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Hi there.

This is my first post and I am having a little bit of trouble trying to automate a process. Just wanted some advice on what you guys thought would be the best way of doing this.

I tend to record a lots of lectures which I then want to do some simple audio processing on and then convert to a low bitrate MP3. Currently my workflow is this.

1) Edit the audio in Audactity.

2) Run 'Levitator' on it

3)Convert to MP3 using 'SoundConverter' http://soundconverter.en.softonic.com/mac

4) Assign album art and other simple ID3 tag info.

5) Rename the MP3.

6) Move it to Dropbox.

Im sure Hazel could take over some of that but after a number of hours of trying to learn AppleScript and Automator I am getting a headache.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

What file modifications do you make in Audacity?

I assume you mean Levelator? Do you run with any special options?

Do you use the same album art for each lecture series? What about ID3 tags?

Hi there

Thanks for getting back to me. I have been reading the forum for a bit and can see this is a great community.

1) So what do in Audacity is the bit the requires a human. I cut out errors and bit's like that.

2) Yes I do mean 'Levelator' and no, nothing special. I just drag and drop the files in and it does it's magic.

3) I do use the same album art. The ID3 stuff i the same, same album artist and album and all that. All unique details I could set in Audacity when I export the file.

Thanks once again for getting back to me.

AdamRoxby wrote:Hi there

Thanks for getting back to me. I have been reading the forum for a bit and can see this is a great community.

1) So what do in Audacity is the bit the requires a human. I cut out errors and bit's like that.

2) Yes I do mean 'Levelator' and no, nothing special. I just drag and drop the files in and it does it's magic.

3) I do use the same album art. The ID3 stuff i the same, same album artist and album and all that. All unique details I could set in Audacity when I export the file.

Thanks once again for getting back to me.

Alrighty good information.

1) Well, as you know, you're not going to be able to automate the Audacity stuffs. However, I might suggest that Hazel launch Audacity to open your files when you plug in your device with the recorded lectures. That's what I'd do.

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Open file with application: Audacity

2) Well at least according to this Levelator does not have a command line interface to pass files or options automatically. I'd suggest a second rule to

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Open file with application: Levelator

(making sure to put it after the audacity rule) to pass the file once saved in Levelator.

3) You can do this in Audacity, sure. But, is there anything in your filename/content/location that Hazel could recognize automatically?

That sounds great, thanks for that.

I think I have an idea of what work flow to do.

Cheers for your help