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eager to learn wrote:But, how do I get to the very beginning of this recoding - 0:00?

Press the "Skip to Start" button http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tr ... html#start
Alternatively press the "Home" key on your keyboard.

Most web browsers do not display TIFF images, so I've converted it to a .PNG image. ScreenShot.png That looks like a continuous sound with no gaps (silences) or beats to hide the "join", which makes it tricky to apply effects that change the waveform without creating clicks. What you will ...

I'm not sure if it's what you want but there is a "peak processor" here that can "expand" peaks that have been compressed: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 71#p127371

The current tools are aimed at detecting boundaries between sound and no sound, with the only fine tuning being what level is considered to be silence. I assume it's mainly designed for marking gaps between songs. I believe that the original reason for this effect and its main use is to mark tracks...

fabstone wrote: i use the trick track

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "trick track".


If the selections seem to "snap" to the wrong place, ensure that "Snap To" is not selected (not enabled) in the Selection Toolbar:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/se ... olbar.html

"Stereo Mix" will record what is playing through your computer sound card, not what is playing through your USB headset - they are different "audio devices". Probably the easiest way to approach this would be to get hold of some conventional (not USB) headphone (really cheap ones...

Topic moved to the Mac forum.

annandale wrote:but the computer says it will permit only Apple apps to be installed.

What is the exact message?

So basically you mean that you want to record sounds that are playing on your computer.
Have you tried "Sound Leech" (Milo software).
It's a bit quirky but it is currently free and I've had a lot of success with it.

Greyhorne wrote:it certainly has required more time, and patience to exorcise than any variety I recall, a process nearly, but not yet complete.

Sometimes it's best to bite the bullet - secure delete the entire drive and then reinstall the operating system.

topaze34 wrote:The MIDI solution is clever but there must be a synthesisor of high quality somewhere in the system and it could be rather expensive too.

You could use quite basic sound cards if you use a software sampler.
"Linux Sampler" is free and very high quality: http://www.linuxsampler.org/