Audacity Forum

tell us exactly and in great detail how this is all set up. sounds like you are sending stereo to your speakers but mono to audacity. for real stereo you need two inputs. depending on the settings the best you could get would be two identical mono channels from one input. seems like your computer is...

stevethefiddle wrote:Oh dear - I've no idea why either
What do you mean "garbled"?

what is the sound card. what options are set in the sound card?

start audacity under file recent you should see the song you did open it else find the auP folder name for the song you recorded. do NOT do anything with the DATA folder or any au files in it. click on the aup folder and the song should open if you deleted the aup folder then you should not expect t...

My notebook's soundcard is HD RealTek. Is that a bad soundcard? sometimes realtek is poor (mine is kaput as in DOA not working). not always. depends on the pc maker. and which drivers you have. you did update the drivers didnt you ? and yes, switching usb ports can make things seem different too. n...

assuming it is grounded correctly then
electrolytic capacitors in the power supply may be leaky.
have a good repair shop check out the amplifier power supply.

it depends - exactly how do you define reverse ?? time, frequency, or amplitude, all of the above ; or something else like start with hard rock and end up with classical?

... I was able to borrow a TASCAM 32 from the local college but it plays back at 15 ips. ...... Any comments will be greatly appreciated. Georges keep looking there are machines ARE out there - mostly used google - bay - craigslist - repair shops that sell used machines antique electronics dealers ...

what does the recorded signal look like?
can you use the amplify function to make it louder?
can you compress to make it sound even louder?
classical music has way too much dynamic range.
consider using both compression and amplify.

good start now we need to know all the options and settings can you go into the realtek control page click on the speaker icon in lower right tray or hunt it down in the system control panel and see what you have set for inputs and outputs are there any adjustments you can make to inputs to lower th...

are you using vista?
whatever, tell us all about your pc software soundcard options/settings etc.