solo4652 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 At rehearsal last night, I used a Line 6 Backtrack with on-board mic to record a song. I had the mic gain set to Auto. The recording has very pronounced volume changes throughout - I'm wondering if it's the mic "hunting" for the right gain setting. Anything I can do with the effects available on Audacity to smooth the recording out? I've tried Compressor and Normalise, bur with little real success. After that, I'm just applying effects at random, which is no good. All help and advice gratefully received, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I dont know about Audacity , but if it is purely a volume issue , try using Reaper , you can open the volume envelope ( a track that is purely a volume tracker) and adjust up and down at the points you need to , it would be a bit of a PITA , but if compression wont sort it and it is worth keeping it might be worth the effort . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 if the volume changes are sudden and not too often you could select the low volume sections and just amplify those bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Would it help if I posted the track here? In reality, I haven't got much of a clue what I'm doing with Audacity, being honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 It might help identify the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Okay. Please remember that this was the very first time we'd all played together, so don't be too harsh about our playing! *big breath* Original WAV file is too big to attach, so here it is as MP3 [attachment=178840:Clocks v5.mp3] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Your attachment isn't working... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) Ahh. Leave it with me, I'll try again. Struggling to attach file. I'll have my tea and try later. Edited December 17, 2014 by solo4652 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I've put it on Audacity, see what you mean, it seems to be when the guitar (or keyboard) is cutting out or getting lower in volume, if you can be bothered you can do what I suggested earlier and amplify the quiet bits, but the guitar (or keyboard) still isn't there, obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thanks for your comments. If the guitar and/or keys have not been recorded properly in the first place, then it's no surprise that Compressor, Leveller, Normalise in Audacity aren't bringing them up in the mix. Maybe the big changes in volume were just too much for the auto-gain on the little Line 6 to track quickly and accurately. It's not an especially sophisticated recorder, after all. Maybe I'll just set the mic gain to Low next time. Better still, I'll use my Zoom Q3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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