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Did you try restarting the machine(s)? Any reason you don't record on the Mac side? It seems to be you're making it needlessly complicated.

Koz

Effect > Change Pitch.
I think you'll be doing it manually. Select the first segment > Change Pitch up. Select the second segment > Change Pitch down, etc.

Koz

So you'll be using headphones next time, right?
If both voices are on the same track, I don't know of any way to rescue this show.
Koz

One way to see what you did is to import both the old and new ringtones into a fresh Audacity and compare the blue waves. That's another reason it's handy to have the old MP3 around.

Koz

That should have worked. You can also use Effect > Amplify. If you use that tool, you can watch the blue waves get bigger. Export a new ringtone. I wouldn't export the new ringtone on top of the old one with the same filenames. Either change the filename to something different, or make a safety copy...

If it doesn't have to be surgically accurate, you can do it by hand and get really close. Drop-down menus to the left of the track > Split Stereo Track To Mono. Zoom until you get so you can see the individual cycles. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/zooming.html Change the cursor to the Time Sh...

I think part of this is a monitoring problem. You can set Audacity into a monitoring or diagnostics mode. Right-click inside the red recording meters > Start Monitoring. You can test your sound pathway that way. Audacity is now armed and ready to record and the meters are active. It just didn't &quo...

And yes, I know exactly what you want. Rhythm or guide track on 1, vocal on track 2, guitar on track 3, bass on track 4, etc.
Koz

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/de ... olbar.html
Selecting devices in Audacity.

Koz

Stereo Mix is the system that contains Everything Playing On The Computer . So when you overdub with Stereo Mix on, Audacity will make the second track, the overdubbed one, with Everything. That's why you get the original track plus the new one. If you kept doing that, the new overdub tracks would g...