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I'd be a lot happier had you said the record used to sound perfect.

Do all the rest of your records sound OK?

Koz

Having the distortion only there during musical notes just kills the normal tools. I got nothing.

Koz

Flipping sound not apparently a result of overload and only there when the music exceeds a certain volume. It is periodic, not that it helps at all.

Koz

Reinstalling Audacity doesn't reset Audacity. Part way through the Audacity Windows install, it will ask you if you want to reset your preferences and settings. Say yes (if that's what you want).

Koz

spectral selection There is no spectral selection. If you switch the timeline to Spectrogram View with the drop-down on the left, the timeline works with SpaceBar Play and all the other regular timeline tools. Analyze > Plot Spectrum smashes a selection's spectral information into one graph, but th...

I'm out. It's very highly damaged. If it was a simple vocal presentation it would only be bad, but it's en suite with other voices and sounds. That makes it impossible to find a good place to set up Noise Reduction. In addition, there are portions where the lead voice just gargles and vanishes. Ther...

I'm using Audacity 2.2.1 with Windows 10. I hope not. The current issue of Audacity is 2.1.2. via a mic usb adapter as my direct mic input is faulty Neither one should work. Computer Mic-In is expecting an actual computer microphone such as this. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/computerAnalogMic...

at the point where you want to start the selection)

If you can find it. That's where zooming comes in handy.

Koz

plugging it into the USB port at the left end of the keyboard

I would not do that. The keyboard USB extensions are not "full" USB connections and some USB devices will refuse to work. Go for one of the ones on the machine.

Koz

Welcome to Home Studio Recording. Let's do basics. Is there any combination of settings, equipment or technique that can give you an Audacity recording screen that looks like this: http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/AudacityRecording-650w.jpg The sound meters can be expanded by grabbing the side...