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<<<[Or of course you could use an oscilloscope].>>> Measure the time between any two peaks (one cycle) and invert the time to get the frequency. You can get better accuracy by measuring the zero crossing points and magnify the display. 26.3 microseconds (invert) 38,022Hz. The accuracy depends on the...

There must be hundreds of different effects for this. The generic task is to make the flashback voice different. That's it. It's not like a far away voice which has some pretty specific characteristics. You can't actually mic a flash-back, so there are no standards. A common one is run the equalizer...

I would do this automatically with Chris's Compressor. Chris's Compressor http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/ Split the tracks in half and apply the tool to each half and then rejoin or edit your brains out. I change the compression ratio to .77 from the default .5 and it's amazing how m...

Gee, I was hoping someone else was going to jump in here. The dB reading, once you're inside the digital system is very firm. 0dB is the maximum level possible, also known as 0dBFS -- Zero dB Full Scale. That's where you run out of numbers; in a fuzzy sense, that's where all the digital numbers (100...

Your task is to get the right pathway opened up into Audacity. You do that with the Windows Control Panel.

Windows Control Panel
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... trol_Panel

Koz

<<<Anyone...?>>> Sorry. Day off. <<<..no good if my master source files are all tinny-sounding, naturally.>>> Naturally. Macs since the first OS-X machines do not have provision for recording their own output or any other recursive pathway, but they can be forced to have one with additional software...

In general, you go to the Apple System Preferences and make sure the right thing is selected. Also, the Apple bouncing light test sound meter should move if your system is working. That's not a regular sound meter -- it's extended range. So if there's anything useful there, it should light up. Close...

You only have a clean install if Audacity asks you for a language at First Birthday. Trash Mac Audacity Preferences http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=8250&hilit=problems+with+save+with+export&start=10#p34670 As a side concept, you can "reinstall" Audacity any t...

Probably neither one.

4-bit, 16KHz, mono is a really bad, tight WAV format. I wouldn't be shocked to find that it's not supported. I would expect that to sound like a muffled or gritty phone call -- barely answering machine quality.

Koz

<<<I decided then that I would try to turn it into an mp3 or wav. >>> MP3 is a final product delivery format. It's small, but it causes damage. WAV is a production format. It causes no damage and is perfect for effects and editing. If you try editing with MP3, the damage, which you can never elimina...