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Audacity does not manage Time Of Day and we can't Scrub. So this may not be the best software for you.

Koz

Do you have the piano plugged into the same power outlet as the computer? That's usually desirable to help with noise problems. Many people use a power strip and plug everything into that. See if you can improve the noise if you move the piano power to that strip. OK, another test. Play a couple of ...

While you have Audacity open, Help > About Audacity.
Koz

Is the usb hub plugged into the same outlet as the computer? That's usually desirable to suppress mains hum problems. If you can reverse the plug, try that.

I don't remember if it's a laptop... Can you run it on batteries long enough to test for noise?

Koz

This is very much like discovering Penicillin no longer cures your rash. We have a Snowball at work and it's always worked perfectly for me on many different computers, and we have several conference rooms where we were forced into the wall-powered hub trick to avoid noise and extend the USB cable r...

You can also find the defragmentation tools there. That is the manual defragmentation tools. If you the responsible human know that the computer will not be doing anything valuable for a time, you can cause the defragmentation process to happen right then. From my limited memory, it will do a multi...

if I move the Audacity icon to Applications (according to the instructions), it doesn´t work.

Right. Because the instructions are to move the Audacity folder into Applications, then open the application inside that.

Koz

I'm sure it's stupidly simple Hardly that. I have just acquired Audacity 2.04 You should take the earliest possible opportunity to upgrade to 2.0.5. http://audacityteam.org/download/windows because it had a "line in" socket to take the feed from my pre-amp, worked perfectly. Exactly. And ...

On the bright side I figured out the cause This is a forum, not a help desk. How did you cure it? We haven't had spectacular luck getting rid of computer whine in performances. The sound has tones in the same places as human voices. Reduce the noise and your voice turns to trash. Make sure you get ...

Newer computers naturally assume you're trying to make a conference call or Skype and apply effects and filters. This can lead to some entertaining results. Windows Enhance Services frequently messes with music recordings. Koz