Plugged Nose Narration

[Gramps Curtis]

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place.
I'm 72 and have a chronic 'plugged nose' voice.
Is there some way to clean this up, while recording, or do I find another person?
I posted an mp3 file at wsprog.com/buckets1.mp3
Gramps
Hillsboro OH

[steve]

Your recording level is too high. Adjust the recording level so that the blue wiggly waveform is about half the height of the track. After you have recorded, use the Amplify effect to bring the level up a bit. That will improve the sound quality.

[kozikowski]

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/Audacity1_record.jpg
Normal Recording.
Grab the right-hand edge of the meters and pull sideways to make them larger so you can see them.
Koz

[Trebor]

I'm 72 and have a chronic 'plugged nose' voice.
Is there some way to clean this up, while recording, or do I find another person?
I posted an mp3 file at wsprog.com/buckets1.mp3

In addition to what Steve said, the sample-rate and mp3 bit rate on your "buckets1" mp3 file are both set low ...

MediaInfo on "buckets1.mp3"

''buckets1'' mp3 audio file has low sample-rate and very low bit-rate.gif (17.14 KiB) Viewed 2346 times

The speech is comprehensible but If, for future recordings, you increase the sample rate to at least 22050Hz (currently 11025Hz) and the mp3 bit-rate to at least 64Kbps (currently 16Kbps), then your recording will have more fidelity, less computery, (the file size will increase though).

If you are using a voice recorder device, rather that the computer, to record your voice, it may be possible to change its default settings to obtain a better quality recording, e.g. it may be possible to increase sample-rate and bit-depth in the voice recorder device's settings.