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The SpitFish de-essing preview being much-stronger than the applied-effect is also true of Audacity 2-1-1-0, see ... Recording of Computer speakers [ Audacity 2-1-1], Original, SpitFish Preview, then Playback of SpitFish applied.wav Also the method of breaking the VST-preview shown in the GIF animat...

This is GIF animation shows a way of breaking the VST preview on 2-1-0 ...
I'll see if this method also breaks the VST preview on 2-1-1 , and if the SpitFish preview-too-strong problem occurs on 2-1-1 , (watch this space).

... I presume that this is with Audacity 2.1.1? Which version of Windows are you using? At Gale's suggestion I reverted to 2.1.0 , and I'm using Windows Vista* I did try 2.1.1.0 and the VST effects were frequently breaking, [failing to render preview], on 2.1.1.0 too [ * I've got another computer w...

... I don't know about "often" but yes I have experienced that [failure to render preview] with many effects, but just once or twice. There may be some effects that are more prone. Are there any effects that you find are especially prone? I've tried about ten VST effects now on 2.1.0 . Al...

... I was thinking about modifying a stethoscope by mounting an electret mic in the tubing. I never did it, but I think it could work.. Apparently yes ... http://www.freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/62912/ [ Most of the sound from the heart is below 2kHz , so the spectrogram display will have ...

Gale Andrews wrote:Have you tried LISP to see if the preview has a stronger effect there?

The Lisp DeEsser doesn't have this problem : preview and applied-effect are essentially the same ...

… one reason preview and playback of the applied effect may differ (unless you turn off latency compensation in the Manage menu > Options...). Unchecking “Latency Correction” on “VST options” makes no difference to SpitFish … Computer speakers , original , SpitFish Preview , Playback [ latency comp...

... Antress "modern de-esser" has the same problem Recording of computer speakers , original , Antress DeEsser preview , Playback of Antress DeEsser applied.wav On this example the difference between the last two takes is more subtle than the sptifish example above. But I'm not imagining ...

2. Feature request - a switch for Audacity to let it know I want selected effects to be put on real-time output (listening either to recorded or real-time recording data). real-time preview has recently been implemented in Audacity 2.1.X , see ... https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2....

The blue socket is " line-in " which is the correct one for devices like effects pedals, which have "line out" on them. The pink socket is "mic-in" which is for microphones , it's not matched for other devices. Noise and distortion will occur if you plug a line-level si...