Niquist ACX check nightmare

[Gary Pressman]

I am unable to open the Niquist ACX check plug in. Tried and downloaded the Fffeb still will not open. Transferred the file into effects unable to open..The plug in system on this DAW is rubbish..I do not want to narrate a whole book then fail submission requirements due to a rubbish plug in transfer system...I am using Windows 10.. Can anyone help??

[steve]

Tried and downloaded the Fffeb

What's "Fffeb"?
Do you mean "FFmpeg"? If so, that has nothing to do with Nyquist or "ACX Check". FFmpeg is an optional component that enables Audacity to Import / Export additional file formats (such as AAC and AC3).

Transferred the file into effects unable to open..

What exactly did you do to install the plug-in?

The plug in system on this DAW is rubbish..

It certainly leaves something to be desired

[kozikowski]

Tried and downloaded the Fffeb still will not open.

Please check the accuracy of your post before you send it. We can only go with what you tell us and we're guessing most of the time. Typos are not welcome.

Niquist

It's "Nyquist"

A note here. Even if you do get ACX Check in the right place, it's not an Effect. It shows up under Analyze and then only if you enable it with Add/Remove Plugins...

Which version of Audacity are you using? In Windows I think it's Help > About?

We don't want you to read the whole book without certification either. When you get that far, we offer comments and publish an Audiobook Mastering suite of tools.

Also, ACX hosts a sample submission where you publish a minute or longer finished work for their evaluation.

Koz

[Gary Pressman]

I am using the latest version of Audacity so that should not be a problem. The downloading is fine, the importing into audacity is smoothy as it shows up next to my recorded tracks. The problem lies when I try and activate it under the add/remove effects box where it has appeared.. I get a message saying effect not recognised? The ffmeg thing appeared as a option to try and open.. That failed totally.. There is no information on why the file will not open and no intel on how to open it..

[steve]

I am using the latest version of Audacity

Is that 2.3.1 or 2.3.2 alpha or some other version? (look in "Help > About Audacity")

the importing into audacity is smoothy as it shows up next to my recorded tracks

What are you referring to? Are you talking about "importing" the "ACX Check" plug-in?
Have you seen these instructions for how to install a Nyquist plug-in: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/ins ... st_install

[Gary Pressman]

Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\audacity\Plug-Ins

Where is this? I cannot find this at all on Audacity? Having looked.. I downloaded the latest version of Audacity so all this should not have any compatibilty issues.. Ifr this does not get resolved soon I shall just send in my 15 minute sample and take it from there as I am not going to waste any more time on a plug in that fails to load, is unreliable anyway judging by the feedback on this forum and quite frankly does what common sense should do anyway...

[steve]

Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\audacity\Plug-Ins

Where is this?

The "<username>" part will be the log-in name on your computer. For example, if your Windows log-in name is "Garry", then the location is:
Users\Garry\AppData\Roaming\audacity\Plug-Ins
This would be the location where the plug-in ".NY" file needs to go.

Unfortunately, Windows hides many folders, including this one.
This article by Microsoft says how to make hidden folders visible: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/hel ... dden-files

[kozikowski]

I downloaded the latest version of Audacity

Please stop doing that. We live on rich information and specific numbers and data, not metaphors or opinions. The current Audacity is 2.3.1. There are fake versions who scramble the version number and it's good to know if you have one of those. There is no Version 2.31.

I shall just send in my 15 minute sample

Did someone tell you that was the requirement? As far as I know, the test should be between one and five minutes.

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If you have contradictory information, please post back.

We have had people fail the test because of incorrect room tone placement, not voice quality.

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Koz

[kozikowski]

Missed a step. Those are taken from the ACX recommendations here:

https://www.acx.com/help/acx-audio-subm ... /201456300

The top part of that is an overview and features links to details on the bottom. That's where I got the graphics.

Koz

[Gary Pressman]

Thanking you for your constant feedback and help with this problem.
My idea is that if your noise floor is okay, RMS okay, volume etc all set surely you do not need this plug in anyway. Even if it does fail the feedback recieved will give you issues that need to be fixed so you can address and fix.. I appreciate all the comments and help I have recieved and I know that you were trying to help.Thanks for that but this plug-in can go and screw itself......