Audacity Forum

This isn't strictly an issue for the core team, because the compressor I had the problem with was the plug-in developed by Chris Capel, but I'm describing this in case anyone else has had the problem. I use Audacity 1.3.7 on a Windows Vista Home Premium ...

... wave peaks, thus changing the frequency content. The built in compressor in Audacity is both fairly simple, and fairly conventional. When ... is a more sophisticated version of this available as a plug-in called "Chris's dynamic Compressor". Try them all, and use whichever produces the ...

... "Leveller" effect included in Audacity 1.3, or the excellent plug-in "Chris's Dynamic Compressor"). Finally, Normalize the entire show to about -0.2dB and Export in your preferred ...

... compression and peak limiting. One plug-in that I like a lot is "Chris's Dynamic Compressor".

... better results, you could try the somewhat more complicated plug-in "Chris's Dynamic Compressor" http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/

... opens quickly - great for doing quick edits. Multi-track audio support. Chris's Dynamic Compressor is excellent (Nyquist plug-in). 3.) have you been using other audio software ? Yes, ...

... can make a lot of noise. It seems as though I ought to be able to leave the level at 100, but it comes across so soft when I do. Maybe Chris' compressor will help that. What does happen when the recording level is >100, anyhow?

... I had the gain on the H4 manually increased from the default 100 to 113 or so - recording levels were still very low. I'll certainly give Chris' compressor a try but I think tonight I'm just going to record an MP3 again! Thanks again!

... recording levels carefully (avoid clipping!) and record WAV, then try Chris's dynamic compressor. The default settings should work quite well, but if you want to even out the volume ...

Since you are processing the audio after recording, you should record in WAV format rather than MP3. Rather than the leveler and compressor, I would recommend using Chris’s dynamic compressor: http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/ Full instructions are included on his web page. ...