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effect always degrades the sound quality a bit when I use it Noise Reduction always degrades sound quality, but you can really start to hear it if the reduction goes above about 12. The audiobook people can use 6 easy, and sometimes as high as 9 for voice, but if they go higher, the company may rej...

I wonder if you're trying to run too many sound pathways. https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html The problem with recording internet content is you have to Play the work from the internet, interrupt the playback pathway and then run the Recording pa...

my mouse often freezes as a constant loading icon Spinning Beachball of Death? That means the Mac is taking too long to do something in the time allotted, and that usually means you're out of something. Glance down in the applications dock and see how many applications you have running by the light...

Does this tutorial help?

[writing that down]

Any idea who wrote that?

Koz

Noise Reduction is in two steps. Drag-select some pure noise—noise that's not mixed with anything you want to keep. This can be the hard part if you're trying to rescue a performance or voice buried in trash. Effect > Noise Reduction > Profile. Then select the whole show with the button on the left ...

As DVDdoug above, doing original production in MP3 is a terrible idea. MP3 burns in compression distortion, it gets worse as you edit, it's permanent, and you can't stop it.

Koz

Point this analyzer to one of the files and report what it says.

https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline

Koz

One forum note. The Audacity forum can be blisteringly fast compared to other forums. We have active helper elves over nine time zones.

Although it is possible to get out of step. You can get duelling posts. You answer something from the wrong post without letting things settle.

Koz

Describing the show you have in your head is a terrific push. I don't mean "I want to mix a lot of music." I mean the description you would give to somebody who wanted to buy your show. The podcast version of Don McNeil's Breakfast Club, or are you producing a music review program that yo...

if this posting is a violation of some kind, please let me know and I'll take it down It's not in violation of anything, but I don't know of any provision for classes taking Audacity from "unwrapping the package" through to posting a finished podcast. It may seem you have a simple project...