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You need to duplicate the track (Select the track then "Ctrl+D"), then apply the effect to one of the tracks, then "crossfade" the two tracks.

If the clicking is at regular intervals, then the problem is probably not the mic.

Before going any further, shut down your computer completely and do a "cold re-boot".

There are hardly any YouTube tutorials that we recommend, because the vast majority are inaccurate and/or using obsolete versions of Audacity and/or give bad advice. The recommended sources for information are the manual and the Audacity wiki . When I select an area of my audio file by clicking and ...

There are a few variations of G.711 so you may need to experiment a bit to get the right result.
A-Law and u-Law are available as "other uncompressed files" (which do not require FFmpeg). See: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fi ... ialog.html

Audacity can only record from one device at a time. If you have a multi-channel audio interface that presents itself to the computer as one multi-channel device, then you can record all of the channels that the device makes available. On Linux and Mac it is "possible" (but generally not re...

YouTube only accepts video (not audio), so you need to embed your recording in a video. I don't use Windows, but I believe that you can do that by exporting a "WAV" audio file from Audacity, and then import that into Movie Maker. Add one or more pictures for you "movie", then exp...

I have a 30 min file of recorded dialouge So you want to split it into 6 x 5 minute sections? Easiest way is to zoom out so that you can see the full 30 minutes and put " labels " at approximately 5 minute intervals. Then zoom in a bit on each label and drag it (click and drag the "o...

That won't be what fixed the problem, but I'm pleased the problem is fixed, whatever it was.

muheedme wrote:oh yes its now all good, thank you

"User error"?
It could help others to say how you fixed the problem.

What do you have selected in the device toolbar? (all three options: "host", "recording device" and "playback device").