HELP! Step by Step ACX Requirements

[JennySmalls]

SOS. I have been trying to create a preset for the ACX requirements in Audacity and i can not figure out how to do it.
I have searched the forums and attempted to use the suggestions but nothing is landing.
Could someone give me step by step instructions to set up the preset??? I would be forever grateful.
TIA
oh ya im on Audacity 2.3.1 and Windows 10

Jen

[kozikowski]

You mean a Macro? I think somebody already did, or got really close.

viewtopic.php?f=47&t=104014&hilit=diffi ... ng+a+macro

Koz

[kozikowski]

I'm remembering this now. There was a problem telling the Equalizer which curve to use (Low rolloff...). It would forget its curve and do it in such a way that the curve load command failed—or something like that. If you were doing ACX by hand, you could easily work around it, but the Macro would just fall over. I think that was one or two Audacity versions ago, so we're hoping 2.3.2 works OK.

Post back.

Koz

[Neil Darlow]

Hi,

I use the attached ACX Master macro with Audacity 2.3.2 on Linux Mint.

It uses the values specified in the Audiobook Mastering Suite thread (the Low Frequency Rolloff for Speech filter length is 5007 by slider adjustment).

I added a Select All at the start because I process complete segments but that can be removed if you prefer.

NOTE: Be careful of using the Macros dialog Edit... button. This seems to cause a bugreport generation and you don't actually need that button to insert or remove new entries.

ATB,
Neil

[kozikowski]

That should do it. Filter Length is not critical. Anything around 5000 should work. The original design had that setting at a stiffer 9000 in order to minimize interference from wall power problems in the US (60Hz). That turned out to not be necessary for most use.

There should be a comment line with time, date, name and revision. Without that, if two people submit different code, there would be no way to sort which is which. That seems to be nit-picking with five lines of code, but if you happen to hit an insanely popular product or solution, it will suddenly flash all over and spawn variations and copies.

Koz

[kozikowski]

That and there's the thing about leaving spaces.

ACX-Master.txt

Koz

[Neil Darlow]

Hi Koz,

All valid points. Thank you.

The macro was entirely generated within the GUI without any file edits or rename. The adding of some placeholder text for the desired details and substitution of dashes for spaces in the generated filename could be done as part of the macro creation process.

I expect that people will want to tweak the macro to suit their needs or, if it's viewed to be of sufficient utility, perhaps it could be included in future releases.

ATB,
Neil

[kozikowski]

I expect that people will want to tweak the macro to suit their needs

Many people who post here just got their microphone out of the plastic wrap. Programming might be beyond them. I've never programmed a thing, so any code works for me. Is there a process for importing a straight .TXT file?

It's possible the Macro Editor may be where some of the earlier problems popped up.

if it's viewed to be of sufficient utility, perhaps it could be included in future releases.

It's possible, but further advances need to be made. I don't think all the Audacity tools are native yet, so anyone who ran the Macro without doing anything else would be faced with a missing tool message instead of a mastered chapter. I need to investigate more. All this is hours old. I need to play Real Life for a while.

Koz

[kozikowski]

Audacity 2.3.2 and the upcoming 2.3.3 do not have RMS Normalize native, so wide distribution of the Macro, though valuable, will have to wait until it is.

Koz

[kozikowski]

And what to my wondering eyes should appear....

viewtopic.php?p=377289#p377289

Koz