

stevethefiddle wrote:
whomper wrote:separate what sound from what ?
"Remove other sound and extract speech?" (see the title of the post).
speech is a sound
but what is the *other* sound
makes a big difference in whether this can be done easily or at all
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:09 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Fine grained selection control when editing
Replies: 12
Views: 1787

Re: Fine grained selection control when editing

Storer wrote:Whomper,
Menu->View->Zoom to Selection CTL-E

Might be a good idea to really investigate the menu's someday.
i looked at the menu
somehow overlooked that -
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:02 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Fine grained selection control when editing
Replies: 12
Views: 1787

Re: Fine grained selection control when editing

Ctl+MouseWheel centers the zoom -- in or out -- on wherever the mouse cursor is positioned. That makes it easy to zoom right to the spot you want. wow where did *that* come from ?? seems really handy to know about thanks ! ps when i tried it the screen moved left and right and i lost the point i wa...
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:58 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: static before recording signal
Replies: 3
Views: 465

Re: static before recording signal

in that case i suspect the sound card

but you may have a bad connection to the pc
loose wire inside
or other problem

but in my case it was the sound card on the middle pc
two older ones work fine
newest one not yet set up
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:58 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: new vocals-washed out sound
Replies: 6
Views: 985

Re: new vocals-washed out sound

artsneef wrote:the volume of the original instrumental tracks refuses to lower when i adjust the volume, it stays the same. and my mic works great for my original recordings.

select it in audacity
amplify it to -60db
it will be *lower*
I guarantee it
by whomper
Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:54 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Fine grained selection control when editing
Replies: 12
Views: 1787

Re: Fine grained selection control when editing

<<<For fine-grain selection of a large section you may find it easier to locate and mark the beginning and end points with labels >>> I don't do that. I select an area slightly larger than the edit work and magnify Control-E. ... Koz ctlr E ????? where did *that* come from i only see ctrl 1 2 3 in ...