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Hi there, I need help processing a sound track that is from a video camera that was recorded in a large conference room. It is very echoey. I use Audacity for real basic audio manipulation but I wouldn't know a "Nyquist Prompt" ...

... with appropriate software. Windows Media Player can burn audio and data CD's or DVD's. See Burning a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player - Windows Help . If you already have an MP3 in Audacity and want to burn audio CD, you should export to WAV, not MP3. When you burn the audio CD the burner will ...

I don't know what you mean by "pitchy" but you can't reliably remove reverberation from a recording. Occasionally Noise Removal can help with mitigating reverb.

Please post a sample of the pitchiness and another of the reverb. See How to post an audio sample .


Gale

Thank you, Steve!!!
You're a great help!!!!!!

... track? When I burn it to a CD I would like to be able to find the particular story I am looking for and just play that one. Thank you for your help Steffanie

I'm pretty sure you're not recording anything and you're probably making a silent MP3 file. A couple of things to help narrow-down the problem - Are you seeing a waveform after recording? Try opening an existing WAV or MP3 in Audacity. You'll see what a waveform should look like. ...

I used my phone to record a convo. It recorded a lot of screeches or peaks in the voice (I dunno the exact term, see waveform). The phone was in my pocket, so not really close to the mouth. Screenshot (16).png Here is the sample file from the selected part. sample.wav I tried compression, but it jus...

Thanks for the links. I will try them all. I do have the Software Playthrough checked in the Transport menu already.

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Try turning on Software Playthrough from the Transport menu. This set of tutorials from the Audacity Manual should help you: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_copying_tapes_lps_or_minidiscs_to_cd.html especially this one: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/recording_with_usb_turntables.html ...

... by name in the second box of Audacity's Device Toolbar . See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_playback.html#usb . If you need more help after reading the above, please tell us what playback device you are trying to use. Gale