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There is also the Envelope Tool for manually varying the amplitude: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/envelope_tool.html
I find this tool a bit awkward, but it can sometimes give better results than "automated" processes.

The dynamic compressor seems to deal with compression. Yes To compress something is to squash and reduce that something. Yes. A "dynamic compressor" squashes / reduces the "dynamic range". The "dynamic range" is the range (variation) between quiet sounds and loud sound...

One way is to use the Envelope Tool: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/envelope_tool.html

Another way is to use the "Adjustable Fade" effect: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ad ... _fade.html

vinyltocd wrote:Free Tracks download from Google Drive

Works for me

vinyltocd wrote:Recorded using Audacity.

Did you know that we also have a SoundCloud group for things made with Audacity?
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 61#p253761

iv'e just checked the preview tracks option for my Album on cd baby and it's working fine. Still not working here. Perhaps the embedded player is Windows only? As regards the 3 free downloads, I could if you prefer post a link to download them from Google Drive ?? If you have space on Google drive ...

Also, ensure that you don't have Skype running in the background as that can make changes to the recording level.

The next release version of Audacity (2.1.1) will allow you to turn off Quick-Play, though as Gale wrote, that is not related to the problem that you describe.

dimitri44 wrote:At the top, the final tool bar has four windows. Make sure you set all four of them properly for your computer.

Yes, that's the Device Toolbar as described in previous posts.

Moved to the "making music" board.
Unfortunately I was not able to hear your tracks because the preview does not work (tested in Firefox) and the "free downloads" require registration with cdbaby.

I saw in options audacity, in there hace options min and max frequency. Can I used the options to filter frequency from microphone? They only set the default upper and lower frequencies for the vertical scale. They have no affect on the actual analysis, so by setting those to 20 / 100 all you will ...