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Another possibility is do something with the spectrogram display. That's the same monolog.

Koz

There's another idea. This is a monolog "This is the shopper audio test." as a full waveform and then again with the bottom sheared off. Print that one and carefully trace the tips of the upward peaks. I tried it in Photoshop and it didn't work because I don't have a stylus. One of the sou...

the length of the track shrinks by approximately 2/3rds

That's why I decided not to shotgun this post.

Koz

I have tried recording on two devices

Recording what on two devices?

Koz

You could put almost anything in that artwork and call it good. Your sample is about the waveform for someone breaking a toothpick [snap!]. That's not someone reciting their name and address. If you're after the aww factor, I would try and get recordings of each heartbeat. Since you're not likely to...

Recording Skype is not particularly easy. How did you do it? Pamela or one of the other Skype Recording Programs?

Koz

Are you using Tracks > Stereo Track to Mono?

Koz

Reinstalling Audacity doesn't reset Audacity. On Windows, you can elect to reset preferences and settings during the install process.

What does it do? Exactly how does it behave? Do you get any error messages and what are they?

Koz

which is what it was intended for Correct me, but loud noise/hearing hazard measurements are all in "A". All of which makes it particularly important to used an appropriate meter to gauge acoustic phenomena. I wondered why nobody creates an alarm that sounds like a baby screaming on a jet...

I want to minimize differences in Loudness/Volume across individual WAV files as a factor. The step after that is most important. What are you going to do with these files? The instant you play one to an audience you involve the speaker system and its characteristics. Do you have a Sound Pressure L...