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I can see where the same damaged hit appearing on multiple microphones can be a challenge, but that's not quite what I wanted. If a human was standing there, could they hear it?

Koz

Make sure you close all chat programs, games and Skype. DO NOT leave them napping in the background.

Koz

after a second or two of the vocal, the guitar parts quiet down, That's the poster child for conferencing or chat processing. The computer thinks the guitar is interference, noise or background trash and suppresses it in favor of the voice. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_recording_troublesh...

I know it's too late, but what's the microphone and can you hear the damage in real life? Drums are killer hard to mic. You may be listening to the element inside the microphone overloading. The SM57 worked so well with drums because it's almost completely impossible to overload it. Was this a conde...

That's not a USB microphone, so you must have left something out. If you are using a USB adapter, the adapter must be able to supply +48 volt phantom power to run the microphone. This is a closeup from my USB microphone adapter. That little light tells me when the +48 volts is switched on. Not all m...

Historically what did that was they're not MP3. Audacity encounters a file type it doesn't recognize and plays it as if it wasn't a compressed file. The difference between the normal length of the file and what you got is the compression value. Windows helpfully hides the filename extension from you...

But now it won't record from out the mic.

Does the Windows control panel show it having sound?

What's the microphone. Model numbers?

Koz

multiple times, actually WORK? Because you have a ratty playback device? What is the playback device? Is it a USB device or USB connected? If it is USB, are you going through a USB Hub? Sometimes Audacity will freak if it can't find your record device, too. Check that's not pointing to a ratty or b...

Does the file play in Media Player -- or anything else?

Koz

Do you remember passing a segment of the installer that invited you to reset preferences and settings? Did you do that?

Koz