# Asking for assistance from an expert

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/asking-for-assistance-from-an-expert/66459>\
**Category:** macOS\
**Created:** [January 11, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/asking-for-assistance-from-an-expert/66459 "2023-01-11T22:34:44Z")\
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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:** [January 19, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/asking-for-assistance-from-an-expert/66459/4 "2023-01-19T11:32:50Z")

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> I have made a sample. Here it is: [forum sample.wav - Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hTJkQ6LyT5DSl7qGhxjcnG9wrbC3sLuL/view?usp=share_link)
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> I hope I’m following the right procedure to get your or anyone’s help with optimizing my recording!

Native Audacity cannot reduce reverberation from the room,  
nor reduce background noise which changes with time, (e.g. road traffic).

Adobe’s (currently free) online [AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence) service “Podcast Enhance” can make those corrections … [Enhance Speech from Adobe | Free AI filter for cleaning up spoken audio](https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance)

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[https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/bass\_and\_treble.html](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/bass_and_treble.html)

If you don’t like the AI result, the main fixable issue in Audacity is excessive sibilance,  
fixable with a de-esser plugin like [desibilator](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/updated-de-clicker-and-new-de-esser-for-speech/34283/199).

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