Audacity Forum

You posted in the Audacity 1.2 forum. If you are using 1.2, you should download and use 1.3. The tools and effects are much improved.

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Koz

there was a product called CD Looper, and earlier versions of it had "settings" that purportedly allowed you to 'smooth over' the gaps in an audio recording I kept waiting for you to write, "I used it and it worked very well." My guess is it didn't work very well. "Smoothin...

If you're using Win7, you should also be using Audacity 1.3.

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Koz

Your configuration should have given you very loud distorted sound. The Mic-In on most computers is expecting a very tiny delicate mono show on the cable. Most Line-Out or Headphone-Out connections are Robust, Powerful and Stereo. If your computer does not have a stereo Line-In then we generally rec...

It's called you didn't get your microphone right and it's really difficult to fix in Audacity.

Yes, certainly, go for Audacity 1.3. Audacity 1.2 has problems.

Describe what happens between the actors lips and the computer. Maker names and model numbers are good.

Koz

If you do get it to restart clean, stop using Audacity 1.2 immediately. The older Audacity can have significant problems on newer Macs.

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Koz

somehow it still exists in the mind of the computer. That's good. Can I use that? If this is part of a multiple forum posting on your part, you should go back now and kill the others. If someone posts to the others, you'll never follow it and neither will we. When you "reinstall" Audacity...

You should watch the Audacity red recording meters and boost the live show so that the loud peaks never go much over about -10 or so. That's easy to clean up later.

You said nothing about the equipment between the actor's lips and the computer.

Koz

Select the whole interview by clicking on the INFO panel to the left (stereo/44100). Interiew turns color. Effect > Amplify > New Peak > -1 > OK.

Koz

No joy yet, but it may be buried in this document.
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Troub ... ings#Skips
Koz