<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
<p>I recorded the audio for the show I did with <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0201.html" title="MrX">MrX</a> in late 2019: <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2972">“hpr2972 :: The foot of the ski slope”</a>. I was using my Zoom H2n recorder in my car, on a small tripod placed on the dashboard. Something about this setup caused the result to be very <em>boomy</em> and (to me) unpleasant to listen to. This episode is about what I did for a cure, after some research.</p>
<p>I have also been using the <a href="https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/truncate_silence.html" title="Truncate Silence">‘<em>Truncate Silence</em>’</a> effect in Audacity incorrectly in the past, and I used the opportunity to learn how to do a better job with it.</p>
<p>Now, I am well aware that there are some skilled and experienced Audio Engineers out there in HPR-land. I am certainly not one of these, though I quite enjoy fiddling with audio to make it sound better. I’d like to make two requests:</p>
<ol type="1">
<li>If I didn’t do a good job, please tell me what I did wrong here, and how I should have done it.</li>
<li>Think about doing a show (or shows) on HPR about how to deal with common audio problems. For example: how to remove a mains hum, the use of compression and normalisation.</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="long-notes">Long notes</h2>
<p>A longer form of these notes may be <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3004/full_shownotes.html">found here (full_shownotes.html)</a>. These go into more detail on the steps I took to try and make the audio for show 2972 more tolerable.</p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
<ul>
<li>Wikipedia page describing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity_%28audio_editor%29">Audacity</a></li>
<li>Audacity <a href="https://www.audacityteam.org/">website</a></li>
<li>Effects:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/noise_reduction.html">Noise Reduction</a></li>
<li><a href="https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/high_pass_filter.html">High-pass Filter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/amplify.html">Amplify</a></li>
<li><a href="https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/truncate_silence.html">Truncate Silence</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
