Audacity Forum

Thanks everyone. I may use a little EQ on some recordings but not this time. I tried to find an area of several tracks that was high but without the spurious peaks. from that, I used Amplify to find out the level. A few samples told me I could amplify things by 3dB. I then used Hard Limit with a 3dB...

It better to use hard or soft limit?

I have a collection of old and new music on my phone. I usually just put it on shuffle when I'm listening in the car. Some of the older songs that were originally mastered for vinyl have a much lower volume and require me to turn the volume up and down, depending on the song. When I open one of thes...

Well, a little more experimenting on Fleetwood Mac tells me that a compressor doesn't seem to do much. These peaks are so quick that any compressor I've tried leaves them alone. I have Smart Volume on my Samsung so maybe I'll try it but that won't increase the bass. Looking at several tracks, I see ...

can someone please help me make them a little louder? I think that would be no. You get the loudness by adding "distortion," usually compression or limiting. The older recordings were using the -17dB standard as the "VU Middle" point and that was fine until the Loudness Wars where "good" is as loud...

I have a wide selection of music stored on my phone from several generations. It is painfully obvious that some of the older recordings are way lower than the newer stuff. Some are also lacking in bass. I would like to equalize them and bring the volume up a little so they blend better with everythi...

I tried to bet the VST plugin "Boost' to work but it wouldn't show in my effects. As for equalizing a little, does anyone know of a good free tone control plugin. I just want bass and treble controls.

Sound Check on the ipod didn't work but I'm using a Sandisk Sansa for now. The VST maximizer might do the trick. Are these plugins for Audacity?

I have a version of that installed but I'm not sure it's the newest. The file size on mine is 17kB.

I have some music from the 70's and 80's that I would like to put on my mp3 player. The problem is they are at a much lower volume than all of my newer stuff. Some of them are also lacking in the low frequency range. When I load them into Audacity, I can see that the overall level is way lower than ...