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Probably the easiest type of plug-ins to make are "Nyquist plug-ins" http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyqui ... rogramming
(ClipFix is a Nyquist plug-in)

Which exact version of Audacity are you using? (look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

What are you trying to record from?

It's always tricky trying to correct this type of problem after the event, but you may have some success with Chris's "dynamics compressor" Download the "Nyquist" version from his blog http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/ and put it in your Audacity plug-ins folder (se...

Just trying to sort out the host of fade effects that have been submitted in an attempt to finalise some of them for the wiki. More versatile Fade Effects: This first type of fade effect are similar to the standard Audacity fade effects, but have additional features such as: 1) Rather than always fa...

Moved to New Nyquist Plug-ins

For latest version of this plug-in, please download from the Audacity wiki: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyqui ... ir_Channel

wfbrown1234 wrote: Where can I get more great ideas like that?

There is a monster thread about recording acoustic guitar here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?t=22109

Here's a plug-in that may help to "rough out" the waveform. By entering a series of (time value) coordinate pairs this plug-in will draw lines between each pair of coordinates. Time values are in the range 0 (start of selection) and 1 (end of selection). Amplitude values are in the range +...

The problem is almost certainly that the file is not an MP3. It may be a WMA file, or an AAC or some other format that is not supported by Audacity 1.2. Audacity 1.3.13 supports many more file types with the assistance of "FFmpeg". Download and install Audacity 1.3.13 from here: http://aud...

I usually use the ZIP version from here http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/ (libmp3lame-win-3.98.2.zip) and I've never had a problem with it.
Download this version and extract the lame_enc.dll file into the Audacity program folder.