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So you weren't using the extensive talents of the recorder at all. Yes, you can probably put the recorder in the garage. I would warn that even though it seems you can easily substitute the computer for the cassette machine, the techniques are a little different. For one big difference, the cassette...

Audacity >< Preferences > Recording > [ ] Sound Activated Recording (deselect).

Koz

I saved it as a compressed file. No, probably not. First, Audacity doesn't Save sound files. To get a stand-alone sound file you have to Export one. If you Export a Microsoft WAV file, you get a very nice, very high quality, uncompressed sound file and 300-400 MB is about right for half-hour of ste...

The general rule for that is you can't split apart instruments in a mixed recording. Koz

Before you get all excited over this, getting your microphone into the recorder and getting it into your computer can be very different jobs. Windows Computers are not known for their sound quality. How are you getting your voice into the computer?

Koz

The 4dB difference was the reason it was clipping in the first place. You can use one of the compression tools or Chris's Compressor to make the show louder without clipping or overload.

-- Chris's Compressor
http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/chriss- ... -audacity/

Koz

Is there a USB hub in there somewhere?
Koz

Then today, when I record, the playback sounds distorted.

Record how? Exactly. Part numbers, connections, types of microphones if any.

The playback of the guide track while you're recording, or the newly recorded track when you finish?

Koz

Overdub creates a second music track with just new work on it and plays the original track back to your headphones so you can play your guitar on pitch or in rhythm. So you should have created two very nice independent sound tracks that you can easily split up into songs. However, If you had Stereo-...

It works to install the plugin, but does the plugin work?

Koz