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The "Noise Reduction (dB)" should be a positive number. Try setting it to 12 rather than -12.

This does not help for the footage that you have already shot, but for future reference, the way this is done professionally is to cheat! Record the interview with as little background noise as possible. In some cases this can even be done in a different room, or at a time when the room is empty and...

Glad that you've got it fixed.
Probably the best way to "reconnect" Audacity to the USB turntable is:
1) Transport menu > Rescan Audio Devices
2) Then use the Device Toolbar to select the USB turntable.

They're coming along very well :) I still find some of the stereo panning to be a bit extreme, particularly when listening with headphones, but much less of an issue than earlier mixes. Also I notice that the lead vocal is dead centre which on headphones puts the sound inside my head which is a bit ...

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http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 745#p45745

On first use, I can get a good sound out of them (i.e it makes a nice large pattern on the waveform, and I can hear myhself clearly when I play it back), but then, when I attempt to recreate that, I find that when I have the mic the exacts same distance away, and without changing any settings, it's...

Which version of Audacity? (1.3.14 is recommended) Which version of Windows (or other operating system)? I am unsure whether I am able to use both my laptop's in-built microphone AND a line-in mic I have, simultaneously. Probably not. The sound card drivers usually allow you to chose either the inte...

polkat wrote:"This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this"

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http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 745#p45745

polkat wrote:just reinstalled 1.3.13 again (from a zip) and it works fine.

David Rose wrote:I reinstalled 1.3.12, and it will load.

The subject title says "1.3.14"

I think that by default Audacity uses libsndfile for handling ADPCM encoding, (if FFMpeg is installed then it is possible to use that instead).