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So you have an instrument (what?) and an "Aux" output (from what?)
These will then go through effects, or not, depending on the "switch" settings?
What happens then? They go into a Mixer and then into an amplifier > Speakers?

"Punch-in/Punch-out" recording was a crude form of editing that was invented back in the days of tape recording. The problem with this type of editing, and why it is never used in professional recording these days, is that it is virtually impossible to match up the waveform perfectly at th...

It's extremely unlikely that the problem is due to Audacity. Perhaps the sound card drivers have been updated? See if you can roll back the drivers. Also check if your hard drive needs defragmenting. Also see here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Troubleshooting_Recordings#Skips and here: http://w...

Go into the sound card recording settings (there may be an icon near the Time/Date on the Desktop, otherwise you'll find the settings in the "Windows Control Panel > Sounds") and set the Recording Quality for the microphone input to 44100 Hz CD quality mono.

Search Google for "flash audio player".

It doesn't matter too much if you Amplify then Remove Noise or the other way round, but it's probably easier to hear what you are doing if you Amplify first. I would recommend that you remove noise before you change the tempo. If the recording is spoken voices, then Noise Removal will probably be a ...

bigears wrote:I have Audacity 1.2.6 (free version)

All genuine versions of Audacity are free http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=general&i=free

The recommended version of Audacity for Vista is 1.3.13 http://audacityteam.org/download/

Are you sure the MP3s are OK? (Have you played them all through?)
You could try splitting the files into more manageable size chunks using MP3Split.

my voice recorder makes mp3 files, not some weird format. Doesn't any version of Audacity import mp3 files? Audacity supports importing MP3 files, but Olympus voice recorders usually use either ADPCM, DSS, WAV, WMA or their own "Triple Rate" format. As Koz said, if Audacity does not impor...

Use a batch format converter.
If you're on Windows you could use OggDrop or Foobar2000.