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by Jennifer R
Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:25 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recording Problem
Replies: 11
Views: 826

Recording Problem

... are showing. Is there a setting somewhere that I am missing? I have even tried uninstalling and re-installing Audacity. Thanks in advance for your help.
by kozikowski
Sun Nov 13, 2016 4:48 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX
Replies: 74
Views: 13021

Re: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Analyze_Plug-ins#ACX_Check That's where to find ACX-Check analysis tool. This is how to apply custom software to Audacity. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Download_Nyquist_Plug-ins#download LF Rolloff is a bit of an odd duck since it's not a stand-alone to...
by kozikowski
Sun Nov 13, 2016 4:31 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX
Replies: 74
Views: 13021

Re: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX

I know seeing all that written out is daunting, but contrast a printed recipe with watching your mum cook.

Koz
by kozikowski
Sun Nov 13, 2016 4:25 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX
Replies: 74
Views: 13021

Re: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX

Open the clip in Audacity. Effect > Normalize: [X]Remove DC, [X] Normalize to -3.5dB > OK Effect > Equalization: LF-Rolloff for speech > OK. (this is a special download) Listen to the first two seconds with the volume advanced a bit. Do you hear the little pencil drop at 1/4 second? This hold your b...
by kozikowski
Sun Nov 13, 2016 3:50 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX
Replies: 74
Views: 13021

Re: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX

[Note to self: Get Diane to read all my forum posts.] I applied two effects to your clip. Effect > Normalize which is a fancy way of saying I made it louder (under very controlled conditions). Then I applied the most gentle possible Noise Reduction . See sentence about 2/3 down. Screen Shot 2016-11-...
by kozikowski
Sun Nov 13, 2016 3:27 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX
Replies: 74
Views: 13021

Re: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX

I'm using your posting as an excuse to generate better graphics. The modern sound meters are miles (or km) better than the older ones, but you have to know what they're telling you, and my settings are different from the factory defaults.

Reading your post.

Koz
by DianeFarr
Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:49 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX
Replies: 74
Views: 13021

Re: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX

uploading a sample per instructions on one of the posts you referred me to ...
by DianeFarr
Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:27 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX
Replies: 74
Views: 13021

Re: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX

Koz, thank you so very much!! Still digesting the information and need to check the links you posted, but very quickly ... I'm using a Snowball mic in a foam Portabooth. Recorded a novella in my bathroom a few years back, thinking it was farthest from street noise, but although it was accepted I def...
by kozikowski
Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:25 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX
Replies: 74
Views: 13021

Re: Need help interpreting mastering feedback from ACX

Now you have some idea what the person behind the glass wall was doing. We can give you a good push when we find out where you're starting from.

It would be good to get a sample of work you already did, but that can wait.

Koz
by wgday
Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:51 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Can't drag Audacity to Applications?
Replies: 3
Views: 755

Can't drag Audacity to Applications?

... with MB and last modified date. I've set Allow apps downloaded from anywhere, and restarted. Still the same behaviour. Thanks in advance for help.