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There are some elements of that real life modification that digital doesn't capture properly IMHO Which "elements" are you referring to? What do you mean by "doesn't capture properly"? I think you know what I mean by now. Fundamentally, "poor" or "artificial-sound...

How do I paste multiple tracks also how do I select just one track to time shift it Have a look at Time Shifting for how to shift only one track when you want to retain a selection region in the other tracks. If you have a selection region in the tracks and don't mind losing the selection, just use...

at the end I use "Tracks->Align End to End" to link all my audio together into the complete episode.[...] what happens is that when I need to snip out or insert a section of audio, it can stall and take a while, even for very small changes. I don't think that is all that unusual. After al...

I know of no way to force Audacity to use memory for everything — short of creating a "fake" drive mount within the memory you have. That's a heavy system technique and I'm not sure how to do it. You would do something like http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/how-to-create-a-4gbs-ram-disk-in-mac-...

Have you tried quit Audacity, initialising audacity.cfg then restart Audacity: Where are Preferences stored ?


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If all you want to do is cut an MP3, you may be able to use one of the products that doesn't mess with compression such as MP3splt, although that's only for Windows. http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php It does have a Mac package, though you will have to install Fink or Macports to ...

FFmpeg 2.2.2 supports QCELP and G.729, at least. If you had used MediaInfo as Gunnar suggested, we could have seen the information provided as to the exact codec and container. However you should get the version of MediaInfo without the installer, because the installer can be confusing or dangerous....

Or select the offending section and Generate a tone to beep it out.

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Far too often "analog warmth" is wrapped in mystical reverence that denies that fact When audio is played in a real environment it gets modified, perhaps even distorted. There are some elements of that real life modification that digital doesn't capture properly IMHO. That's probably why ...

steve wrote:

JINGLENY wrote:s a name for the forum I'd go with "Audiobook Narrators" (isn't that what persons who narrate an audiobook are?)

I've worked on audiobooks, but never spoken a single word of their narration.

Do you mean to say you actually edit someone else's audiobook, as I've done?


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