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Which version of Windows?
Which version of Audacity? (look in "Help > About Audacity")

isprayplants wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 17, 2018 3:14 pm

when i go to effects, i cant open the reverb feature.

Why not? Is it listed in the menu? Is it greyed out? Is listed but fail to open? Does it throw an error?

Which version of mac OS?
Which version of Audacity? (look in "Audacity menu > About Audacity")
What is the exact and complete error message?

Obviously it would be best if you could locate the source of the buzz and eliminate that, but failing that, there's a "Hum Remover" plug-in here: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Effect_Plug-ins#Hum_Remover This is a "Nyquist Plug-in". Installation instructions are here...

Windows 10 can become extremely sluggish while it is doing an update in the background. I try to avoid this by manually forcing an update at a time that is convenient. Note that Microsoft expect you to leave the computer on overnight so that Windows can do its updating and maintenance work while you...

2. Explanation for effects There are many effective items, so I have there is a brief explanation when I raise my cursor over each of them. For example, at “Effect>Amplify...” tab, if I place the cursor for a while, I want at the bottom right of the cursor, the description of the effect is summariz...

1. Reset to default value For nearly all of the built-in effects, you can reset the effect by selecting "Manage button > Factory Presets > Defaults". More information here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/manage_presets.html There are two effects that come to mind where this does not ...

1. Using screenshot Thanks. These are known issues and are already logged on the bug tracker. 2. Entering Korean Language When entering the name of the label on the label track, the pre-audacity version(2.1.0)was available for typing in Korean, but in the latest version(2.3.0), it isn’t work. This ...

Which operating system?
It sounds to me like your computer is busy doing something else (or for some other reason has very low performance). Check that your computer is fully updated and background maintenance tasks (such as disk optimization) are all up to date.

I don't have a Zoom H4N but I guess that when you import, you see two stereo tracks. Is that correct?
See here for how to split a stereo track into two mono tracks: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/spl ... racks.html

Audacity used to record to a new track by default, and "Shift + Record button" (or "Shift + R") to record to the same track ("append record"). That has been reversed (in response to user feedback), so now to record to a new track it is "Shift + Record button" ...