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As I'm listening to the audio to find spots to edit, I press the 'X' key to pause and then I have assigned the two Macros mentioned above to a shortcut key that is also assigned to my mouse buttons. So I select the audio to delete or silence, then the Macro does a Select Zero Crossing, Delete or Si...

how do I get the not included manual ? Since you mention that, I see that it is not at all clear on the website where to get the manual from - I'll have to improve that. By default, the portable version links to the on-line manual. If you prefer to use a local manual (for example if you are running...

Bezy wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:51 am

I recorded a 8 hours musical program

Was that an on-line radio / podcast / broadcast?

I've already discovered 6 of them Please post a short sample in WAV format so that we can see what these "dropouts" are like. See here for how to post an audio sample: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=72887 Is "Dropout detection" enabled in "Edit mnu ...

hectorror wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:36 pm

the sound is heard in leaps

What does that mean?

Is the problem still happening in Audacity 2.3.3?

bronco2 wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:53 am

but cant get it to come out like i want it to

1. How is it coming out?
2. how do you want it to come out?
3. Which version of Audacity are you using? (look in "Help mnu > About Audacity")
4. Which version of Windows?

bronco2 wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:33 pm

how and where do i pit 1 or 2mins of silence

Where do you want to add the silence?
Have you tried working it out for yourself?

Jebbers wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:48 pm

But seriously, what's up?

My guess would be a loose wire / connection. If the earth wire is disconnected, you will get a lot of buzz / hum and very little actual signal.

I select Show Clipping and do some premixing along the way to see how all the tracks peak when mixed. Is there some reliable math? Except for special cases where the tracks being mixed are related to each other, there is no way to accurately calculate what the peak level of the mix of multiple trac...