ACX Mastering levels

[lcastleb1]

One note, you can get wonky noise values if you don't have at least a half-second of clean room tone available, and/or you put a half-second or more of Control-L silence in the piece. The former will give you very high voice values and the latter will give you those negative a million values. Both bogus.

Koz

Ok, so here is another question. During recording I'm noticing a pop (I've attached a short sample). I have no idea of what I'm doing to create this and I have been unable to correct it post editing. Hoping you or someone in the group has some suggestions.

[kozikowski]

I can't stop to listen right this second. I'm working from the field. Do you have just one? If more than one, do they occur about every six seconds?

If you play back the work are they in the same place every time? There is a failure where playback has the noise and the show is fine.

Koz

[lcastleb1]

Yes, they do repeat. Interesting regarding noise is heard on playback but not the actual audio. Thanks.

[kozikowski]

I don't hear any pops. I do hear gating flipping the sound back and forth. That's pretty annoying.

"My dry lips" shshshshsh_______________.

What does the work sound like before you applied corrections or effects?

If you didn't apply corrections or effects, than your recording system is doing it. That's worth a lot of investigation and testing to get rid of.

I need to go back and read the post again.

Koz

[kozikowski]

I begin to see. I'm not the only one that thinks you have noise gate or other processing. Its sound signature is distinctive. The question is where is it coming from?

Koz

[kozikowski]

I see we never got the fine details. Time for that. Fill in and correct as needed.

What's the microphone?
How is it connected to the computer?
USB Interface? Which one?
Which computer?
Which Windows?
Do you use Skype or other chat application?
Are you a gamer?

On a guess, I'd say you bought your microphone, plugged everything up, turn it all on and started presenting. Windows as default likes to "help you" with voice processing, environment suppression and noise filtering. It does help with chat intelligibility, but it sucks for ACX "theater quality" sound.

Let us know.

Koz

[lcastleb1]

Hi Everyone. Sorry for the long delay. Here are the answers to the questions.

What's the microphone? Blue Yeti
How is it connected to the computer? USB
USB Interface? Which one? Well when you ask which one I'll show my ignorance here....not sure
Which computer? Lenovo IdeaPatch 110 Touch-15ACL
Which Windows? 10
Do you use Skype or other chat application? Skye and What's App
Are you a gamer? No.

[kozikowski]

USB Interface? Which one?

Trick question. If you have an analog microphone, you need an interface box to connect it to the computer. You have a digital microphone, so the interface is built-in.

Skype is famous for applying its own sound processing and it doesn't always give up if you leave the program napping. It's not a stretch that What's APP might, too.

Try this.

Close Skype, What's APP and any other sound programs. Really close them, not just send them to a nap.

Hard shutdown Windows. Shift-Shutdown.

Windows should wake up "clean," with nothing helping you with the sound. We are assuming you went through and turned off all the Windows processing. Windows is trying to help you, too.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_ ... hancements

It's a wonder anybody ever got good sound through a Windows machine.

Koz

[lcastleb1]

Thanks!!

USB Interface? Which one?

Trick question. If you have an analog microphone, you need an interface box to connect it to the computer. You have a digital microphone, so the interface is built-in.

Skype is famous for applying its own sound processing and it doesn't always give up if you leave the program napping. It's not a stretch that What's APP might, too.

Try this.

Close Skype, What's APP and any other sound programs. Really close them, not just send them to a nap.

Hard shutdown Windows. Shift-Shutdown.

Windows should wake up "clean," with nothing helping you with the sound. We are assuming you went through and turned off all the Windows processing. Windows is trying to help you, too.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_ ... hancements

It's a wonder anybody ever got good sound through a Windows machine.

Koz