Hi all,
New here and a little confused. I downloaded checker. The files have to be in mp3 to use checker I believe. If I export the files as mp3 and they don't pass am I going back and reediting an mp3 file? I was told on the audacity forum not to edit an mp3 file because the quality will be poor. Advice? Tx!
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What I do is save the audacity project and go back to that for any edits needed rather than edit the MP3 file. Then export a new MP3 file from audacity.
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You'll go back to your original Audacity file to do any edits, then re-export the file to mp3 before running it through Checker again. Sounds like your volume was too high (acceptable range is between 86 and 92 dB). You can fix the volume by selecting the entire track, clicking "Effect > Loudness Normalization" set to "-19LUFS" and "Perceived Loudness," then click "Apply." That will bring it down to an acceptable level. Check to see that there isn't anything else that needs fixing (in Checker) before uploading it.
Hope that helps?
Cheers,
Winnifred