Increasing Bass - Audacity 2.0.2 Windows XP Pro

[eager to learn]

Hi,

Is there any easy way to increase the base of a .mp3 song?

I tired watching a youtube video and had the volume up as high as possible but could hardly hear hear it and their screen was so tiny I couldn't really see what they were doing.

Can I just slide a "bass bar"?

Thanks so much.

[steve]

See: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ba ... reble.html

Note that if you are listening on little computer speakers, you won't hear any increase in bass because little computer speakers don't produce bass frequencies.

[eager to learn]

Steve,

In my version under Effect I just have Bass Boost - nothing for Treble.

When I move the slider to the right increasing the bass it sounds garbled.

Maybe I just can't augment the bass in this song?

Even it sits possible, it's probably trial and error on each audio recording.

Thanks.

[steve]

In my version under Effect I just have Bass Boost - nothing for Treble.

You are using an obsolete version of Audacity.
The current version is Audacity 2.1.1 and is available here: http://web.audacityteam.org/download/windows
See here for system requirements: http://web.audacityteam.org/download/windows#sysreq
See also: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 46&t=84123

[eager to learn]

Steve,

What are the advantages I'll gain by upgrading my version to 2.1.1?

Will I sacrifice any feature, function or ease of use by upgrading from *my* current version?

Will I notice how I must perform tasks differently (more complicated?) with version 2.1.1?

Thanks so much.

[steve]

Basic operation of Audacity is much the same.
Benefits are: There are many enhancements, quite a lot of new features, and loads of bug fixes, plus you can get technical support for the current version here on the forum.
The possible downside is that if your computer does not meet the System Requirements, the new version will not run, in which case I would recommend using Audacity 2.0.6.

It is generally best to have only one version of Audacity installed at a time, but all old versions are still available.

[eager to learn]

I searched for system requirements under the FAQ but I didn't see what they are for either version 2.1.1 or 2.0.6.

What are the system requirements for version 2.1.1?
Could you please share the link to that version?

What are the system requirements for version 2.0.6?
Could you please share the link to that version?

Thank you.

[steve]

See here for system requirements for the current (2.1.1) version of Audacity: http://web.audacityteam.org/download/windows#sysreq
Audacity 2.0.6 does not require SSE2.

[eager to learn]

Steve,

Thank you!

Version 2.1.1 looks identical to my older version but has those very helpful bass and treble controls.

Fun to use!

Thank you again.

[mickthefish]

i find the only way to get good bass recordings is to use a more powerful type of cassette deck to import your music ,rather than the hand held tape decks, which to my mind always seem a bit tinny. then again you can always alter the bass on your hi-fi player i suppose.i cant see any other way of altering bass in audacity though.mickthefish.