Audacity Forum

If all you want to do is cut an MP3, you may be able to use one of the products that doesn't mess with compression such as MP3splt, although that's only for Windows.

http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php

I don't know of one for Macs.

Koz

MP3 compression produces a tiny show plus compression damage and debris. As long as you never compress it again, the damage will stay constant. So exporting as WAV or AIFF or a super high quality MP3 will not make the show any worse. If you try to compress the show back to the original filesize, bot...

Noise Removal should not cause any part of the show to increase in volume. I've never had that happen. If it insists on doing that, then start the process way up at the very first Amplify to a smaller number, like Amplify to -1 or -2 instead of zero. That will give the system a little room to grow w...

I'd like to do a few rounds of that. Some people do find multiple gentle applications of Noise Removal to work better than one massive one. In that case I would skip the Amplify or Normalize steps in the middle. Get the presentation in good shape with your editing and one pass of Amplify to make it...

Which computer do you have and which operating system number?

Koz

- When you close other applications, do you really close them or leave them running in the background. How many indicators in the application dock are glowing? Actually close things when you don't need them. Restart the machine and don't launch anything except Audacity. If Skype or a browser launche...

Don't sell the Behringer UCA202. That's how you're going to get your guitar cabinet into your computer. The Behringer is not part of the Mackie. It's part of your computer. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/peaveyUCA202Lenovo.jpg You need to round up enough cables and adapters to get from the 1...

Does any of this work if you don't go through the Emu system?
Koz

The postings suggest that Emu uses ASIO drivers. Audacity doesn't easily work with ASIO.

Koz

Do you have a known event to analyze? Do you have a known test condition and the expected result?

Koz