Audacity Forum

ah ha. I finally looked in ->Preferences -> Sound .. and see this. The Mac is doing sound dampening for me. So experiments continue http://www.chalmers.com.au/downloads/Screen%20Shot%202016-01-10%20at%2015.00.18.png and I am going to get another mic, and some other gear, just as soon as I can afford...

steve wrote:The outer dark shade shows the peak level. The inner lighter shade shows the RMS level.

Thanks man,

Can someone point to where the two shades are described in the HELP manual, please.

... I would not fall in love with condenser microphones, either analog or USB. The lower eschelon offerings try to "help you" with your sound and people arrive on the forum wanting us to remove the help. "My sound is too crisp and piercing. How do I make ...

... 7 machine to use MalwareBytes or some other lightweight AntiVirus. Windows does have Task Manager (CTRL + SHIFT + ESC) but it probably won't help identify what is performing some operation every two minutes. You could try Process Monitor . Gale

Or.....

Look in Apple > System Preferences and see if the Mac version of microphone processing/noise reduction is selected (attached, scroll down).

Koz

Sorry being dense again.. Looking in the HELP file, what keywords does one use to find an explanation for the two shades of blue in the Audio Track Display? The BLUE shade is for peaks? and the lighter grey shade means noise??? What is the purpose ...

... sections are lower. I'd like to compress these audios so they can be listened to at `low volume´ on the PC speakers. Have found the Compressor HELP section http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/compressor.html and will send it to the Printer. Any tips on using this feature? Yes, already have ...

... recommend you do so. Also check that you are choosing the correct playback device in Audacity's Device Toolbar . Also, post the information from Help > Audio Device Info... top right of Audacity so we can see what devices you have. Please see here for how to attach files: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64936 ...

... below 100 ms, try increasing it. Buffer is set to 100ms. I'm not too sure what to set it to, so any recommendations? PS; I've attached an image to help as a visual aid of what's happening. The 2 green bars are the audio files. One's names 'TR_Part 13_Audio" - This is my Audacity with Yeti ...

Robdan1 wrote:The Audacity software came free with a piece of hardware from EzCap

In that case you should check the version number (Help menu > About Audacity) because it is likely to be an old version. The current version is 2.1.1 and is available here: http://web.audacityteam.org/download/mac