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icashsystems wrote:There are plugins which will do this and I've tried to add them to the plug in directory but nothing comes up

What are the plug-ins?
Audacity does not support VSTi (VST Instruments)

Or the mute button on the system volume control?

Creative SB live! That's your sound card. With this sound card installed on an XP machine there is usually the "Creative Mixer" installed that has an icon near to the Time/Date on the Desktop. Have you got that? If so, open the Creative Mixer and check to see what is selected as the Recor...

So the data formats that we definitely want are: 1) Sample Values only. 2) Indexed Sample Values and for the following "header" information to be included: "Sample Rate, Name (from file name) Append number for multiple tracks, Mono/Stereo". So the output could look something like...

I believe this is documented in the following ffmpeg (i.e. libavcodec) bug: https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/issue163 Tim. Thanks for the info Tim. It's actually classed as a "wish" rather than a bug, which clarifies the point that DSS is not currently supported by FFmpeg. DSS, also known as th...

esoterica wrote:PC Windows Home Edition service pack

Is that "XP home edition SP2" or "Vista home edition SP2"?
(sorry, but it makes a big difference)

Would it not be faster if effects like Auto Duck adjusted the envelope instead of making direct changes in the track? I'm not sure if it would be faster because I don't know how much of the time is spent applying the volume changes and how much time is spent analysing the audio and calculating what...

"Edit menu > Preferences > Devices".
Check that the "Recording" device is set to the USB option.

That's the kind of recommendation I needed (which specific setting to change -- and which way to change it [up or down]. There was another suggestion earlier - did you try it? Reducing the ratio will make the "pumping" less, but will also reduce the amount / strength of the effect. Increa...

If I dont set it to stereo mix the sound records all wierd, like a phased effect. That's Windows and/or the sound card drivers "helping" you by processing the sound to make your voice sound better on Skype. It is assuming that you are using a microphone and is probably adjusting the gain,...