What effects did I use in previous recording

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Fatema1703
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What effects did I use in previous recording

Post by Fatema1703 » Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:15 am

Hi everyone,

I have audacity downloaded onto my computer which is windows 10. I am recording my song in parts, I am not doing every thing in one day. The problem is I don’t know what the effects I have made for my first recording, it’s sounds really good. When I recorded my next parts, I changed the compressor and reverb like I did for my first recording (kept the same effects), but their is still something missing that’s in my first recording and isn’t in my next recordings. How do I find out what it is?

Sorry hope I haven’t confused anyone!

Thanks 😊
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Re: What effects did I use in previous recording

Post by steve » Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:53 am

Fatema1703 wrote:
Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:15 am
I am recording my song in parts, I am not doing every thing in one day.
The usual way to do this avoids the problem completely - do all of the recording before you begin processing.
Note that even doing it that way, you have to take great care to use exactly the same recording set up each time - just having a microphone in a different position can change the sound.


To answer your question directly:
Fatema1703 wrote:
Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:15 am
When I recorded my next parts, I changed the compressor and reverb like I did for my first recording (kept the same effects), but their is still something missing that’s in my first recording and isn’t in my next recordings. How do I find out what it is?
It's too late now :(

Steps that you could have taken at the time:
You could have documented exactly what you did.
You could have saved the settings in each effect as presets (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/manage_presets.html).
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