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

[Ria Jairam]

Lots of software does that now. Even podcasts on iOS can play your podcasts
faster, so listening to ARNewsline can be done on your trip to the store.

Ria
N2RJ
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 9:06 PM Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:

> “He cheated! He used a recording!”
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 14:35 Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at 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 at 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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