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The main difference between Amplify and Normalize is that "Amplify" increases or decreases the level by a certain amount, whereas "Normalize" adjusts the level to a certain level. The difference is most apparent if you are applying the effect to multiple tracks at the same time. ...

For zooming in/out I prefer to use Ctrl+Mouse Wheel
Shift+Mouse wheel will scroll left/right.
There are other navigation tips here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Navig ... n_features

One idea though; would it be possible to add a sort of generic marker type (=EoF) that could be manually inserted indicating the end of a track so as not to have too much silence, but is ignored in the extraction process to preserve track numbering? Do you mean when using "Export Multiple"...

There is another phenomenon which sometimes occurs when applying effects: Splitting the track into clips at the select boundary. That's a known issue with Nyquist plug-ins and is in the release notes. The full bug report is here: http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7 I'd held off repor...

Does anything play on the external speaker?
What sort of external speaker is it and how is connected to the Acer Aspire One notebook computer ?

I am using the new version I downloaded from the web. The current version is Audacity 2.0. The correct place to download from is here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ I am using a vibe usb turn table. There's a tutorial for recording from USB turntables here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Re...

Soesman wrote: I might need units smaller than seconds.

Different "Selection Formats" are available. (e.g. hh:mm:ss + milliseconds)
See here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Selection_Toolbar

Edit menu > Preferences > Directories
Uncheck the "Audio Cache" box.

Use "File menu > Open"

Which version of Windows? XP? For 32-bit Windows XP, download Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) . Double-click on the downloaded "C:vcredist_x86.exe" file to run it and follow the instructions. If you are asked whether you want to uninstall or repair, choose "...