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musichead18 wrote:... recording streaming audio on Windows 7 computers.

Useful if Oxford12 was using Vista or W7 but he/she is using XP ...

oxford12 wrote: I have a custom made computer with 3 gig of ram and run microsoft xp home

This is a screen shot of a WAV I have purchased as mentioned above: - The purchased WAV has extreme dynamic range compression: all the waveform envelope is close to maximum volume, see ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression#Marketing If you want to produce maximum loudness trac...

Thanks. Try this to see what I mean. Sample_The_Watch.flac That's roomy not boomey. You can alter the stereo image so it sounds more mono, e.g. ... The_Watch--Before-After-2.mp3 i.e. Mix the original track with a copy which has been mono-ized*, by adjusting the ratio of these two versions you can c...

... vocals, which sound like they're coming from the bottom of a well. Any tips / suggestions to improve them? The "bottom of a well" description sounds like too much reverberation, there are allegedly dereverberation effects, but it's usually incurable. I'm a newbie on this forum - can I...

I'm sorry, the question was unclear. Do I have to use the audio device to record with Audacity Beta the new version? Don't record cassettes, just internet music for cd's. Thanks Dennis No you don't need the USB device to record internet radio (aka recording streaming audio ). look for an option in ...

... it is called a usb multi-channe laudio device You need to set XP to record from the USB device ... http://forum.audacityteam.org/download/file.php?id=2977 http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_the_Control_Panel http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tutorial_-_Copying_tapes,_...

The limiter adds bite ...

This limiter is a very handy downward-compression effect. I was using SC4 on a reversed version of tracks to achieve a similar effect, using this plugin this is easier. Possible bug : applied to tracks with sample rates below 44100 it changes the speed, [when used in Audacity 1.3.12 on Linux]. A wor...

... first 3 seconds of this below movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q62I2uHLkKc IMO that's a modified* recording of a jet plane flying by ... http://www.freesound.org/search/?q=flyby&f=&s=avg_rating+desc&advanced=0 [ * possibly increase tempo without chan...

IMO cutting back the higher frequencies helps ...