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by waxcylinder
Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:16 am
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Can I improve on what I already do?
Replies: 30
Views: 8062

Re: Can I improve on what I already do?

Oh dear, I've created a monster. :D No, no, no - I agree with PGA that this is a tremendously useful learning experience (I may even add the gems from this to the tutorials if I can find a suitable place for them). Your insights here are much appreciated Steve. 8-) MP3 encoding also tends to add a ...
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:00 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Can I improve on what I already do?
Replies: 30
Views: 8062

Re: Can I improve on what I already do?

Do the words "cans", "worms", "lids" come to mind? :lol: ROFLMAO :ugeek: You see, even though I'm gettin' on a bit I'm still keen to learn - and you sparked off a thought that's been lurking at the back of my mind for a while ... And I've started bigger forest fires in...
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:22 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Can I improve on what I already do?
Replies: 30
Views: 8062

Re: Can I improve on what I already do?

And this is a similar analysis of a recent capture from interweb streaming Audio from an Irish radio station: Peter's webstream.JPG I note the sudden drop-off at around 9kHz - so I assume that it is "losing" the HF stuff? And should I be worried about the LF stuff, especailly the peak righ...
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:43 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Can I improve on what I already do?
Replies: 30
Views: 8062

Re: Can I improve on what I already do?

This is the similar plot of one of my recent LP digitizations: Peter's LP.JPG Technical insights and comments greatly welcomed ... Interestingly I note from re-reading my workflow for LP digitization from the manual ( http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Sample_workflow_for_LP_digitization ) that it r...
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:29 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Can I improve on what I already do?
Replies: 30
Views: 8062

Re: Can I improve on what I already do?

Yup that's exactly what I meant. I'm not technical enough to be able to properly interpret this - but I'm sure that somene will be able to shed some techy insight on the attachment you usefully posted.

WC
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:18 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audacity crashes when I do anything
Replies: 3
Views: 569

Re: Audacity crashes when I do anything

1.3.13 was recently superseded by 1.3.14 - can you please upload that latest Beta and test again for us: http://audacityteam.org/

And please advise which version of Windows you are using.

WC
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:33 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Can I improve on what I already do?
Replies: 30
Views: 8062

Re: Can I improve on what I already do?

My post above makes me wonder - when I am transferring my LP recordings to digital formats would it be useful to Equalize out the very low frequencies (just in case). I don't want to damage my speakers - but I realize that I played the same LPs on the deck/arm/speakers for years without any apparent...
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:28 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Can I improve on what I already do?
Replies: 30
Views: 8062

Re: Can I improve on what I already do?

Try selecting some of the audio and then use Analyze > Plot Spectrum

Stretch the window out a bit - change the "Size" box to a much higher detail level and change the "Axis" to "Log Frequency"

WC
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:05 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Stereo File to Mono (Let me explain)
Replies: 3
Views: 687

Re: Stereo File to Mono (Let me explain)

When I converted my MiniDisc recordings I searched high and low for a method of directly importing them digitally but to no avail. But I did still have my MiniDisk deck and my external USB soundacrd (Edirol UA-1EX) has a digital optical input. This enabled me to record into Audacity without (as far ...
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:58 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Fast Forward with Sound?
Replies: 4
Views: 1582

Re: Fast Forward with Sound?

The_Reaper wrote:Hopefully, it will be included in a future release...
It is one of the highest voted Feature Requests on the Wiki - would you like us to add your vote?

WC