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What were you using to import the tracks from the CDs (and under what OS)? I suspect a few people are getting caught by this, but no-one has reported the cause (CD information being retrieved and used to re-name the files) before.

You have your computer set to record the output it is playing, not the input sound from your microphone / instrument. This (by definition) will contain the previous tracks you don't want to hear. You need to change your input source to be the input where the new track (only) is coming in, usually Li...

FAQ:
http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=file ... h-recovery

You don't get software dbx / Dolby A/B/C/S decoders for exactly the reason you mentioned - they need to be set up right, and most people don't have the kit to do so. In order for the expansion at playback to match exactly the compression on recording there must be a fixed relationship between the ma...

Level-triggered recording is being worked on, so releases after 1.4.0 should gain the ability to start recording on a sound peak (or before it using buffering) and record until the sound stops (or after with a timer). The problem for you is that all you end up with is a load of audio in a project, p...

I think you either have duff MP3 files, which claim to be recorded at one sample rate, but are in fact recorded at another, or problematic sound card drivers which claim to play back at one sample rate and in fact play at another. You say when you import the file the sample rate shows as 32000 Hz. T...

See the FAQ:
http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=edit ... u-disabled

Default answer to all windows crashes:
http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index. ... ce_Drivers

@jorrus: Try upgrading to the latest drivers you can find on the web: http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Updating_Sound_Device_Drivers however I don't hold out a lot of hope - a lot of people seem to find that the hardware just isn't there in these chips. All you can do is rig up a har...

Start with the Windows Vista help page:
http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index. ... s_Vista_OS
and the help page on USB turntables is you have one (as I suspect):
http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index. ... turntables