Audacity Forum

Here it is. It was a discussion about doing almost what you want.
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 20&t=77424
Koz

Do you really want to apply effects to some instruments in the song without affecting others? We can't do that. We can't split a song up into individual instruments, singers and sounds.

Koz

32 is the minimum MP3 quality for mono sound. I found that out by actual experimentation and then a bunch of my friends found the same number independently. Above 32, you can ignore the compression damage and enjoy the show if you never heard the original or had nothing to compare it to. Below that,...

Why is Cool Edit/Audition forbidden? Audacity is designed as a single user production package for home music, not a large file management program for an international news show.

Koz

My wife and I have different accounts on this computer. Do you have 'root' enabled, and is root the only entity allowed to make system changes? I want to loop back to capturing some of these pops. Do you have any other recorder available such as your cellphone Personal Sound Recorder? Since you hav...

Let's start with what kind of microphone you have.
Try to surf to it for sale and send the link.
Koz

Yes. The only movement was the clock ticking and Activity Monitor updating (and my breathing, since it was sitting on my tummy). I suppose the menu bar clock in the upper right was moving once a minute. Chrome was sitting minimized and went to a good nap there. Initially, I had Audacity sliding off ...

About a minute later Audacity slides into app nap. Same thing happens to Chrome when I stop using it.

However.
If I configure the screen as in the attached, Audacity went to sleep for about a second, once, and then stayed awake for several minutes, each configuration.

Koz

One other note. Audacity looks for new microphones when it starts. If you start Audacity first and then plug in the microphone Audacity won't see it. Plug in the microphone, wait a couple of seconds and then restart (or restart) Audacity.

Koz

The fading out thing is probably a Windows problem. Turn off Windows Enhanced Services. That service is intended to help with your voice when you conference or Skype. It kills singing.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... hancements

Koz