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

To: Kelly Taylor <ve4xt@mymts.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Another Kind of Recording (hi)
From: Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:22:41 +0000
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“He cheated! He used a recording!”



On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 14:35 Kelly Taylor <ve4xt@mymts.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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
> > Sig
> > The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> > Idle Tyme
> > Idle-Tyme.com
> > http://www.idle-tyme.com
> >> 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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