Audacity Forum

Oddly, now the Normalize and Compressor features aren't making any difference in preview mode (but still going louder once effect applied). I wish I could figure out how to get back the good sound I was getting in preview!

No impact.

Are you working with a single track project or a multi-track project? I've tried both. (Took the track that had a problem. Copied it into a new file. Same issue.) How are you listening to the recording? Through earphones and through the computer's speakers. No difference What are you doing differen...

I'm using windows 8.1, Audacity 2.0.5 . I think I got it from the .exe installer

The same thing happens if I use the compressor tool. Sounds great in preview but not when I press OK

I have a voice recording that is too loud at points so it sounds bad. When I click Normalize and preview, it is great! But when I say OK to apply that, it does the opposite: it makes it louder instead of giving me the great sound I got in the preview.

I've been reading about the sync-lock tool, but it is not showing in any of my menus or toolbars. Help please!