Audacity Forum

Well lets say this is a forum where people seek help in using Audacity in improving the audio content. What is the best way to filter out background noise and amplify low tones, say like voices? Thank you in advance to anyone who offers useful advice.

... my voice and sounds great. But a music recording from YouTube or Spotify has that horrible tunnel quality to it. Thanks again in advance for any help. Russ D.

... on sound/video manipulation? I'm thinking (sync'd?) clips to show mouth and tongue position for particular sounds. Thanks in advance for any help. Jeff Lawrence

Supposing you have a DMM, measure how much voltage your mic input supplies. Probably, it's 5V. That's sufficient. And you definitely need that resistor, or the power supply in your computer will eat the mic signal, lowering the audio level. That same power supply will also add noise. Add up the two,...

... may have been the varying inflection and emotion in my voice. I'll see how I fair after making your recommended adjustments to the mic. Koz, your help and expertise -- and willingness to take the time to share it and help all of us -- is truly AMAZING -- and HUGELY appreciated!! I'll let you know ...

... like to do the inverse: truncate silence only in the middle of a file, not at the edges. I've never coded Nyquist or anything like it; can anyone help me edit the plugin? I believe this is the relevant function: (defun trim-silence () ;; Nyquist plug-ins cannot return 'no audio', so trap as error. ...

... is, wiped everything off and reinstalled audacity without any AVG or Avast antivirus software. I'm really getting toward the end on this one. Any help on this would be awesome. Russ D.

Thank you . . . One more small question and anything else you might tell a newbie. Converting Vinyl Records to mp3's. Should I then use the Plug-in LAME MP3 encoder?
Thank you for all your help. Definitely will be donating.

Hello, i ordered WM-61A capsule online and now i am trying to properly connect it and i am having a bit of difficulty. I am following this diagram: http://industrial.panasonic.com/cdbs/www-data/pdf/ABA5000/ABA5000CE22.pdf I got 1uF cap but i am unsure whether i need a resistor also. The person who r...

I changed your profile to *buntu. You have not said what exact Audacity version. You can check at Help > About Audacity... . Truncate Silence in Audacity 2.0.5 assuming that is what you have can only truncate to 1 millisecond. You won't hear that gap (unless truncation creates ...