Audacity Forum

I can give you the fuzzy generalities. The reduction number will do no reduction at all at 0 and the noise (say background hiss or buzz) goes down as you increase the value. You can go too far and the voices will start to sound mechanical, clipped, sterile, and "too perfect." While you're ...

<<<I have recorded successfully with Audacity before>>>

Recorded What?

What is the performance you are trying to capture in Audacity?

Koz

There is a down side to that. If you have playlists that are "standing" on your old, uncompressed file and you delete it, that will damage the playlist.

Koz

Now it gets messy. My earliest experiences are with 1.2.4, and we know even that one had problems, although it worked enough to get me through several live recording sessions. I can't recommend 1.2.6 the current "stable" version because the instant you upgrade to a more modern Mac, that's ...

If you Export a clicky segment as a WAV file and mail it to someone else -- or to you on another, larger computer, are the clicks still there? Do the clicks appear at the same place always? Can you see them in the blue waves if you magnify enough? My goal is to separate capture and playback problems...

<<<Skype>>> Yes, that and Vonage take over the computer sound pathways. You will need to put the Windows Sound Panel controls back where they should be for straight recording. Windows Control Panel http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_the_Control_Panel Koz

Play or shuttle or scan the tape forward to the point that got you into trouble last time. Open Audacity and click once inside the record meters. They only turn red when they're working, but if you have a big enough screen, you can see a thin red stripe just to the right of the L and the R. Don't go...

There should have been a listing for Advanced Controls or Advanced Options and when you click on it, a hidden panel opens up with Mix-Out or one of the other "obsolete tools." I know everybody on Earth uses those tools every day, but Microsoft has determined that they need to be obsolete. ...

You you have the bouncing red meters when you record?

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/Audacity1_record.jpg

Koz

We need to address the philosophy of Capture Masters. What normally happens is you capture an entire tape, record, live performance, something and export as a Capture Master WAV file. This is the one you back up to a second drive for safety. You can go back to this file at any time and do further pr...