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It sounds like you have Windows voice processing running. It doesn't like music very much.

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Koz

Audacity Projects do not save UNDO.

Keep original raw recordings as WAV or other uncompressed format.

Koz

Is this Windows-Speak for "Audacity is already running?"

Koz

MP3s have cleverly hidden compression distortion which can affect tools, filters, effects and corrections in unpredictable ways. Even if you do get all the corrections to work perfectly, if you make a new MP3 in Audacity, the compression damage could as much as double. There is no opening a 128 qual...

Thanks for the assistance, everyone. I still have a lot to learn. Field interviews have all the problems of exterior theatrical production plus multiple microphones. People who can routinely pull that off are production heroes. Remember if you record in a restaurant you can't use anything with copy...

the other settings I have on the Device Toolbar are "Core Audio" for the Audio Host, 1 (mono recording channel) and "Built-in Output" for my playback device. I think the H5 may be sending more than one channel. Crossing the number of channels can cause problems. Set Audacity for...

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Koz

You should tell us in clear terms whether the machine has a real Stereo Line-In. It's usually blue and it's really unusual for a laptop to have one, even more unusual for a mini-laptop. Normal is a single headset connection or Headphone Out and Microphone in. Neither of them will record stereo, even...

Audacity will open whatever Windows provides. Audacity gets the show from Windows, not the mixer or turntable. I'm on fuzzy ground here. Open up the Windows Sound Control panels and make sure the little Windows sound meters jump when you play something. If they don't, then Windows isn't getting the ...

Depending on what it is, it could just be you started things in the wrong order. Plug everything in and make sure everything is working, then start Audacity. You should be able to find a USB "Something" listed in the Audacity Device Toolbar. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/device_toolba...