On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 10:31 -0600, Corey Edwards wrote: > On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 08:57 -0600, Brandon Stout wrote: > > I have an audio file that needs noise reduction and volume enhancement: > > > > http://dallas.flfn.org/20060929Interview.mp3 > > > > Audacity does not seem to have these tools natively, but I did notice > > the "Effect" menu is completely grayed out, so maybe I just need > > Audacity plugins. > > > > Thank you all for any suggestions. > > The effects only work on 44khz wave files and yours is 22khz. You'll > have to resample it to use Audacity. I would recommend sox for such a > task, but I don't know the exact incantation to make it work.
Now I feel like a dolt. I figured out the way to resample with sox (sox input.wav -r 44100 output.wav), but that isn't the problem after all. You just need an active selection in order to use the effects plugins. Try Ctrl-A. Corey /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
