Audacity Forum

Cutting very low frequencies (below about 150 Hz) can often help improve the intelligibility of speech. Try Equalization settings similar to this, then use the Normalize or Amplify effect to bring the peak level to -1 dB. For best results, try experimenting ...

... to me that Audacity might be the tool I need to try to reproduce the tricks used by hearing aids. Now, bumping frequencies' power levels to help intelligibility is simple, but there's another trick that I'm told hearing aids can do to help us deaf ol' phartes - that'd be to grab a swathe ...

Gale..Thank you for your quick responce. Your first question..do I have a blue socket? Yes For the devices: output devices only gives me two options; sigma tel audio and microsoft sound mapper (output) input devices only gives me these options; microsoft sound mapper (input)...sigma tel audio: line ...

... this actually change the exported file to 32-bit float? Or, as I suspect, do I have to initially record the track in 32-bit float? Thanks for your help. Don

... I have the ASIO Fender drivers installed also. Surely it must just be a setting or something that I'm doing wrong. Here's a short clip that may help someone identify the problem. Hollow sound Audicity.mp3

Audacity 2.0.2 Windows XP I am an old lady (really) who needs help. I used to sing in the early 70's and I have some old cassettes that I want to put on discs. I have tried like crazy all day to get the hang of all the language of audacity and recording ...

Audacity 2.0.2 Windows XP I am an old lady (really) who needs help. I used to sing in the early 70's and I have some old cassettes that I want to put on discs. I have tried like crazy all day to get the hang of all the language of audacity and recording ...

... the filter application. All filters need some time to establish themselves, because were always dealing with discreet signals. Some padding might help. Since you've already expanded the sound by one second, it's easy to extract a desired portion. Incidentally, I think that the user should be able ...

Cheers guys. I thought that might be the case but it's nice to have it confirmed. I've had a poke about with the equaliser but it didn't help much - I won't waste any more time on this recording! I'll try and get my boss to invest better recording equipment. I don't see the point in having ...

... that are not used. 3 essential ones are: "Speed" "Width" "Center offset" Other optional controls are ponderable (Help, effect preview/overview etc). A zero value in the speed control should be in fact have a special meaning to it. I propose to treat it as the "auto" ...