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It sounds like the speed is drifting slightly. People often expect that digital recordings will be bang on the right tempo, but sadly that is often not the case. Cheap on-board sound cards will often drift in their recording and playback speeds, though better devices such as your Alesis should keep ...

If you import a "known to be good" audio file into Audacity, does it play OK?

Can you turn down the thing that you are recording from?

When recording with a microphone, use headphones and not speakers. If you are using a laptop computer, ensure that headphones are plugged in (even if you are not wearing them) so that the laptop speakers are disabled. Look in the "Transport menu" and ensure that "Software Playthrough&...

Is your aim to produce a version that is compatible with an export type produced by Sample Data Export? That's what's wanted, isn't it? Sample Data Export can export data in a format that is compatible with this "Import" plug-in using a mono track and: Measurement Scale: Linear File data ...

Trebor wrote:Steve's de-hum plugin does that ...

Wow. that's quite impressive - I'd forgotten all about that

Muting channels does very little to reduce the load. The "mixing engine" in Audacity is extremely efficient. The thing that takes a lot of processing power is drawing (and redrawing) the waveform. The way to reduce the computer load is to reduce the number of tracks, which can be done by &...

Check on the Dell web site first and ensure that all the drivers for your computer are up to date. USB devices will normally work with just the standard system drivers.

So: yes, I have quite some experience, but have too little knowledge of the C++ theory and the fine details of the language compared with those who learned C++ programming at university age and level. and then there is wxWidgets which is a whole new adventure ;) I've only just started with C++ and ...

Robert J. H. wrote:There are several tutorials available which help you stepwise through the process.

There is a series of tutorials here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... to_cd.html