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Here. Is that better?

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/usb-a.jpg

Koz

<<<7 Logitech headsets, which I bought primarily for the microphones and the convenient place to stick 'em, I only plan on using 6 mics at a time, but it would be nice to have 8 inputs. >>> Model numbers or web page? <<<A Nady 4/8 channel mixer, which I've learned doesn't supply the necessary power ...

While I crank through all that, I noticed that not once in that post to you tell us what the show is. What is it? I can feel the next request coming that eight people around a conference room table are intending to Skype into a conference with three other cities. You'll need to record both sides of ...

Find one of the older, successful files. Control-Click > Open With > QuickTime Player. Command-I to get the Info Panel.

Now do the same with one of the squeaky ones.

What's the difference between the two INFO panels?

Koz

The first time you lucked out. It was in a file format that Audacity understands.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&start=0

Koz

Banjo is not a resonant cavity. It's two soundboards closely coupled. If it does have a resonance, it's way up there and not likely to be musical.

Koz

I thought it was square law, too. I did briefly consider a passive Helmholtz Resonator in the same room as the instrument tuned to the lower peak tone to keep the room and the instrument from resonating at the same place. If you did it just right, you could spend months moving the guitar, resonator,...

Guitars are guitar-shaped to keep the resonances from all piling up in one place. If they were round, they would sound like playing into a rain barrel. But they are resonant cavities on purpose, so they are going to have oddities. I wonder if that low note is the guitar body ringing end to end. Ther...

Try not to hit the microphone if you fall forward.

Koz

<<<jack plug to jack plug from the headphone socket to mic socket>>> That may not work so well on Windows laptop machines. That's a Deskside PC or Mac trick, not a Windows laptop tool. There is an updated wiki page. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer Koz