Audacity Forum

It's all just in the project file. I'd probably export original performances as WAV and archive them -- or make a copy Project. We recommend saving new projects as you edit with dates and times -- remembering to use the ISO dates (2014-01-27). GuitarShoot2014-01-14. FirstEditDrumMix2014-01-15 Proje...

So our problem is it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but it can't be because your system doesn't support ducks. Audacity Noise Reduction, Cellphone Echo Reduction, Cellphone Noise Suppression and in some cases bad MP3 creation all have similar sounds. Honky, bubbling, tinkling, but I've ne...

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It's not a big problem, but we have to build your system in our imaginations to figure out what's wrong. You pretty much can't tell us too much.

It's also pretty common to miss the real problem. Is your show too loud or not loud enough?

Koz

Many Windows laptops will not do this: http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/Line-Out_Mic-In.jpg Headphone or Line-Out on a sound device is very seriously incompatible with the Mic-In on a Windows Laptop. It's designed to do this pretty much exclusively. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/computerA...

how would I approach trying to do that?! Stealthily. Every time you import a new sound, Audacity places it on it own new track one above the other and unless you tell it otherwise, it will try to play all of them at the same time. There are two very handy tools: Time Shift Tool and Envelope Tool. T...

We'll tell you when you're being crazy. We're not bashful. If you post enough new messages without trying to sell us "Male Enhancing Drugs" or "Kitchen Cabinets", the message moderation will go away. You don't have to cut out the old laughter; it's already low. Just add new on to...

That's probably just rescuable, but you're going to get serious noise breathing problems. Up, down, up down...

Koz

The sound on an Audio CD is "WAV" [high] quality, so you were decreasing the quality by converting it to MP3. As you found, increasing the volume of the performance during the quiet laughter portions also brings up noise and can create other production (fading, switching) problems. And yes...

Older versions of Audacity allowed you to change the MP3 export quality in Preferences. Newer versions allow you to change it during the export step.

File > Export > Format: MP3 > Options...

Koz

You should be Googling for audience sounds that have nothing to do with the show and editing them in yourself. Some of the early TV sitcoms used a laugh machine and it was a subject of some derision as comedians got their own laugh machine and put the laughter in at the wrong times. You have precise...