First off, here are my specs
Audacity Version 2.0.6
i7-2600
32GB RAM
My problem is when I try to apply an effect some parts of the audio becomes silenced.
It happens when I’m applying “Normalize” and “Noise Removal”
Here’s the before effects:
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr293/hmong-boi2008/Screenshot_2_zps648ca4c2.png
Here’s after the effects are added:
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr293/hmong-boi2008/Screenshot_1_zps9f8b3417.png
Are you using Noise Removal correctly? You should not isolate the noise or apply too much reduction. See Noise Removal - Audacity Manual.
Are you using Normalize correctly? See Normalize. Which are you doing first? It is better to do Noise Removal first, as a rule.
Is the audio a recording? if it’s an imported WAV file, don’t rename or delete the WAV unless you copy the WAV into the project. See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/audacity_projects.html#dependencies.
Do you have Norton? If so, turn off its Windows temporary file cleaner because it may delete your temporary project files, leaving holes in your audio.
Gale
For the noise removal I’m using the get profile and removing the background noise.
For normalize I’m setting it at -1
No it’s not a wav file. It’s just my voice. After recording my voice I add the effects and that’s what happens
At what settings?
Are you doing Noise Removal first? When you record a song, then do nothing else except Noise Removal, the problem happens?
Which effects, in which order?
Do you have Norton? In Audacity, please look at Edit > Preferences… then the Directories section. Where is the temp folder located? If you create a new folder in Explorer that does not have “temp” in its name, copy the folder address from the address bar in Explorer, then paste that address into the “Location” box, OK and restart Audacity, does the problem go away?
Gale
I’m on vacation at the moment, but once I get back I will post the settings for noise removal.
The effects I use are in this order: noise removal, normalize, compressor, equalization bass and treble boost, normalize, hard limiter, and normalize.
This sometimes happen when applying compressor too, but mostly noise removal and normalize.
No, I don’t have Norton.
Please also post the location of your Audacity temp folder at that time, and your Compressor settings. Enable “Make-up gain” in Compressor.
Is this happening in a saved project, or before you save a project? I can’t tell from your screenshot.
Gale
This is the location of my temp folder: C:UsersDalenAppDataLocalTempaudacity_temp.
I was a bit confused on this part
Could you please further explain this?
When I do noise removal and get noise profile, the settings don’t change. I don’t know how I would post the settings unless they are the default ones?
Are you Dalen? If not you will need to be logged in as an Administrator to write to other users’ space.
Do you have Norton? Or other apps that clean your temporary disk space for you?
The “Location” box is in the Directories section of Audacity Preferences. Those instructions ensure you will have a temporary folder location that does not have temp in its name, in the hope of foiling any cleanup apps you have that are misbehaving.
Or you could look to see what cleanup apps you have and configure them to leave “C:UsersDalenAppDataLocalTempaudacity_temp” alone.
Or you could File > Save Project As… when you start each new piece of work and save a project. Then cleanup apps should leave your data alone.
At its simplest, you could open Noise Removal and type out the name of each setting and how the slider or radio button is set.
The value of the settings that have sliders is displayed in the text box for each setting.
Gale
Yes, I’m Dalen and I’m set as the Admin.
No, don’t have Norton or any apps the clean my temp disk space.
It seems like the problem just solved itself. I’ve been working on multiple projects and what I described didn’t happen to them.
Would a full harddrive have anything to do with that? It was happening when my harddrive was full. I had to manually go into the temp folder and delete everything.
Yes having no disk space would corrupt the project, but not normally in such large discrete chunks.
If you open Audacity’s Directories Preferences it always says how much space there is on the drive that holds the temp folder.
Is this a Solid State Drive with limited space? You should be aware that by default Audacity uses 20 MB of space per minute for stereo audio. If you import a 5 minute stereo song, that is 100 MB of space. If you edit that whole length of song with five effects, that is another 5 times 100 MB, for a total of 600 MB.
Gale
Yes, it’s an SSD. That’s prob why this was happening. Thank you for helping me!