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by waxcylinder
Fri May 04, 2018 2:28 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP
Replies: 12
Views: 1160

Re: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP

One of the options in Click Repair allows you to listen to the difference between the processed and unprocessed audio while it is processing. This is useful to detect that the "repair" work really is removing noise and not music. You can also accomplish the same end by bringing the origin...
by waxcylinder
Thu May 03, 2018 8:15 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP
Replies: 12
Views: 1160

Re: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP

Fascinating - I used ClickRepair when I transcribed my (and my wife's) LP collection - and I never encountered anything like this. The settings I (mainly) used can be seen a the foot of the first post in this sticky thread: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1994 Many thanks for ...
by waxcylinder
Wed May 02, 2018 11:05 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Quickly getting to the beginning and ending of a recording
Replies: 2
Views: 185

Re: Quickly getting to the beginning and ending of a recordi

or the Skip to Wnd/Beginning buttons in the Transport Toolbar

See: https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/ma ... lbar#start
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by waxcylinder
Wed May 02, 2018 11:01 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Error opening device since update to 1803 [SOLVED]
Replies: 12
Views: 2242

Re: Error opening device since update to 1803

Has anyone else had problems since the latest Windows Update? Looking forward to your reply. Thank you! Yes - with the latest update Windows "helpfully" turned off both my onboard microphone and my Stereo Mix as available input devives. It had me puzzled for a while why I no longer had th...
by waxcylinder
Wed May 02, 2018 9:54 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP
Replies: 12
Views: 1160

Re: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP

Looking at the amplified form again - this time in Spectrogram view - I note that the noises appear to be fairly evenly spaced - which would suggest mechanical noise of some sort.

WC
by waxcylinder
Wed May 02, 2018 6:58 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP
Replies: 12
Views: 1160

Re: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP

Can you post a short sound sample in WAV format? WC Here you go -- 10 seconds as the music begins (this is just after the graphic I posted earlier). This is Isaac Stern playing the 2nd movement Adagio of Brahms' Violin Concerto with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. If you import this ...
by waxcylinder
Tue May 01, 2018 9:32 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP
Replies: 12
Views: 1160

Re: Odd repeating low-energy distortion (?) in recorded LP

Can you post a short sound sample in WAV format?

WC
by waxcylinder
Sat Apr 28, 2018 3:48 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Exported MP3 plays one channel only
Replies: 4
Views: 294

Re: Exported MP3 plays one channel only

Orleon2 wrote:Wow, that fixed it. Thanks! I must have hit it somehow. I haven't learned about the pan slider, what it does.
I've been caught out like this too - and that's why I wrote this Proposal: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Propo ... in_sliders

WC
by waxcylinder
Fri Apr 27, 2018 2:32 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Windows 7 Audacity 2.2.2: Exporting
Replies: 1
Views: 188

Re: Windows 7 Audacity 2.2.2: Exporting

yes - the 24-bit WAV export can be a bit hard to find ...

1) Use File > Export Audio
2) choose Other uncompressed files
3) in the Format options for Header choose: WAV
4) in the Format options for Encoding choose: Signed 24-bit PCM

WC
by waxcylinder
Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Questions about Audacity 2.2.2
Replies: 4
Views: 252

Re: Questions about Audacity 2.2.2

buried about 3 levels down. I don't know what you mean by "3 levels dow" - it's just one click on the button: http://manual.audacityteam.org/m/images/4/4a/zoomfit.png or "Ctrl + F" He means View > Track Size > Fit to width It was moved to the Tracksize submenu to pair up with th...