# Advice on settings/plug ins/strategy to ideally process spoken word from tapes

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/advice-on-settings-plug-ins-strategy-to-ideally-process-spoken-word-from-tapes/77172>\
**Category:** Audacity 3 Help Forum\
**Created:** [June 5, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/advice-on-settings-plug-ins-strategy-to-ideally-process-spoken-word-from-tapes/77172 "2023-06-05T11:08:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/trebor/32/45854_2.png) [@Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Trebor)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/advice-on-settings-plug-ins-strategy-to-ideally-process-spoken-word-from-tapes/77172/2 "2023-06-05T15:40:05Z")

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> [@ewitles](#):
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> are there any user made plug ins to ‘fix’ speech that might ‘fluctuate’

LevelSpeech2.ny … [Improved "leveling" for speech - #27 by Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/improved-leveling-for-speech/33258/27)  
IMO it’s better than Audacity’s native compressor for speech.

Apply any noise reduction before using LevelSpeech2, or other compression.

> [@ewitles](#):
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> what is the best way to render to a mono track from either left or right (or single)?

Split stereo to mono, then delete the unwanted track …  
[https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/splitting\_and\_joining\_stereo\_tracks.html](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/splitting_and_joining_stereo_tracks.html)

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