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You didn't say anything about a mouse in your equipment list. MB and MBPs don't come with one. If you're using your touch-pad simulation, those changed enormously over the versions.

Koz

Alesis 3 channel USB mixer There doesn't seem to be a 3 channel Alesis mixer. Can we get a model number? You have to be careful what you tell us because we can get hitches like that and have to wait for a whole posting cycle to solve. We have no idea what you have and can only go with what you tell...

Plugging into the computer direct or using the laptop microphone can give you Skype or conference voice quality because of Windows processing. It hates music. You can do your own noise search. Plug headphones into the computer headphone socket and make Audacity show you the signal. Audacity > Edit >...

just a greasy guitar player.

Works for me. Are you published anywhere?

Koz

I did think of a reason not to use too long a profile. You're more likely to capture sounds by accident that aren't noise. In your clip we can hear quiet rhythmic drumming on the body of the guitar as you count down to the first note. DO NOT include those in the profile. That will cause music distor...

Do all your production in WAV (Microsoft). Convert to MP3 only when you have to. MP3 is an end-product delivery format—that's what it was designed to do. Post on-line or make a copy for your portable music player. Never open an MP3 because you want to do production or some other job. Each time you d...

Usually, even after a crash,

Does it crash all the time?

Koz

Another consideration is how to expand. Most of the home recording systems will not expand past one microphone. There are ways to plug two Yetis into your computer, but you have to force it to work and it's not pleasant. No force will bring you beyond two. My mixer will accept four different microph...

Hyphen, N-dash and M-dash aren't even present on my keyboard

Shift Option Underscore key will give you (I think) the Em dash—useful for joining semi-related phrases. So yes it does appear on the keyboard. I can't get the other keyboard shortcut gyrations to work.

Koz

Give it a shot. Import the blend and then import the single track. They will appear one above the other and play at the same time. Select the single by clicking just above MUTE on that track. Effect > Invert In the unlikely event that the two tracks match and they are correct in time, the single and...