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Re: [CQ-Contest] Another Kind of Recording (hi)

To: Joe <nss@mwt.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Another Kind of Recording (hi)
From: Kelly Taylor <ve4xt@mymts.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:09:24 -0600
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The capability of Audacity — and I’ve used it myself in broadcast applications 
— means nobody should take for granted the authenticity of any recording, let 
alone contest sponsors. 

73, kelly, ve4xt 

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> On Jan 30, 2018, at 14:34, Joe <nss@mwt.net> wrote:
> 
> On audacity, you can do it automatically.
> 
> It's under "Chains" if anyone needs assistance drop me a note.
> 
> I took all 18,000+ files from Gerry's DVK machine.
> Ran them through "Normalize" then ran them through the "Equalize" with the 
> mic freq response of the Heil HC-4 mic element.
> 
> Like I said 18K files and only a few mouse clicks.
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
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>> On 1/30/2018 7:37 AM, N4ZR wrote:
>> I may be the last contester on the planet to discover this, but Audacity 
>> offers some truly incredible capabilities for our purposes.  Most folks are 
>> probably aware that you can use it to normalize all your recordings to the 
>> same peak level, but did you know that you can also use it to speed up or 
>> slow down recorded speech without significantly changing how your voice 
>> sounds?
>> 
>> I tend to speak slowly when I try to enunciate clearly, and the resulting 
>> recordings lack a sense of urgency.  By using Audacity's Speed and Pitch 
>> altering routines (on the Effects menu) I have been able to speed up 
>> recorded speech by as much as 40 percent while retaining my intonation and 
>> phrasing.  In other words, it still sounds like me, just in more of a hurry.
>> 
>> It's a 2-step process for each file, but I anticipate that the result will 
>> be well worthwhile, particularly when I run in a phone contest.  It's not 
>> the time saved, but the impression of the op on the other end that you 
>> really want to go fast, causing the op to stick around and call again.
>> 
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