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Red vertical lines appear as a warning that the audio is touching 0 dB (top/bottom of the track). Digital audio cannot (normally) go beyond 0 dB, so if the signal touches the top or bottom of the track it could be an indication that the recording is "clipped" (distorted due to the recordin...

What are you recording?
What sort of sound card are you using?
Can you describe the exact steps to reproduce the problem.

guitarist321 wrote:Should I delete this version 1.3.12 beta and install the latest 2.02 version?

Yes, and I'd recommend that you select the option to "reset preferences" (in the "Select Additional Tasks" screen,) when it appears during the installation.

Once the project has been closed, all Undo history is lost. When working on complex project it is useful to: a) Keep backup copies of all original recorded material as .WAV files b) Keep incremental backup copies of the project; "Save As" myproject_001, then after working for half an hour,...

Nyquist requires standard ANSI characters.
The accented characters and the "quote" characters in that file are not part of the standard ANSI character set.
What program did you use to write it?

Pious wrote:Yes i saw that bass thing .. How can i control that ..?

See: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/equalization.html

which makes me think that only 2.1 is causing a problem That's possible. That sample has heavy bass right down to 40 Hz, which may be a bit too much, too low for the little Sub to handle. (there's also a weird "stutter" at the end of that clip, but I guess that is unrelated to the problem?)

The bigger speakers are probably more "truthful" than tiny laptop speakers.
Could you post a short sample (just a couple of seconds) to illustrate the problem - see here for how to attach audio files: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=64936

Windows Movie Maker can import WAV files. See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272363

I figured some of the audacity developers might hang out here The forum is essentially a community help forum for Audacity users, so it is usually Audacity users helping Audacity users. Is this the so-called variance problem that might improve if a windowing function is applied to original signal t...