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Very useful, many thanks! I've got a recording of two people speaking loudly and quietly in a noisy environment. Should I use Compressor first, o should I start with the reduction of the noise?
Incredibly helpful, thank you. For those using the current version of Audacity, I recommend following these steps, but also cranking Lookahead to a high number (I set mine up to 1000), setting Knee near zero, and then playing with the Make-Up Gain as needed to bring your low audio up to a decent level
I built a new workstation so my settings in Audacity were incorrect. I looked everywhere for this video to relearn what you said and found dozens of so-called "experts" who were wrong about using the compression feature. AGAIN, THANK YOU!
Oddly, I too was going to ask about setting the decibel level. I wish the envelope tool would work during playback so you could adjust the volume of a track (amongst several tracks) by ear, on the fly. Instead, you have to use the track's volume control and note the change in dbs. And as suggested below, change the track's view to "Waveform (db)" so you can line up the envelope to a decibel scale on the left. Unfortunately you don't get a fine decibel scale unless you left-click on the scale a few times, but this also enlarges the track vertically which become unrecognizable. EDIT I guess a newer version has a linear db display which might be less intrusive?
Many videos on Audacity, and level issues and fixes. Hands down, this one is the best. Knowing what you shared in this video, has just saved me hours of editing for my podcast. THANK YOU!
I found an amazing mp3 of classical music i was falling asleep to last night but i shot awake halfway though as the volume got so much louder, think I am sorted now. Thank you!
Great tutorial! Question: Because making the low-volume speakers louder generally results in noise... Is Noise Reduction first step? Or do you do it after compressor/amplify?
Absolutely amazing tutorial I have been searching all da to fix my tracks and finally landed on your video! Thank you so much for such a concise and helpful video! My problem is solved and most importantly, I don't have to record anything again! Thank you so much.
This is great, but it is very cumbersome. Audacity should go the way of CoolEdit (Adobe Audition). That tool allowed you to preset compressor levels one time, and then highlight with your mouse what you wanted to equalise and click done. It was instantly all standardised and also the volume was raised so no further need to raise volume levels. If you work with music, this won't be any good. But if you do interviews you will value the ease of this set up. Here's hoping!
how do you even get these options in audacity. "core audio" "microphone" "mono recording" and "output"? My audacity doesnt even have these options on the top
I wasted so much time lowering every. single. individual. line of audio that peaked too high. lol Thank you so much. Now I can complete 1 track in under a minute.
This has to be the best answer to my question. I was trying so hard to figure out how to fix my friend's quiet audio and this saved me the trouble of going through and amplifying his specific segments. Thanks a ton!
I would have a question, can anyone who viewing my sites with photos from google drive, can free download my photos, or is there posibility that the photos from google drive would be only for viewing (i want put my portfolio to google sites for selling, but i do not want to that anyone without premission would download that pictures)?
