Audacity Forum

No and I don't think that's what happened. It's not unusual for USB sound devices to scramble Windows Audio. When you plug a turntable in, it will try to grab both the record and the playback. If you're not ready for that, it will seem that all the sound on the computer failed. Audacity will also tr...

Windows comes with software and settings to try and suppress room noise when you're voice conferencing. Those settings are deadly for music.

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Koz

No. Not if you have a mixed show. You're in the position of trying to remove one of the eggs from an omelet. Software doesn't "know" what rain is. The best we can do is remove some of the characteristics of rain sound from the show. If other valuable parts of the show sound like rain, then...

It takes Windows out?

What are you recording? Or what would you be recording....?

Koz

Make sure your Audacity preferences are stereo and not mono.

Edit > Preferences > Devices > Recording.

How do you know your music file is in stereo? Does Windows Media have an INFO panel? Open the file up in Windows Media and see if it's a mono file.

Koz

Did you make a Skype call between the first and second recordings? Sometimes Skype reassigns sound pathways and doesn't put them back. Use the Device Pulldown menu and see if you're still recording from where you think you are. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/device_toolbar.html Also: http://ma...

How high?

Koz

Do you mean you have a stereo show and only Left is noisy, or you have multiple special effects overlayed and only one of them is noisy?

What kind of noise is it? Hiss?

Koz

There may be a way to help. Select the track by clicking inside the left hand label panel and using the dropdown menus, Split Stereo Track. Select the bottom of the two tracks and Effect > Invert. Select the top track and using the dropdowns, Make Stereo Track. Now try the Vocal Removal tools again....

Audacity will not save a sound file. If you do want a sound file that will play in other programs and computers, you have to export one. File > Export > Format WAV, Microsoft 16-bit. Then pick a name for your file. That will give you a WAV sound file which will play on other computers. You can make ...