Equalization has been removed from Audacity, superseded by the two new effects: Filter Curve - uses drawn curves for the equalization Graphic EQ - users sliders for the equalization (similar to hardware graphic equalizers)

Damn this guy has a Pro Voice.....

Thank you so much for this. We have done 80 episodes and never even knew about EQ and compression. We were getting frustrated sounding so uneven and harsh even using decent mics and pop filters. So happy to have found this and a little ashamed for having not found it sooner!

Thank you so much for this superb tutorial. You are a very gifted teacher! You waste no words and you do not numb the listener with a repetitive introduction. I have found and enjoyed another gem! You may consider illuminating 'scrubbing' in audacity. I wish I could interview the 44 people who disliked the tutorial.

Opposed to previous 10 vids on topic, this one finally doesn't disappoint.

Thank you! Been working on my vocals with no idea what I was doing, great explanation of purposes and all.

I loved your explanation about each part of the equalization frequency.

Very glad to have come across your video, thanks for making it. I now more clearly comprehend when the compression and equalization effects should be used. In particular, I expect to be using the compressor a great deal.

I would, for one! So many audcaity tutorials don't really show a lot, or need to follow their own advice on recording as they're nearly impossible to understand while talking during the video. You provide clear explaination, and are very easy to follow along to. If you offered tutorials, I would absolutely follow.

Really helpful video, especially the part on compression, which I haven't seen explained for people unfamiliar with the concept before.

Thanks for the explanation on the compressor and equalization effects!!! Excellent!!!!

Great information and video. I was crushing my audio with too much compression. Now I can clearly hear an improvement thanks to your help.

Awesome tutorial, helped me understand the mystery behind Audacity's compressor. Do you have more such tutorial videos about Audacity?

Terrific lesson! Thanks so much.

This was very well explained and super helpful as I process some old oral history tapes! Thank you!

thank you for making this video! the part about compressing help me out so much! keep doing what you're doing

Very helpful and well explained. thank you

Thank you so much for explaining as I often found it difficult to get the sound right throughout an interview. Subscribed and looking forward to more tutorials.

Great information! Thank you for sharing and making it easy to understand.

Thanks for this video! Just got my first proper microphone (Rode NT1-A) and was having a little trouble equalizing it to my voice, this really helped!

This video helped out with my vocal quality a lot. Thank you for creating this video and uploading it onto KZfaq. It works wonders! :^)

Great work, very superb lesson

Thanks for the video, this helps people to understand threshold and how to use a compressor

Really clear, pleasant lesson to watch. Well done brother. Thanks.

thanks for sharing ur ideals and techniques. great video for wannabe and beginners like me on mixing

You are very professional. Easy to follow!

thanks for this video, i've had Audacity for years on my computer,but i havent done alott ofthe equalitation things, and this has helped alot

Thank you very much. This has helped me a lot with a long recording I did.

Wow man, you really explain so good! Thank you! You totally helped me with a brief explanation :D

yours was the best tutorial ive come across for audacity, you really helped me alot with this video and i thank you a lot, now i know ways to make my music sound like it was produced in a million dollar studio and it sounds just as great, thank you, please teach us more

Thanks for the tips Dan! I prefer to roll off some of the annoying frequencies, before doing any boosting, but your video was still interesting and insightful.

Thankyou! Your a good teacher!!! I used the tricks you said in this video and it works on my recording!!! :D

Great video. You're really good at this

Dan thank you very much. I have to learn a lot about audio and sound. I am using audacity. I found your tutorial very beneficial. I was sorry to see that you stopped adding videos 4 years ago. If you read this and are offering advice elsewhere please let me know All the Best Larry

I found this very helpful. I thank you!

You're the man, Dan!

Excellent teacher!!

great video, great voice ... and very informative. Thanks.

Eloquent presentation, you are a great teacher, made so man things clear to me no pun intended.

Thank You Dan.

