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Thanks Steve I can understand that in principle alright but what I have difficulty with is, in digital terms, is this information (full orchestra etc) stored in just one frequency reference point? The individual points in the sound file correspond to the pressure of the air around the original micr...

The further the microphone is from your mouth the more the room acoustics will come into play, both noise sources and echos. If you are recording in a reasonably quiet space there shouldn't be any problem putting the mic over your head just out of frame, but if your room has large reflecting surface...

I realized this morning that there is another possible cause of your asymmetric waveform from the deck -- badly magnetized playback heads. Do you have a suitable head degausser?

I think your microphone is probably working as well as could be expected. The whine is comparable in amplitude to the "room tone". Your voice sounds like you are speaking quite softly however. If your show requires the soft sound then we can work with it, but if you have a "reach the back row of the...

One test you can make: Reverse the left & right connections at the tape deck, and see if the problem follows. (That is if the problem now shows up on the left channel in Audacity you know the problem is in the deck). I would wager from that waveform that the right head preamp is failing, possibly as...

First thing I would check is the actual connectors, both on the sound card and on the speakers. I am assuming that both are mini-phone (3.5mm) connectors. Try wiggling the plug in it's socket, or (with the volume on the speakers turned way down) unplug and replug the connector several times (the wip...

Probably the most popular device for this task around here is the Behringer UCA202 (~$30). Assuming your tape deck has a volume control for the headphone output you are using it should be fine. (The UCA202 does not have any gain controls on its inputs, so if your signal is much different than consum...

The eleven rack appears to normally come bundled with a copy of Avid pro tools, you may want to use that and not Audacity at all.

Not sure what your plan is, but if your goal is to to measure the speed of sound what you can do is setup two microphones at different distances from your tuning-fork sound source and record the pair as a stereo pair. You will then be able to visually compare the phase of the two channels and from t...

Pulling up the user manual for that notebook it appears to have a single 1/8" phone jack for "headset" (ie headphones and microphone). Probably a 4-conductor TRRS style. (The manual mentions headsets such are used with smart phones). There are multiple standards for this connection. IF you can find ...