Audacity issues

hefyd · Post by **hefyd** » March 25th, 2007, 5:00 am

Audacity has under 'effects' a number of interesting-looking tools, particularly 'equalisation' and 'noise removal' - would anyone recommend using these [and if so, what for?], or is the novice best advised to leave them well alone ? Editing to remove sniffs and coughs and pronunciation blunders is quite easy - I simply highlight by clicking and dragging, and delete - but if I want to splice a sentence in, it usually comes out A LOT LOUDER than the sections WHICH surround it. I listen to a lot of Librivox recordings though, and my own experience is that you don't really notice this type of thing in the flow - the general effect seems to cancel it out. Any thoughts ? hefyd

jimmowatt · Post by **jimmowatt** » March 25th, 2007, 5:10 am

Equalisation is good - do it right and you can get a nice sound.
Noise removal maybe if you have it on the very lowest setting.
Loud bits - highlight them and then amplify - slide scale to minus and it will make that section quieter.

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » March 26th, 2007, 4:38 pm

jimmowatt wrote:Equalisation is good - do it right and you can get a nice sound.
Noise removal maybe if you have it on the very lowest setting.
Loud bits - highlight them and then amplify - slide scale to minus and it will make that section quieter.

Jim, Is there something somewhere that explains "doing it right" with Audacity's Equalization? That might be good to see in the wiki somewhere.

I've never used it so can't say what it does or how or why or for that matter, what or if.