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Try this YT tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8BZz62Z ... WS&index=7

We link to it from the Audacity Wiki which links to a couple of other useful voice effects - see here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Categ ... ce_Effects

WC

I still tend to the view that we should retain a simple non-region Silence Finder (given the large number of rank beginners we have who want to mark tracks in tapes and records) but have a bells and whistles Sound Finder with an option to find silent regions. I recall tha Steve was working, a while...

You have significant DC offset on your signal

Use Normalize rather than Amplify as it has an option to remove the DC offset - see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/normalize.html

WC

Since you are recording streaming audio I would suggest trying using the WASAPI as your Audio host - see this page in the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/device_toolbar.html and select the "loopback" input device. My understanding is that has less Windows "fiddling" ...

At some point, I'll have to give up on this and buy some new stuff. I really need a clean pre-amp and a digitizer - ideally a standalone digitizer like the Alesis. My budget is limited (2 kids in college.) I recommend having a good look at the ARTcessories USB Phono Plus - see: http://artproaudio.c...

kozikowski wrote:Steve's original handle was "Steve the Fiddle."

And I can confirm he plays a pretty mean fiddle too - I've seen him play with one of his bands a couple of times

WC

Hello? Are you there? We are all volunteers and we all have other Audacity responsibilities than the Forum. I changed your name. Let's have a bet. How long would it take Adobe customer service to respond to your requests? You had your name changed in 16 hours. Gale Probably about 24 hours because o...

Gale Andrews wrote: ... or if you don't have that, buy a USB interface that has a proper line-in, like one of these:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recom ... Interfaces .

That was such a useful Wiki link Gale that I added it to the Wiki front page to make it easier to find.

Peter.

Audacity can (sort of) but it's hard work that way - rather use the functionality in iTunes that does that for you. Go to Edit > Preferences >Playback in iTunes and check the box that says "Sound Check"

WC

gibby wrote:What must I do to be able to record sound playing on my Mac?

See this tutorial in the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... ack_on_Mac

WC