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I can hear exactly what you mean, but if you're absolutely sure that all sound card effects are off then I don't know what's causing it.
I suspect that it is a problem with the sound card unless anyone else has other ideas.
Are you able to test that microphone with anything other that that computer?

This is really strange - the function "db-to-linear" is fully defined in nyquist.lsp and working :? Let's try a couple more experiments; Test 1 Create an empty track and select a couple of seconds, then open the "Nyquist Prompt" effect. Copy and paste this code and click the Debu...

Thanks, that rules out a lot of possibilities.
Could you post a short sample recording - just 4 or 5 seconds in WAV format.

Sorry, there were 3 questions; 1) Immediately before exporting, look in the bottom left corner of the Audacity window - what does it say for "Project Rate"? 2) On the left end of the audio track it will say something like "stereo 44100Hz 32-bit float". What does yours say? 3) In ...

Immediately before exporting, look in the bottom left corner of the Audacity window - what does it say for "Project Rate"? On the left end of the audio track it will say something like "stereo 44100Hz 32-bit float". What does yours say? In "Edit menu > Preferences > Quality&...

Sometimes it exports just blank high frequencies, I'm not sure what you mean by "blank high frequencies". Could you make a short (less than 1 MB) sample of what you mean and post it to the forum (see "Upload Attachment" below the message composing box). Windows 7 and Audacity ® ...

In which order do I apply it? A typical work flow might be something like: Amplify to -6 dB Equalization/tone adjustments Amplify to 0 dB Noise Removal Compressor Reverb Soft Clipping Limiter Final tweaking of Equalization/tone adjustments Final Amplification to -0.3 dB Is there a way to apply it b...

If you create a new project, is the problem repeatable?
Which version of Windows are you using?
Which version of Audacity? (Look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

Could you post a link to a short sample (WAV format) for us to listen to.

In response to requests, here is an Amplify / Fade effect that will fade the selected audio from one level (dB) to another. Notes: For some settings it is impossible to achieve both the selected fade shape and the selected target levels. To overcome this problem, the effect will automatically adjust...