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Also check that "Sound Activated Recording" is not enabled (Transport menu).

Effects can be applied to one or more tracks or parts of one or more tracks by "selecting" (highlighting) the audio that you wish to apply the effect to. See here about Audacity Selection http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Selection

But it may be tricky for me as the total recording is about 1 hour long... I'm not volunteering ;) and I said "it's not going to be a quick job". I tried the Sliding Time Scale/Pitch Shift effect before, but it seems very hard for me to adjust exactly the length I want. Ctrl+D will duplic...

There's a lot of things that can cause intermittent loss of signal (which may produce gaps, or in your case bursts of noise). There's some things listed here that may help: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Troub ... ings#Skips

bidual was requesting me to buy a license, and lost technology was broken I don't see either "bidual" or "lost technology" listed on either of the links that Gale gave. :? http://www.hitsquad.com has nothing to do with Audacity - it's just a web site that lists a lot of free plu...

wildbluesage wrote:plugged the aux input into computer for external load

What does that mean?

wildbluesage wrote:have tried all combinations of the four drop boxes in the middle of audacity 2.0 display

I can't see your computer. What are those options - what do they say?

So that I can move this topic to the right forum - Are you now using Audacity 2.0? Which version of Windows? The problem is probably that the USB is having difficulty keeping up with the audio data. You're not using a USB hub are you? USB audio devices need to connected directly to the computer. For...

yonatanb wrote:as i have no access to an Ubuntu installed with Arabic locale, i am not certain.

I can have a look when I get time (testing in Virtualbox).
Do you happen to know the Arabic words for "OK", "Cancel", "Yes", "No"?

Have you read this article on the Audacity wiki? http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... se_Removal

Beware of program automatic updates (such as Windows Update). They can make heavy demands on CPU or disk access at just the wrong time.
When I used XP it was mostly for audio use so I disabled Windows Update and ran it manually once a week at a time that was convenient.