Removing flutter on a SoundStretch .wav file

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Removing flutter on a SoundStretch .wav file

Post by maestro58 » Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:57 am

Greetings,

I've posted this to Audacity 1.2, then realized I could download and use a version of Audacity 1.3 for my Mac OS X 10.4.11. Duh.

Anyway, I have stretched file of spoken text from 38 seconds to 4 minutes using SOUND STRETCH because Audacity kept creating flutter. The resultant file that I now have also has distinct staccato flutter as well. Is there anyway to smooth out the contours and create a legato, lyrical sound while keeping the current duration? I would send the MP3, but it is 2.7 MB, too large to attach.

Bob McCauley

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Re: Smoothing a fluttery .wav file

Post by steve » Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:07 am

Why not try using "Sliding Time Scale / Pitch Shift" (available in Audacity 1.3.13) to stretch the spoken text rather than "Sound Stretch"?
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Re: Removing flutter on a SoundStretch .wav file

Post by steve » Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:14 am

I've deleted your first post to avoid confusion, and moved my reply here.
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