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That's an extreme example of "frying mosquitoes." http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/FryingMosquitoes3.wav Listen after I stop talking. That's the computer's digital trash getting into the microphone sound. It only happens with microphone systems and you can't get rid of it in post produ...

I'm trying to remember how to cure this. When the desktop is open > Apple (upper left) > Force Quit. Is Audacity listed there? Kill it. Then restart the Mac. I think there's a way to do it through Utilities > Terminal and the "top" command. I don't remember how to stop a process. "Hal...

Audacity doesn't speak MIDI.

Koz

The reason your computer seems to play keyboard music is that MIDI will run both directions. The keyboard can tell the computer to play Bb above middle C, medium hard and hold it for two seconds . The MIDI interpreter inside your computer will obediently do that. It may not sound as good as the keyb...

Usually, the USB connection between the keyboard and the computer carries MIDI computer machine control instructions, not sound. Was "MIDI" one of the words that went by you didn't understand? Musical Instrument Digital Interface The computer tells the keyboard which key to press, how hard...

Yes, we have had complaints about the Scarlett. Just about all of them have to do with the stereo/mono thing I talked about and trying to use it on complex jobs for which it was not designed.

Koz

I'm out of ideas... I don't know what's going on.... See? You have the Alice in Wonderland of sound problems. "six impossible things before breakfast" Just to get things off Top Dead Center. People have found the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 external soundcard to be valuable. http://www.sweetwa...

I moved the record level up and down as I recorded, and the playback responded accordingly. Both he voice and hum rise and fall. It appears to be working properly. So that puts us back in the idea that the USB connection in your computer somehow is broken — that it does not support your USB microph...

We may need to wait for a Windows elf. I never got the Win7 control panels to reliably do what I wanted.
Koz

I'm wondering if I should do it over because the mic wasn't attached before I plugged it in, though I attached it right away. Not necessary. The Windows configuration has only to do with the digital USB portion of the cable, not the analog microphone. I'd be surprised if you could do it a second ti...