Apr 19 2023 18 mins 1
Let's take a few minutes to talk about using realtime effects in Audacity. The ability to add realtime, non-destructive effects takes Audacity to an entirely new level as a mainstream digital audio workstation. Plus, it's free! My purpose in this video isn't to recommend specific plugins (there are so many out there, making that a near impossible task). My purpose is to talk about how to add realtime effects and then describe my order of realtime effects when editing a podcast. I don't mention compression as one of my effects because I use a hardware compressor (my DBX 286S) so my audio is compressed before it ever gets recorded.
Here's a look at where we've been and where we're going in this season of The Audacity Channel podcast:
- Episode 1: Recording Room Preparation
- Episode 2: Microphone Types
- Episode 3: Microphone Placement
- Episode 4: Microphone Technique
- Episode 5: My Recording Hardware Chain
- Episode 6: Audio Quality: Hitting the Mark with Sample Rate, Bit Depth, and Bit Rate
- Episode 7: Editing Multi-Track Projects in Audacity
- Episode 8: Adding Realtime Effects in Audacity (This Episode)
- Episode 9: How To Set The Correct LUFS Level
- Episode 10: Exporting Our Audacity Project as an MP3
Links I talk about in this episode:
- Audacity De-Clicker: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/updated-de-clicker-and-new-de-esser-for-speech/34283
- VIDEO: Audacity De-Clicker vs. The iZotope Mouth De-Clicker: https://youtu.be/EQHaWQRYViw
Other Places You'll Find Me:
- The Audacity Bootcamp online school for podcasters and ACX audiobook narrators. The school consists of the following online courses:
- The Learn Audacity YouTube Channel
- The Learn Audacity Homepage
- The Audacity Channel on YouTube
