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Ah, control2 IS a thing. "Control2" is a "thing" if you make it a "thing". Almost any word you choose may be a "thing". More technically, you can use most words as "variables" to represent "data". A "variable" is a "symbol&q...

OK, so you have a track with huge amounts of clipping.
What is your question?
What does the title "How to lock for a track" mean?

but the cross fading did work the sound diminishes and then picks up again If you are using the "Crossfade Tracks" effect, try using the "Constant Power 1" setting rather than the "Constant Gain" setting. See here for more information: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/...

rachalmers wrote:I see that libmad, and thus libmad/MeV++ is now 12 years old.

Yes that's the "latest" version. If it ain't broke, why fix it?

I'd just use the Amplify effect. There's no way to predict how much amplification will be required until after the audio has been filtered. Heavily compressed audio tends to peak higher after filtering, but you don't know exactly how much until you've applied the filter.

After applying the filter, select all three tracks and apply the Amplify effect to all three tracks so as to bring the peak level down below 0 dB. It is important to amplify all of the tracks together so that they are all amplified by exactly the same amount. This will reduce the overall loudness, b...

You can nest filters one inside another:

g4vvq1983 wrote:the sound the comes in from the external source is as clear as a bell

What is the "external source" and how does it "come in"? How are you listening when you hear it "as clear as a bell"?

is there a way to make it so that it doesn't stretch to the current duration? Normally you would wrap this sort of thing up as a "generate" type plug-in (because it is generating audio). For "generate" type plug-ins, one second in "Nyquist time" is one second in real (...

Dynamic range compression is, imo, one of the most difficult music production tasks to master. It is particularly difficult with the built-in tools in Audacity because they do not operate in "real time". If you use Windows, I would recommend trying some VST compressors so that you can twid...