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when updating the current saved project,

Doesn't that "step on" the original recording? Would it be a good idea to copy the original AUP file and _DATA folder to a safe backup location?

Koz

doesn’t that save everything into one channel instead of the 4 separate channels it was recorded on? Correct. Best you can do is stereo that I know of. I would still go to the effort to export in a standard sound format rather than save a live show as a Project. Projects for original work is not re...

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Koz

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why isn't this being fixed? Because the defect has to happen to a Windows developer reliably enough to identify the problem. Without that, it's pure guesswork. I've removed and re-downloaded Audacity each time Did you reset Audacity? Audacity keeps preferences and settings in a separate location fr...

How much of that noise is below 20Hz? Home recording microphones can have stunningly high sub-sonic noise, and it can throw off noise measurements.

Koz

very old...

Do they work? We’re still using a sound processor whose developer has been dead and buried for a while now.

Koz

ACX Check has one known, not-obvious problem. It finds the quietest half-second of performance and uses that for the "background noise" reading. So there has to be a quiet segment for it to find. Somewhere in the performance, freeze and hold your breath for a second or so. Do Not Move. The...

I thought I was going crazy.

You might be, but not for this reason.
Koz

I doubt any of the Audacity tools would be useful for this. The best we can do is the standard spectrum and frequency analysis tools and they wouldn't get specific enough for what you want. You need software that "knows" what a voice is. Plus, they were speaking in a quiet studio, right? A...