Thank you so much!

this helped me out so much. thank you

I really enjoyed this!

Clean & Clear Tutorial👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Now I clearly understand what is Compressor & Equalization. Thank You & More Power To Your Channel

This was VERY helpful, thank you!

Awesome video man thanks for the help!

Great tutorial. Very helpful without getting into the weeds. One suggestion. Let us here the audio before and after applying the effects to hear the difference. Other than that it was great and not surprisingly the audio on the video was a joy to listen to. I'm always amazed at some of the sound editing videos I've listened to that sounded like the guy was talking into a tin cup.

Well I like this! It should be very helpful for my LP series- thanks!

Excellent explanation thank you.

Very well explained. Thank you!

Dan, Great job. Thank you. Please make more instructionals on Audacity!!

awesome turtorial, thanks a lot!!!

Excellent information, thanks!

Best tutorial I have seen thus far thank you!

thank you so very much for your explanations EQUALIZATION makes a WORLD of DIFFERENCE :)

Thank you very much! It really helped me

Easy to listen too. Knowledge gently delievered

Thank you so much!!! so very helpful

Just say thank you!!! Helped a lot!!!

Cheers, this was really helpful!

Thank you ..great lesson.

Great video....Thanks....John

awesome video! thank you!

this helped soooo much thank you sooo much

thanks alot ive been recording on audacity for years but i always have to send my audio to engineers and pay them to mix my songs i do for my pro albums, now i can do most of it myself, everything other the the de-essers

Thank you so much for a lesson I really learn a lot sir.

best video out there !!! thx this was the video i was looking for :) .....

That helped tremendously. Thanks

Just goes to show what you can do with a 'free' programme! It's the creativity, and thanks for the tutorial!

Awesome video! Thank you :)

good tutorial, clear explanation. also one of the few eq and compression videos that don't require you to listen to somebodies terrible singing

Wow.. that helped out alot thanks man

Super lesson thank you

This is really helpful. Would these same principles apply to acoustic instruments like a guitar, piano and drums? Thanks.

Thank you!

Yes, that'll be a lot helpful & awesome

To anyone reading this you're not supposed to boost the frequencies like he has here, it's better to take frequencies out and then boost everything later when it's done.

Great tutorial thank you.

Great job, Great tutorial

holy shit. so much information. thumbs up

Thanks so much. I feel as a layperson that I can use these tools better.

helped me a lot thanks :)

thanks so much mate!

Very nice

Thank you, magician! :-)

Wish you would do an update on the current version.

The low battery is giving me minor anxiety. Thanks for the video though.

It could be noise in the room (fan,air conditioner wind etc) it can also be the echo of your voice it passes thru the walls and goes back to the mic, and if its not any of that idk, what I do is use the noise removal in the effects within audacity grab a small part of the track and then the entire track (I hope you understood all I wrote xD )

Thanks for the help :)

Wonderful tutorial, thank you. One question though. I thought of Compression as lifting the quiet parts as well as lowering the loud parts. Is there a way to do both, rather than modifying only the too-loud parts?

Good video.

Thank you.

👍👍👍nice info bro

Thanks for the vid! Could you please tell me why one would want to use the equalization to boost the treble and bass instead of just using the Boost Bass or Boost Treble effect? Also, could you do a video explaining all the MENU options for Audacity. There are some effects that I've used many times, but others I don't have a clue how they might even be used. Also, what's the difference between just the Fade Out effect and "Studio Fade Out"?

Thank you really much! Great video, well explained. Only thing you could complain about is, that u could have been a bit faster in explaining. But this is really not a big mistake! Keep on going ;)

thanks a million :D

good video

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THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Great tutorial. Question: What order should I apply these changes in? I have somewhat noisy audio from a chap off of Skype. My tendency has been to compress it, apply noise reduction since the compression increases some of the noise, then EQ it slightly and normalize with the other voices. Is there a better order?