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billw58 wrote:the user has vertically-zoomed the tracks.

Oops, missed that. In that case the level is definitely a bit on the low side, but although lower than the optimum will probably still be acceptable after Amplification.

I was not actually talking any specific OS as JACK is cross platform On Mac OS X it might be easier to use CORE audio rather than Jack http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=51 Does Jack actually work on Windows? Jack development on Windows has tended to be rather sporadic and Windows users tend to shy ...

The default sample rate in Audacity is 44100. In Windows 7 and Vista the sample rate for the recording device can be set in the Windows Control Panel. Audio hardware will have one or more "native" sample rates that they use internally. It is not uncommon to for there to be some sort of pro...

after a lot of searching I found a tool that takes my wave and throws out a looped mp3 - the site also has a proper explanation of how the program does it as well. Hope it helps Unfortunately that does not help much at all. The "prepared" MP3s suffer the same problem as any other MP3 whic...

My "wave form" looks like like this: .... Is that a normal "reading"? It looks a little bit low, but should be close enough if you use the "Amplify" effect after the recording is finished. Generally when recording the peak target level would be about half the track hei...

Trims set amount (in milliseconds) from the selected audio.
See here for more information: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 28&t=48840

Depending on exactly what you are doing there may be easier ways to trim the start of a selection, but in answer to your question: The "trimming" is done with the function (extract-abs) http://www.audacity-forum.de/download/edgar/nyquist/nyquist-doc/manual/part6.html#index405 The syntax is...

You should use Audacity 1.3.12 (1.2.6 is really old and no longer supported).

The problem is due the sound card settings. Probably due to "Echo Cancellation" or "Noise Reduction" being enabled (they should be disabled).

That means that those labels in your screen shot - which appear to be "point" labels - are actually "region" labels of a very very short length. So expanding them to cover the song fixed the problem. Zooming in and collapsing them to points would have worked as well. You beat me...

Could you upload one of the very small WAV files for us to look at.
(Use "Upload Attachment" below the compose message box)