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See here for how to split a stereo track into two mono tracks: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/splitting_and_joining_stereo_tracks.html After splitting to two mono tracks you may mute or delete the click track. If after that there is still some "bleed" from the click on the music trac...

Check the location of the Audacity "temp" folder (see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/directories_preferences.html) The temp folder must be in a location where you have full read / write access. Ensure that there are no "PC maintenance" applications interfering with that fo...

As Koz wrote, he's using a better microphone which is both crisper and has more "depth". There's probably very little processing on his voice other than a bit of dynamic range compression. I'd suggest applying a little compression to your recording after applying EQ along the lines of what...

The simplest way is to make one track for each octave interval, and generate logarithmic chirps with a range in octaves equal to the number of tracks. In this example I have 4 tracks, and each track sweeps from 110 Hz to 1760 Hz. Logarithmic frequency sweeps are required to keep the tones in tune wi...

TheRed wrote:AHHHHH!!! You're right the metronome sound was coming from my effects processor!! Sounds exactly like the Audacity one. Sheesh. Thanks again!

Glad you found it

I'll mark this as solved.

Look again at the right side of the screenshot -- the volume control. It's not pegged; it's in a very reasonable range. The input level is set to 100%, which is normal (transmit the entire signal). "100 %" is not guaranteed to be unity gain. I can't see what is happening in that (still) i...

This is the only "Click Track" in Audacity, and you have to specifically go to the Generate menu to generate the click track:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/click_track.html

Go to the "Input" tab of the volume control. I expect the recording level is set too high there.

mwic wrote:When I hit "Record" it seems to apply an envelope to the recording, so that anything above the .5 clips

That indicates that the audio signal is being clipped before it gets to Audacity.

What are you recording and what settings are you using?
What are your settings in the device toolbar?

You have recorded using the laptop's built in microphone. To record sounds that are playing on the computer, see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_windows.html Assuming that you are using Windows Vista or later, scroll down that page to the section: "...