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Thanks.
The first had already been fixed in the development manual (it's too late to change the released manual).
The second is on the Audacity wiki rather than the manual.
I did however find a couple of others in the development manual which I have now fixed.

Check that you haven't inadvertently enabled the "Force export to mono" option in the MP3 settings.

Merowinger wrote: ↑

Wed May 20, 2020 5:20 pm

I can't believe it's the same quality.

Do they sound different from the original?

Having listened to your sample clip, by far the biggest problem there is, as Koz commented in his first reply, clipping.
Reduce the signal level a little to avoid clipping will instantly make a huge improvement to the sound quality.

Also found this article which has some good ideas and audio samples: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques ... ight-piano

Should I try opening the top of the piano and dropping the mic inside? Yes. Try opening the top, try opening the bottom, try opening the top and bottom, try positioning the mic close to the sound board, try everything. Different pianos react very differently and you are likely to notice substantial...

--Using 16 bit samples instead of 32 bit helps a lot, but doesn't completely solve it. I would say this is a mandatory starting point. --Running the mouse pointer over certain toolbars causes dropouts, even without clicking on them --*Any* window activity, anywhere on the screen, causes dropouts Th...

Audacity 2.4.0 uses a more recent version of LAME.

I'm not able to find that in the current manual. Please provide links to the pages where this error occurs

how would I be with an i5 machine with 4GB RAM and a 250GB SSD? More RAM would be better. I run 64-bit Xubuntu (Linux) with 8GB RAM and I rarely go above 50% usage, though occasionally I do exceed 50%. Windows 10 requires a LOT more RAM. Microsoft state that 64-bit Windows 10 requires a minimum of ...