Audacity Forum

some of the contents are mute or become too soft unable to be heard. That may be the phrase that pays. Was the original work in stereo? You're listening on a single speaker, right? The original show may have been recorded with a damaged or mis-adjusted microphone. If the original is a stereo show (...

Or maybe it's defective...

Right. It's rough to do troubleshooting without knowing more about the hardware.

Koz

The first thing missing is the name and model of your new soundcard.

Koz

I had wondered if the faint noise of click track ... could be treated as background noise to be removed later I sure doubt it. Noise Reduction is good with steady-state background noises that never change. Conversations, traffic noises, planes going over, TV in the background, restaurant music and ...

Yes. I think that showed up in 2.2.0...???

I can't explain the symptoms.

Koz

I think you can still get a MBP with a Spinning Metal Drive. Did you? SSDs are very highly recommended for serious sound (or video) production. Do you hear your machine ticking faintly as you go?

Koz

Can you make it worse? Troubleshooting responds really well to any change, either direction . Make it so Audacity is the only thing running. Disconnect the network, shut down the WiFi (fan symbol upper right). Pull up the Dock with all your applications in it. Mine comes up from the bottom. Screen S...

You can't use just any headphones. They have to be "sealed" and they have to fit well against the head. The classic yellow Sennheiser HD414s... Screen Shot 2018-03-11 at 19.53.00.png ...and the cheap Sony's I bought in Hawaii DoughStudio.jpg ...would be terrible at this. The Koss Pro-4AAs ...

You may have achieved the best possible results. YouTube video sound has been through multiple compressions and sound processing steps, so many of the tricks that Effects > Vocal Reduction and Isolation uses just aren't there any more. We tell people never do original production in MP3 because of th...

Koz