Boomy sound in recording

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Gale Andrews
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Re: Boomy sound in recording

Post by Gale Andrews » Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:15 pm

csatennis wrote:Even if I take the file and put it in my mp3 player, I get the same sound. It's not caused by Windows Media player.
What recording device are you choosing in Audacity's Device Toolbar?

Assuming you are using Stereo Mix, try Windows WASAPI loopback recording instead. That will also help keep the recording level from getting too high.

Audacity does not add effects when recording. Right-click over the Speaker icon by the system clock then choose Playback Devices to open the Playback tab of Windows Sound. Right-click over Speakers, choose Properties then look around for enhancements or advanced settings that may be adding sound effects. Also look in the Windows Control Panel to see if Realtek has a control panel where you can disable effects.

If you still prefer to use Stereo Mix, right-click over it in the Recording tab of Windows Sound, Properties, then look for any effects you can turn off.


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DVDdoug
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Re: Boomy sound in recording

Post by DVDdoug » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:44 pm

Did you try Equalization? If the settings Robert don't give you the desired result, just go-ahead and experiment. The bass (low frequencies) are on the left.

It would be best if you can avoid editing the MP3 copy because MP3 is lossy. It gets decompressed when you open it in Audacity, and then it goes through a 2nd generation of lossy compression re-export to MP3. So if you didn't keep a copy as an Audacity project or as a WAV file, you might want to re-record. But, go-ahead an experiment with equalization first to see if that's going to help.
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