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The first thing to do is to make a copy of your original recording (don't work on the original unless it does not matter if it gets destroyed). Working with very long audio recordings has many difficulties, not least the amount of waiting time for processing and general computer stability. I'd recom...

I doubt that it will help. but if it is free there's no harm trying it.
Here's what we have on noise reduction: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Noise_Removal

When I am only going to do simple editing such as cutting and pasting with no other processing, I will set the default sample format to 16 bit since in this case, the export will be lossless (right?). One would expect so (I would have expected that) but actually, no. Whether it is a feature or a bu...

It's difficult to advise on the best approach without understanding the nature of the job.
Could you describe in more detail and more specifically what you are wanting to do?

[moderator note: link removed] next-door-are-fighting-again I'm not a legal expert, but it is probably a breach of privacy laws in many countries to record your neighbours and publish the recording on the Internet without consent. Also the recording quality is so poor that it would not be possible ...

Désolé, je ne parle pas français.
Déplacez les pistes avec l'outil Time Shift (Glissement Temporel Shift).
Les pistes se mélangent en un seul fichier lorsque vous exportez.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tool ... #timeshift

I've merged your post mdubin with my previous reply to keep it all together. What I am not clear on at all is dither. That is where I need some guidance. There's a fairly detailed explanation of "dither" here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Dither The very short explanation is that digi...

I've moved the post about Quality settings here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 46&t=66589

Probably quicker too. Bit-wise processing in Nyquist is pretty slow.

Many TV boards produce a combined audio/video signal. As Audacity is an audio only program it may not be able to "see" such a signal. Reasonable quality USB sound cards start at a very low price, for example the Behringer UCA202 (line level input only) at around $30, or the more versatile ...