Audacity Forum

Instructions here: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... uter_or_CD

To Reset Audacity Preferences: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... references

Change the project rate to 22050 Hz before you Export the WAV file.

I use the Behringer UCA 202 and I'm very happy with it (Waxcylinder, another regular on the forum uses a similar product by Edirol I believe). The sound quality is much better than you might reasonably expect from something in this price range. With your budget, the low price of these products will ...

Here's an introduction to mixing with Audacity: http://quicktoots.linuxaudio.org/toots/audacity/

You can also adjust levels, pan positions, Equalization of individual tracks, add effects and a multitude of other things. Check out other tutorials and tips from the wiki (link at top of page).

To record in stereo you need to go to: "Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O" and set the number of recording channels to "2 (stereo)". When you have a stereo recording, Audacity Exports will also be stereo (automatically). There's a load of useful tips and tutorials in the wiki (link ...

From the information given - I've no idea. Audacity uses the exact same sound system as Windows Sound Recorder - so it should come out exactly the same with either. Can you try and fill in some of the gaps - we must have some vital piece of information missing. What sample format are your using (exa...

A really good way to learn about Audacity is from the tutorials in the wiki, http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorials , and then just play around with Audacity for a while. There's some very useful info in the "Tips" section as well: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?tit...

How much space is there on your C: drive?
When was the last time you defragmented it?
Check that you don't have any heavy background processes kicking in (such as Windows Update, or a virus checker scan)

I think that your sound card may have some kind og "Noise Reduction" or "Automatic Gain Control" that is messing things up. Check your sound card settings in the Windows Control Panel. How are you recording your guitar? with a microphone? what sort of microphone? Make sure that y...