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And then when you get that far, this is about what a recording is supposed to look like. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/AudacityRecording-650w.jpg Before you actually start playing a record for transfer, touch down a couple of places to make sure the volume doesn't cause an overload. That's ...

Both of those tools add beneficial or desirable distortion and once you close Audacity, there is no UNDO like there is with Amplify and Normalize. Save Raw performance backup files in case you change your mind or make a mistake.

Koz

We're sorry about your pain.

You could probably use either Effect > Compressor or Effect > Limiter. Both of them reduce loud sounds in favor of quieter ones.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/compressor.html

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/limiter.html

Koz

Effect > Amplify doesn't have default settings. It looks at your show and decides how much boost to give it (top number) to achieve the goal (bottom number). You can change either number manually, but you don't have to. If you don't like a change you made, Edit > UNDO. The best thing to do is make a...

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And that's what did it. Not the equipment order.

It's possible to be too neat. If you offend the cable gods, you can get cables talking quietly to each other. Do Not clean up the cables.

Koz

Now you take one of your Mac friends to lunch and get them to reset your SMC and check your hard drive.

Koz

There is a convention for microphones. A positive air pressure at the microphone should result in a positive-going waveform. I did an experiment I haven't posted yet where I struck a piece of paper in front of a microphone such that the air pressure between the paper and the microphone went up. Sure...

Is the reverb on your voice one of the Audacity tools?
Koz

i know a few people with macs Forget Audacity for now. Those are the people to ask about resetting your SMC and checking your hard drive for errors. It's normally super hard to crash a Mac. If you didn't have any trouble doing it, it's a good bet your Mac is in trouble. First layer of testing is th...

I'm going to try to install on a Windows 7 machine That at least should work with the older software and drivers. After Windows wakes up, you can use the Audacity Device Toolbar to find it for recording. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/device_toolbar.html Audacity checks for devices and services...