desktop tower is in here too and that noise is picked up
That’s what I think I hear in NonClicking.wav. It’s a combination of motorway trucks going by in the distance and gentle rain in the trees ffffffffff. The hiss (fffff) is almost certainly coming from your microphone system and is normal. The 18 wheelers (heavy lorries) in the distance is the fans from your computer. It would be good to get rid of that because it puts your live speech performance right on the edge of not passing technical compliance.
If you can tell your computer is on just by listening…
ACX noise specification means, in English, your noise level needs to be 1000 times quieter than your voice. A lot of home readers fail noise.
There are mechanical ways to help. I finished a Kitchen Table Sound Studio design using hardware store parts.
If you’re recording in a large bare room, you’re going to have echo problems and this will help with that, too. There is no software fix for echoes and reverb.
You can build a pillow or blanket fort around your computer as long as you don’t restrict air flow.
I think at this point my biggest enemy may actually just me working with my own voice.
It’s a little discouraging when after weeks of struggling with room noises and computer distortion we tell performers they just passed the first of two sound checks. Next comes Human Quality Control where you go to die if you’re a clinical asthmatic or stammer.
Koz