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... it that the quality of each performance stays exactly the same? I love Chris's Compressor for evening out volume variations not only song to song, but within the song, too. ...

... the storm. That's a good band name. Let me write that down. Anyway. Chris's Compressor is a really good way to "level out" all the parts of your show without it seeming ...

... Compressors. Limiters suck for music, so at the next level were the compressors. These machines reduce the level of the show according to how ... contain words like "Musical" and "Transparent." This is why Chris's Dynamic Compressor was such a hit. http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/ ...

... RMS level remains approximately constant. There are quite a few dynamic compressors available for Audacity ("SC4 compressor", "Chris's dynamic compressor", "Leveller", the standard Audacity "Compressor"....) and also several ...

I'm not trying to talk you out of upgrading, but Chris claims his work runs nicely under 1.2.6. Yes, Chris has the graceful compressor. I tell people it sounds like the local NPR FM station. It doesn't appear to be doing anything until you compare it to the show without it. If you download ...

I'm not sure if Chris's dynamic compressor works with Audacity 1.2 - you may need to upgrade to Audacity 1.3 Another good (but different) compressor ...

To make a song louder, first try "Normalize" under "Effects". Try choosing -.5dB. If that doesn't do enough, try the "Compressor" effect. Start with default settings, and if that's not enough, try increasing the ratio and/or decreasing the threshold. If you end up wanting to get deeper ...

... everything else up. A lot of problems like this respond very nicely to Chris's Compressor. http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/ This compressor was designed with ...

The built-in tools are mathematically correct, but they don't always sound very good. Chris's Compressor, on the other hand, sounds pretty good and does exactly what you want.

http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/

Koz

Technically, one of the main differences between the standard Audacity compressor and Chris's, is that the standard Audacity compressor is built around an algorithm for a traditional ...