Audacity Forum

Thank you for the clear explanation Wax, R

So, Waxy,
What does step 8 (Amplify) accomplish for one if all his reel-to-reel recordings were made pretty much the same way, i.e., by setting the recording volume at the same poiint on the recorder's meters?

The default is 200 and 20. I hardly ever use this effect, but my advice would be to experiment with a range of settings on a quiet section of your recording. If you upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12 (highly recommended) you may find it useful to increase the "Preview Time" to say 5 seconds (Edit menu > Pr...

I cannot seem to find here the default settings for Click Removal by DeForest. Can you help?
Also, if you could recommend more suitable settings for the 2 variables I would be most grateful. I have converted reel to reel recordings of LP records through Audacity and am storing them as FLAC files.

I get it Gale. Thank you. i was not sure that Amplify would work on a selection rather than on the whole track. Thanks especially for showing me how to find the correct max. amplit. to use.
R

Thank you Gale, But, I would like to understand what is happening when I follow your steps. When I do the final step am I lowering the rest of the track down in volume to more equal the quite bit, or am I increasing the volume of the quiet bit? I thought that New Peak Amplitude just meant that the v...

Say, how does one use Audacity to change the amplitude of a 30 selection of a track? For some reason, a section of a recording is very low in volume and I want to bring it up to the level of the rest of the track.
Thanks,
R

Rorser: I downloaded all of Brian Davies' apps about a month ago. The ones you might need are ClickRepair and DeNoise. You can use them for 21 days at no charge. They are $40 each thereafter. Thank you for the thorough discussion of Davies' apps. Sounds like surely some of these belong in my "toolb...

Thanks Waxy,
I had not heard of ClickRepair before. Also, thanks for sharing your workflow routine.

As for the effect Amplify, might it cause any artifacts or does is merely raise the amplitude to the max. ignatz has covered most of the points. The Amplify effect will "merely" raise the amplitude to whatever you have set it to. If you set it too high the OK button is (by default) greyed out to pr...