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I followed those instructions, applied WahWah effect, and got this:

I would want something that is opposite the Compressor function. That's called an "expander". A compressor reduces the range between loud and quiet sounds (compresses the "dynamic range"), either by lowering peaks or by raising quiet parts. An expander increases the range betwee...

fadingvoice wrote: am using Windows 10 and a Dell XPS 8500.

Oh, I notice that is a desktop computer.
Do the scratch test anyway, if the test fails then there must be another mic somewhere.

It sounds like you might actually be recording from your laptop built-in microphone. As a test, start recording, then gently scratch the grill on the mic with your fingernail (don't "tap" it - that's not good for mics). The sound of scratching the mic grill should be loud and clear if that...

Ensure that playback is stopped (not just paused). If in doubt, click the Stop button.

Just changing the volume is not going to work because there is also a very noticeable difference in timbre. Even after matching the level, the difference in tone is still distracting. I'm trying to figure what you did differently in that part. I presume that you have tried to drop in a recording tha...

A slightly different (a bit more complex, but more "normal") version for AM:

For AM, generating both the carrier and the message:

Amplitude modulation is easy. You just "multiply" the two tones. You can do this using the Nyquist Prompt effect (http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/nyquist_prompt.html). To amplitude modulate any selected audio with, say a 5 Hz sine tone, use this code: (mult *track* (hzosc 5)) For freque...

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