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Could you counteract that by reversing the audio and then using SC4, and re-reversing Yes, but that somewhat defeats the point. If you want a compressor with lookahead, use a compressor with lookahead. Compressors without lookahead (or with lookahead turned off) can be used creatively to great effe...

Topic split as it is unrelated to the original topic.

If this only occurs in Audacity, then it would seem that there is a conflict between your USB driver and your sound card. What sort of sound card is it?

Thanks for the links - they work now ;) As I suspected, the problem is that the original recording has far too much noise. Noise Removal cannot work miracles - ask too much from it and it will damage the sound that you want to keep. That "damage" is responsible for the "strange" ...

Check your computer sound system settings to ensure that there are no effects or enhancements being applied to the sound. Some sound cards have "environmental" enhancements (such as "Concert Hall effect") or other effects enabled by default. If any sound card effects are being ap...

Is this a question about Nyquist, or about using effects and functions that already exist in Audacity?

There are (currently) three "types" of Nyquist plug-in. The "type" is set in the plug-in header http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Plug-ins_Reference#Required_plug-in_header_lines Any of the types may return a sound, a stereo sound, a label track, or text (in a pop-up wind...

Replay Gain is particularly handy. If you're referring to this plug-in http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=167758#p167758 please note that it is "experimental". User feedback regarding success/failure with that plug-in is very useful (also applies to user feedback regarding all ...

A Google search for "how to make chiptunes" will bring up lots of relevant links.

Have a look at this video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82FExdydLM

You can convert a song to 8 bit easily enough, but it probably won't sound like the old nintendo/gameboy music. To convert to 8 bit, select "Other uncompressed files" as the file type in the Export dialog (http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/file_export_dialog.html) then click on the &quo...