Audacity Forum

The clicks are due to "drop-outs". This is where the computer system is not running fast enough to record continuously, so breaks / skips / discontinuities occur in the recording. Here is a close up of one of the clicks: firsttrack000.png As Gale suggested, look at the "Trouble Shooting" page, and ...

Could you post a short sample to illustrate the problem. Select a short section of the voice track (just a couple of seconds) From the "File" menu select "Export selection as wav..." Upload the exported file to the forum using the "Upload attachment" forum feature (below the "compose message" text ...

BillA, This situation is quite common. Have you tried the tips in Recording Troubleshooter ? Does the recorded voice-over track include only what you recorded, or the music as well? If it includes the music, change the input source in Audacity Mixer Toolbar to record from the mic, not stereo mix or...

Are you using a USB microphone? If not, what? No, I'm using a headset mic that came with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11, that plugs into the microphone connector via a miniplug (I believe that is what it is called) on the front of the PC, which goes to the PC's sound card. Many thanks for responding, ...

Using Win XP Pro, SP3, with Audacity 1.2.6 I have imported an MP3 recording of music using: Project -> Import Audio It appears as a stereo track. I MUST record a voice-over (VO) track while I listen to this music; the two must be coordinated. I press the record button and start the VO. When I do thi...