Compression settings?

[rlk_1969]

I’m having trouble figuring out the best compression setting to use on vocals. I don’t see milliseconds being used but seconds instead in the settings?

[DVDdoug]

You might want to try the limiter. Limiting is a kind of fast-compression. The Audacity limiter has look-ahead (negative attack time) so it doesn’t distort the waveform (as long as you don’t choose the “clipping” options).

[Trebor]

Mic sounds like a tin can with a bit of bass

Again, if you have Izotope it does a better job than Audacity at noise-reduction. I would replace Audacity’s compressor, (which is too slow for speech), with a real-time compressor plugin. These are free … Klanghelm DC1A3, Bertom Audio - Vocal Compressor , TDR Kotelnikov | Tokyo Dawn Records [bertom whiskers]