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"Truncate Silence" is the obvious choice, though note that if there are silences within the part that you want to keep, they may also be truncated. If this is a problem, then you will need a different solution.

Truncate Silence http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tr ... lence.html

HateAudioIssues wrote:The recording is fine until the moment I pulled up one of those two programs.

So you're saying that it looks pretty clear that those two programs are causing the problem?
What programs are they?

It sounds like you are overloading an input prior to the Windows recording level control. A typical cause of this is if a high level signal (for example from a headphone socket) is connected to an input that is designed for a much smaller signal (for example a microphone). What equipment are you usi...

There's no obvious problem there.

Try compiling with this option:

To hear the sound from the USB device through your Conexant sound card you must enable "Software Playthrough" in the Transport menu. Setting up recording from a USB tape is basically the same as setting up for a USB turntable. See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/USB_turntables#Set_...

Could you post the last 20 or so lines of the output from ./configure

Is the Device Toolbar set to 2 channels stereo? http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Device_Toolbar

The recording input device in the Device Toolbar needs to be set for "Stereo Mix". If you don't have that option, what options do you have? Sometimes "Stereo Mix" is called something else such as "What U Hear", but some sound cards just don't have the option to record s...

This page explains: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/au ... jects.html