Adjusting a sound in Audacity.

[Eight Legged Freak]

Would anyone know a way I can make dialogue sound muffled in Audacity, not so much telephone sounding, but more like they're in another room?

[Mattageddon]

Depends on what kind of different room. Different rooms have different acoustics. I suppose you could just turn the sound level down when the person in the other room is talking.

[Eight Legged Freak]

Turning the sound down isn't as good as borderline Kenny-from-South-Park-type speech. I have a ton of Nyquist plugins and no idea how to use them.

[elscottomagnifico]

You'll want to lower the sound level (volume) a bit, tweak the eq (audacity has a decent equalizer - take away from the higher frequencies and raise the lower ones for a start and then tweak everything, as it won't be super straight forward) and add a slight echo (just add it last and turn up the effect until it sounds right). It'll be alot of guess and check work if you've never done it before, but you should be able to get about what you want with a couple minutes of effort.

[Eight Legged Freak]

Thanks, it does take a little bit of getting used to, but I think I've got it.

[Mattageddon]

I have a ton of Nyquist plugins and no idea how to use them.

I had no idea Audacity HAD plugins.... WOOOWWW... I feel SO smart.

[Eight Legged Freak]

I had no idea Audacity HAD plugins.... WOOOWWW... I feel SO smart.

Protip: They go in the "plug-in" folder.

[neckstab]

You'll want to lower the sound level (volume) a bit, tweak the eq (audacity has a decent equalizer - take away from the higher frequencies and raise the lower ones for a start and then tweak everything, as it won't be super straight forward) and add a slight echo (just add it last and turn up the effect until it sounds right). It'll be alot of guess and check work if you've never done it before, but you should be able to get about what you want with a couple minutes of effort.

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