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I know that sounds crazy but seems to produce a somewhat better recording. It depends on how you get there, If you tell the radio to switch to mono, it drops all the noisy stereo processing and does sound better, although, of course, you miss the left-right separation. You do not, however, miss any...

The basics of recording should hold up even if the particulars of Audacity don't. Audacity has no official videos. Everybody wants to record a video but few want to edit and cut for clarity and pacing. Zero people want to submit to the editorial process and less than zero people want to correct erro...

once I have mixed my voice with music to one mp3

Noise reduction systems hate music.

"That sound is either a General Electric sump pump motor, or a cello G string."

Koz

Which one in your view is better for noise reduction? Neither one if I understand you're meaning. The purpose of both is to prevent large, slow movements of air typical of P popping or wind noise. They are both intended to be acoustically transparent while they're doing it. The tennis racket does i...

That worked!

Which one?

Koz

I answered that earlier. Missed it. Sorry. I don't have any better ideas, so let's go with the bath towel solution. Fold up a bath towel and put a book on top of it. Park the microphone on top of the book. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MicBookTowel-500t.jpg That should eliminate any vibration ...

When was the last time you cold started your machine? Shift-Shutdown instead of regular Shutdown or Restart.

Koz

Audacity used to have an odd problem where the default place to save files was the System portion of the drive. The System didn't like that much. What happens if you export a file to the desktop? The desktop definitely belongs to you, unless you have multiple users on your machine.

Koz

Third time.

Do you have the microphone sitting on the table?

Koz

I went with large motor instead of cooling fan in the computer because computers typically don't make that much powerful rumbly noise. They make EEEEEEEE screaming and insect noises.

I guess it could be the computer......

If somebody wanted me to bet money, I wouldn't do it.

Koz