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I had a machine like that. I damaged one of the connections on the motherboard and the machine was super unstable until I took it apart, found the damage, and corrected it. It's been running perfectly ever since. I ... found a few trojans and stuff. On a new drive? Where did you get Windows 10 from?...

But wait! There's more. How are you recording your birdsong? I would use a stand-alone sound recorder, not a voice recorder and not the recorder in the computer. Since you are particularly sensitive to quality of sound, you can set up a sound recorder to not apply effects, corrections, equalization ...

Koz

Correct. They're kept is a special place that survives a program change or upgrade. Normally, this is a good thing. You do an upgrade and just carry on with all your old settings and tools. That's not so good when you want to do a clean start. This is especially problematic if you break something. T...

Also as above, it is possible to not use an SPL meter, but you need a Standard Bird. Make a recording of the Standard Bird and then, without changing your recorder at all, measure the Mystery Bird. You can make statements such as: "The Mystery Bird is 12dB louder than our Standard Bird. That's ...

And there's a problem nobody brought up yet. Even if you do wrangle a Sound Pressure Level Meter... https://www.kozco.com/pix/SoundLevelMeter.jpg ...using it can be a pain in the neck. SPL readings come in flavors or weights. "A" Weighing corresponds more or less to the response of the hum...

Isn't that a little extreme? What happened to move the AUP file and _DATA folder to the same place or folder? If that fails, you may have a lot more serious computer problems than a recording won't open.

Koz

Normalise>Equalisation>Compressor>Normalise>Limiter>Compressor>Limiter. Do all those duplications operate with the same settings? For example, do both Compressors operate with the same sliders and checks? I ask that because straight, simple compressor and limiter are downward-only tools. They don't...

Shift+Command+4 and draw a box around some of the damage. Screen Shot 2020-03-03 at 18.30.22.png That should put a picture file in your desktop. Post it here on the forum. Scroll down from a forum text screen > Attachments > Add Files. The odd part of the problem is not that it's happening, it's tha...

changing to 2.3.3 at this time does not help me. It may not. In My Opinion you should not upgrade until you can point to a specific reason. Equalization has been a thorn. In older versions, Low Rolloff Equalization came with variations, sliders and settings. You had to pay attention. The new rumble...