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That happens when the playback side of things isn't set up right. When you overdub, Audacity has to play your backing track to you and record the new work at exactly the same time. Any mismatch in the system can cause it to crash. Turn off Direct Monitor. You will no longer be able to hear yourself,...

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I found someone with real-life comments on the Zoom H1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1WqlRx2siQ You can use the Zoom built-in microphones for production, but you can't handle/move the recorder at all if you do. Perfect for AudioBooks. So that and a roll of Piggly Wiggly paper towels and you're g...

If you are overdubbing, you need to make sure Audacity is recording from the microphone or microphone system and not Stereo Mix or What-U-Hear or other fake device. This may appear a little wacky, but that alternate setup is the one you use to record music from YouTube or other on-line service. Bill...

Do you have the EXT/USB TO MAIN button pushed? If you do, then you are recording the vocal twice and one of them is going round-trip through the mixer. Some musical tones may cancel and some may not. Start there. Are you recording directly from the mixer? If you are recording from a software fake de...

Please note that if you're really after the Disco Effect, you'll need to split up the songs into multiple tracks so you can overlap the outro of one with the intro of the other with the Time Shift Tool (two sideways black arrows). Then Effect > Crossfade Tracks . If you do that just right you can ca...

the best way to do it is to tap your foot and actually count the beats for 30 or 60 seconds. So if the real question was how to I tell the original BPM, that's the way. Once you have that number, there are several effects that can help. If you're after what happens when a Vinyl DJ changes his Techn...

poor quality recording in mp3. That's two problems. The original recording is bad and MP3 can have distortion of its own. If you make a new MP3 from an original MP3, the distortion will get even worse. Do corrections and post production in WAV (Microsoft) 16-bit , and original recording, too, if yo...

It's the warning Audacity gives to people who think they're saving an Audacity Sound File. They're not. A Project is a collection of files and folders Audacity uses to open your saved editing environment inside Audacity. Many applications want you to Save your work as a final product and that's the ...

The Audacity repair tools have limited usefulness for wild recordings. We can't "dig a voice" out of trash, particularly if the trash is uncontrolled and louder than the voice. If you're going to create a production, you do have to meet us half-way with a good microphone and reasonably qui...