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+1 yes I like clearly labelled tins ...

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I've moved the Drag'n drop audio file into Audacity's main window should keep drop position feature request which was formerly in this thread to the Wiki's Pending Feature Requests page.

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... because now recording spontaneously stops [as if i had pressed stop or pause] every few seconds. Have yout got "Sound Activated Recording" turned on by any chance. Click on the Transport menu - if there is a tick against "Sound Activated Recording" then click on it to turn i...

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For Vista you shoud be on Audacity 1.3.13, which you can get from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows And then read this tutorial from the 1.3 manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tutorial_-_Recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer and particularly this sub-tutorial: http://manu...

Yes, they are documented in the 1.3 manual - see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Effect_Menu with some of them, mostly the more complex ones, you can drill down throgh links to more detailed pages on the particular effects. There is a link to the Effect menu documentation on the manuals front pa...

You need to reset your Preferences - see this article from the Wiki: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_Preferences#Resetting_Preferences_to_defaults There is an outstanding Feature Request for an "easy reset" - but new features will not be added until 2.0 is released as the develo...

You are almost certainly trying to import a file type that Audacity does not support. Audacity Supports WAV, MP3, OGG and FLAC & MP2 in 1.3. The screech is Audacity 1.2's inelegant way of telling you that it can't handle the file type you've given it - in 1.3.x a more appropriate and informative...

I am very very sorry. That black line at 0db is there but I was never bothered by it or even noticed it. Not a problem, thanks for being brave enough to fess up an post back. :) You did have me worried for a bit though. And like you I've never been bothered by it - so I'm a bit surprised it worries...

It's usually best to do this manually by ear. Most audio editing requires listening and human judgement... I haven't tried equal-loudness.ny , but that's the best approach if you want to do it automatically . If that doesn't work, WaveGain [/b] * and MP3Gain try to standardize the perceived loudnes...