This doesn't look right... help!

[kozikowski]

This is me going for a hearing test.

The images are flipped.

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I expect that to work. Still interested in that longer test.

Koz

[kozikowski]

Do something theatrical or narrative. 'This is me talking into my Rode microphone," is nice but the next step is a short story.

"'No I can't find her either,' I said to my wife. 'She'll turn up when you start the can opener.'

Who would have thought the cat was sleeping on the warm engine? When I started the car she took off for the next county not touching the ground more than twice the whole trip."

Copyright me. That should take about 12-13 seconds, roughly 15 counting the two or three seconds of silence at the top.

Koz

[Trebor]

... I’m not sure what clicking is. Is that a sound description or a technical term?

Some clicks come under the category of wet-mouth-noises : lip-smacking & inadvertent tongue-clicks.
They tend to be brief : less than 5 milliseconds, and higher-frequency : above 2kHz.
(Most people can hear up to 14kHz, but that cut-off frequency drops off with age).
Those are fixable with De-clicking software, like Audacity's free plugin.

[kozikowski]

(Most people can hear up to 14kHz, but that cut-off frequency drops off with age).

WHAT? I can't hear you. My cutoff frequency's been dropping with age.

Koz

[Trebor]

This is me going for a hearing test.

Not necessarily hearing, it could be headphones or speakers.

Note time (seconds) when track FIRST becomes inaudible, that's your upper-limit in kHz.wav

Approximate hearing test. I score ~15sec = ~15kHz

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[CBJorgen]

Hey guys!

This is that reading you gave me to do. I'm sorry, it's about 18 seconds long with silence at the start.

Again, thanks for your help[.

Christian

The Cat - Audacity reading.wav

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[CBJorgen]

Forgot to mention, As requested, no effects or alterations were done to this recording. I did cut out about half a second after can opener to shorten the time between words

[kozikowski]

It was always down to your delivery speed. The text was an approximation.

So a little audiobook mastering and boop. Good to go.

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So now it's up to theatrical patching for any clicking or popping in your delivery.

I need to play real life for a while.

Koz

[kozikowski]

Mastering is a wiki post now.

https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/AudioBook_Mastering

Koz

[waxcylinder]

Mastering is a wiki post now.

https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/AudioBook_Mastering

Koz

I did a bit of tidying up and reformatting on that page today.

And formerly it was an unlinked orphan page so I:

1) added a link to it from thge usewr Tips section on the Wiki front page

2) added {{CategoryTips}} to the page so that it gets listed when you click on "Tips" in the left menu bar

Peter.