Audacity Forum

Time for a lot more information. Who made the amp? Which model number? What is the software package called? Are you trying to send something to the amp or perform on the amp and record a copy of the show in Audacity? Was the word "MIDI" mentioned anywhere in the process? MIDI is a sound co...

Audacity looks for new devices when it starts. You can Restart Audacity or Transport > Rescan.

Koz

Another one. Try to wrap the headset cable around your hand and then touch something metal like a desk lamp or the front of the computer. I have one microphone which works perfectly well when I do this.

Koz

My USB headset does that, too. It's very sensitive to other electronics on my desk. Mine can pick up hum from my large monitor. Try moving around while you listen to yourself.

Koz

You may not be recording what you think you're recording. On many computers, the sound is pushed all the way out to the speaker feed and then turned around and brought back in. So you are recording the analog playback errors and the analog record errors of your sound card. This also explains why you...

You recorded two shows at the same time, the announcer and construction. That's a violation of number 4. The Four Horsemen of Audio Recording (reliable, time-tested ways to kill your show) -- 1. Echoes and room reverberation (Don't record the show in your mum's kitchen.) -- 2. Overload and Clipping ...

attenuate the volume, which nearly saturates the entire field on Audacity Nearly?? We can only go on what you tell us. If you select View > Show Clipping, does your timeline turn bright red? All of those red portions are likely permanently distorted. Crunchy and harsh? That's overload. The digital ...

Again, I haven't plowed through the whole thread. Any time interval that stays zero for three successive will trigger an overload. The current tool seems to trigger at zero, doesn't it? Use that value x3. The overload illustration is of sound that is very close to or right on the Nyquist restriction...

I haven't read the thread yet. Life has a way of encroaching.

User interface attached.

Koz

Recovery is not an Audacity strong point.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/recovery.html

Koz