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MP3 distortion is permanent.
Koz

You're welcome.

File > Export > MP3 > Options > Quality.

Since you're using this work for production, which you should not be doing, go all the way up to 320.

Are you allowed to use WAV format in your work? WAV doesn't have any of these problems and is intended for production.

Koz

a head mic, via mixer pad? You need to get a lot more explicit than that. Pretend I'm going to go to the store and buy your exact setup. What part numbers do I buy? What kind of computer do you have? What's a "Mixer Pad?" Which headset? How is it all connected? I have an AKG head mounted ...

Why did you go to MP3 in the middle? MP3 creates compression distortion -- every time and you can't stop it. Capturing at 44100, 16-bit, Stereo should give you a WAV file that will drop straight into a Music CD authoring program with no conversion or loss. Best practices demand that you get a 78 nee...

"Sounds OK" is a slippery thing in MP3s. What bitrate are you encoding? If you have software that needs to change or modify the compression of your sound track, all sorts of distortion can occur. Does the problem sound a little like the second segment of this brief sound clip? http://www.k...

I'm going to artfully side-step the immediate issue to tell you it's rarely a good idea to run Audacity 1.2 on a Mac. Get Audacity 1.3 from here... http://audacityteam.org/download/ ...and install it. You can put both versions on your machine, but only use one at a time. Audacity 1.3 Projects will n...

You may discover that you can hear again if you unplug the turntable. If you have dancing lights during the music, chances are you got a good recording and you can get a nice sound file by just Exporting one. Many USB turntables appear like Sound Devices to Windows and not Generator of Music. Becaus...

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On Macs, it's iMovie and the very grown up Final Cut.

Koz

The first idea that pops into my head is to stop using Audacity 1.2. Get Audacity 1.3.12 from here... http://audacityteam.org/download/ You can install both, but only use one at a time. Audacity 1.3 Projects will not open in 1.2 Install fresh Lame and FFMpeg software from the same web site and see i...