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it look distorted I presume that it also sounds distorted? Could the distortion be the result of recording too loud? If it is, then it can probably not be fixed. If it is a recording of speech, then using the Equalization effect or a low pass filter to remove high frequencies (above ~5kHz) may make...

There is another dynamics compressor that is available as an Audacity plug-in from here: http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/ This plug-in can (probably) give better results for this type of task than the built-in Audacity compressor effect. How to install plug-ins: http://audacityteam.or...

I've not read this full thread, but you realise that you are posting on the end of a topic that is over 3 years old? In Audacity 1.3.12, in the Export dialogue screen (where you select "MP3" or "WAV" or whatever Export format) there is a button that says "Options". If t...

Export in WAV format (or another "lossless" format).
If using Windows Media Player, switch off all "enhancement" effects in the media player.
Adjust the playback level if necessary.

Close Audacity and reboot your computer and your sound system should return to normal.

Which version of Windows are you using?
Which version of Audacity are you using?
What sort of sound card do you have?
Is the computer a laptop or desktop?

The sound card may be picking up interference from other components in the computer. You could try moving it to a different PCI slot and see if there is any difference.

However your F,C,U numbers are the same as those of the Ubuntu version of FFmpeg. I was just starting to suspect that. FFmpeg takes a bit more to remove than most applications. I've finally got it fully removed, and can now confirm that the nightly version is not recognised. It was weird that if I ...

Tetra wrote:Yeah i tried all the different inputs. Just silence. You said there's software I can get? What would it be?

There's some additional information and some specific workarounds here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

You should be using Audacity 1.3.12 with Vista, not Audacity 1.2.x

I presume that you still have "Stereo Mix" selected as the default recording device in the Windows Control Panel? (Hint - have a look and check that nothing has caused it to change). Try recording the Internet radio with these settings in Audacity > Devices: Host: MME Playback: Primary Sou...