Improve your voice recordings fast with Audacity’s realtime compressor! This tutorial shows you how to enhance audio quality, reduce variations in volume, and get a pro-level sound for podcasts, YouTube videos, or voiceovers using Audacity’s built-in realtime compressor.

Someone commented on a recent video saying they were unable to export audio from Audacity with the realtime FX window open. They had to close the realtime FX window before exporting and they were unsure if the effect would still be part of the exported file. Yes, it is. I demonstrate that in this video.

In this video, I demonstrate all 4 AI Noise Suppression effects in Audacity and compare them directly to the classic built-in Noise Reduction tool. Let’s see how each one performs and which delivers the cleanest audio!

Link to OpenVino AI Plugin for Windows and Mac: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/openvino/

I found this free realtime EQ plugin from within Audacity and I took it for a test drive. It’s a good EQ plugin and it’s FREE! If you’re looking for a good realtime EQ plugin and you don’t want to spend a lot of money for it, give this one a try. This was the first time I’ve used this free plugin and I liked it. I normally use Fabfilter’s Pro-Q plugin for my EQ but it’s not free. This one is free and from what I can tell so far, it’s more than adequate for spoken word recordings like podcasts, audiobooks, and voiceovers.

I recorded this video in Ecamm Live and edited it in Final Cut Pro. I normally use Camtasia for both recording and editing my teaching videos. I miss being able to zoom in and out as I’m moving through a screen. What are your thoughts? Is this method adequate or should I go back to Camtasia? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for watching…

Audacity version 3.7.4 came out today and in this video I take a look at the AI noise suppression and transcript effects included in this update. These AI effects were previously released for Windows users but version 3.7.4 provides AI capability for Mac users, of which I am one. So let’s take a look.

Audacity link to download the AI effects and for more info on version 3.7.4:

https://www.audacityteam.org/blog/openvino-mac

In this video I show you how to import multiple files into Audacity, letting Audacity sort them end-to-end for you. Then I show the difference between the Mix and Render option and the Mix and Render To New Track option in Audacity.