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I propose that one of us creates a page in User space with an outline on the talk page--Bill, we seem to be using yours a lot Have at it: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/User:Billw58/Backup_Strategies -- Bill I've copied the relevant comments from this thread thread to Bill's user page Peter.

PGA wrote:... when I spotted that the Mic slider was down at zero. Move that up and "Hey presto!" - sound was recorded.

ROFLMAO

And it's very open and honest of you to fess up in public

Of course, it's never happened to me .......

WC

I note, Bill, that youv'e added/modified a bit on backup in the generalized Overdubbing tutorial. I'll try to find some time to propogate that change to the four h/w based overdub tutorials that migrated to the Wiki.

Update: done.

Peter.

But in retrospect I can't figure out how the laptop's inputdevice got switched to Mic input as this machine I always leave configured to record "Stereo Mix" form the soundcard. I'ts possible that either the 2.0.0 installation or one of the 2.0.1 alpha's I installed did the switch - but I n...

Boy do I feel dumb ... Koz, 1) first I tried unplagging the mains lead to the No.2 laptop - "cross-feed" still there 2) then tried moving the laptop closer to the No.1 a bit at a time, no perceived increase in the recorded amplitude on the No.2 - but some odd paks. When I replayed the trac...

On my desk I have two XP machines 1) Desktop with a SoundMax onboard sound card 2) laptop with a Realtek onboard soundcard They are plugged into the same single wall power outlet via a multi-drop, they are 3 to 4 feet apart. Case 1 Recording interner streaming quite happily on No.1, I then record wh...

You've probably made the tracks too small, drag on the bottom edge to enlarge them.

That's why you may find the Mixer more useful

WC

I've usually found that when trying to remove FM-hiss or internet carrier hiss that the default settings for Noise Removal work well - provided one can get a good clean bit of the hiss.

WC

And I notice that no-one's rushing to volunteer to write the initial draft ...

steve wrote:

waxcylinder wrote:It would be a very good one to list in http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Category:Tips

I'd prefer it to be in the Manual - but we could have a link from Wiki>Tips

For my money, it's a darn sight more than a tip - it's a modus operandi, a way of life - or it should be ...

Peter.