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I have selected MME / "What you hear (Creative SB)" for Audio Device and Recording source. Probably not. What-U-Hear is a special, folded-back sound pathway so you can record on-line content, YouTube audio, etc. If you're just recording a turntable, that will give you multiple sound pathw...

Keep us up on how it goes. You are now part of the development team for new software. I got Diane to work using the older technique, but this newer software should be much easier to use. I will not be able to switch Diane over because of the need to keep the chapter sounds similar. Depending on how ...

external microphone of the built-in audio device. Which is exactly what's being used. Unless it's told not to, Windows will assume you're trying to Communicate, Skype, Chat or Conference and it will try its darndest to suppress background noise, and process your speaking voice for maximum clarity. ...

Some terrific ideas.

Koz

Right-click or Control-Click the file > Get Info. Both Created and Last Modified are under General.

Koz

Any suggestions as to what I might check on the laptop regarding realtime noise reduction?

No. You found The One, or at least the one that comes with the Mac.

Koz

headphones are LogiTech Closer. If you have microphone and headphones on the same band that goes over your head, that's a headset . A matching set of microphone and headphones. Let's take this a slightly different way. Is this a MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? Something with a built-in microph...

Sorry, you need Flash to work this service. Sorry, Safari is not supported. Sorry, you need to download and install Mega to use this site. Since we don't need surgical precision for this particular test, drag-select a one minute representative chunk of mono sound, Export Select it at 128 Quality MP3...

amplification of -1 so I can gently affect louder spikes in my narration. -1dB? That may give you a warm, fuzzy feeling, but nobody can hear 1dB. Are you trying to preempt peak problems in ACX audiobook narration? I'd be investigating Effect > Limiter. You can get limiter to gracefully wack off all...

The short version is you can't do that.

You have the single jack version of this. The solution is the same.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/LaptopMicIn.pdf

Koz