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Stereo Mix is what's sending the playback back to the new recording. Record from a real device like Mic-In or wherever you have your equipment and change Audacity Preferences: Audacity Preferences > Recording > [_] Playthrough (deselect) Audacity Preferences > Recording > [ X ] Overdub (select) Auda...

The real name of MP3 is MPEG1 Layer 3. It was called MPEG before there was an MPEG2. It's the sound channel for an early video format and that's normal. Koz

external mono mic, connected via XLR cables to an old audiobuddy preamp. My guess? You fed a balanced mono audio signal into the stereo connection of your computer. This would give you a stereo signal inside the computer with the left and right out of phase. If you mix that down to mono, the signal...

Traditionally, we create a second track under the first one and put the insert material there. Then use the Time Shift Tool to move the work into position and then the envelope tool to customize the transitions. You can do all these jobs at great length without seriously disturbing the original work...

It does sound to me like dirty USB power. USB microphones need to have power from somewhere. We have several that have batteries, but it's possible to get power from the computer itself -- down the USB connection. If there is any problem at all with the computer's USB power, printers, keyboards, and...

Did you determine what you were doing wrong during the recording? It's far and away better to produce a good, clear, even recording than to try to patch mistakes later. Stand-alone microphones like USB have no ability to change volume on the fly during the recording and they tend to have a very narr...

before it shuts off.

Use a lot more words. Audacity Crashes? The cursor just stops progressing? It drops into Play? Windows crashes? Windows freezes?

Koz

As a fuzzy rule, you can't change voices into anything else. Select a portion of the voice and post it so we can listen.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=64936

Koz

That's my opinion, anyway. I don't remember installing it.

Koz

Before I talk to the eight-year-old, which version of Audacity do you have? Help > About Audacity (I'm guessing. I'm not in Windows.).

Which Windows?

Audacity programs 2.0.0 and after have Effect > Notch Filter built-in. No external software is needed.

Koz