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Experiment with the threshold setting - you want to have it where it will affect only the peaks of the waves.  You should only have to apply it one time.  If you are dealing with original recordings which are exceptionally low volume, then that would make it more difficult.  Jim Edgar jimedgarvoi...

The best way to deal with something like that is at the time of recording. In other words, fix it at the source. Put the computer in a closet, move the mic further away, isolate the recording space in some way. Also - identifying the noise source and type is important.  Strictly speaking, "hum...

Best of luck Scott!  It _is_ a different set of steps and mindset from the creative/acting part of audiobook work.  I know a lot of other VO's who simply outsource the mastering process.  As long as your recording environment doesn't change (and the performance has the same energy), the steps sho...

When I used "gating" in this instance, I'm referring to an audible shift from the recording level to -inf dB.  This description refers to a "Gate" or "Noise Gate" (used to be hardware devices, now of course mimicked in software) - basically, when the recording level fa...

FWIW, you don't want to use "Generate Silence" to eliminate breaths or background noise.  The resulting audio will sound very "gated". As Martin asks, the next step depends a lot on the levels and energy of your audio right now.   You will find that in audiobook production once...

Wow.  An iMic?  That's a little bit of history, there.  Of course, I still have my old serial port MacRecorder... What are you running into the iMic?  You need to be sending a stereo signal into it through an 1/8" trs connector -  I _thought_ even gen1 was a stereo unit. If you are sending...

Probably best to post a link to a box.com or dropbox file.
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Can you post a sentence or two somewhere?  It's hard to guess without really hearing what you've got. Generally, I'd look at levels first, then use a 31 band graphic EQ to emphasize the usable bands.  If it was recorded on a self-leveling microphone in a "live" space, you're going to hav...

You might make sure that you have your iMac set so that it will not sleep.  Under SYSTEM Preferences, click on Desktop & Screensaver, then select Screensaver.  You'll see a button for "Hot Corners".  Whenever I'm recording, I set the mouse in the upper right, which in my settings di...

It's always helpful to include your hardware setup and OS version on a general I/O question.  Also the AP version. There are two places to check first - System Preferences -> Sound  and then Preferences from within Amadeus Pro.  If you are trying to monitor from the System (i.e. Internal Speakers...

Just guessing, but couldn't you then take the L/R channel LP pops track you describe, invert that and then combine with the original? Jim Edgar jimedgarvoices@gmail.com ( jimedgarvoices@gmail.com ) - @jimedgarvoices http://www.jimedgarvoices.com   -  http://about.me/jimedgar On Sun, May 25, 2014 a...

You upgraded to Lion? So that's 10.7? JEGG gives a good point to determine if the issue is AP or the interface. If the internal mic gives you signal (albeit not usable for this project), then you know where the issue is. The Drivers listed on the M-audio page seem only to cover through 10.6.8 for th...

Thanks Martin & Sarah! Finally got a gap in the schedule this weekend, so I can dig into the specifics.   Looking forward to finally using the updated tools! - Jim Jim Edgar jimedgarvoices@gmail.com ( jimedgarvoices@gmail.com ) - @jimedgarvoices http://www.jimedgarvoices.com   -  http://about.me...

This is probably a Martin issue... My studio computer finally died this past week - logic board failure on an old iMac PowerPC. I'd been running 1.5, figuring that I'd update to the current version when I replaced the hardware. Which is where I find myself now. I pulled the old hard drive and have a...

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