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... If you are using Windows and installed the recommended version of Audacity, the manual is included in the Help menu. Note that the picture of Audacity on the front page of Audacity is clickable, which is one of the easiest ways to look things up. Although ...

... difficulty that they are not documented in the manual. One of the feature's of LL's "version 4" plug-ins is that they can have built-in help, accessed via a "Help button". Unfortunately multiple text lines does not look good (squashed up), but if the ;info text is removed then ...

Thanks for trying to help, folks!

My mic is a Rode nt1a and I have it going through a pre-amp connecting through a 1/8 jack.

... to just be a matter of getting the settings right for the Windows sound system, but I'm not familiar with settings for Windows 7 so I can't help there. Have a poke around the Windows Sound Control Panel and see what you can find. What sort of mic are you using, and how is it connected to ...

If you change to another personal audio recorder, do post back and tell us how it went. Part numbers, ease of use, etc.

Remember, this is a forum, not a help desk.

Koz

... track needs to be shrunk down by based on how long the gameplay recording is. So that'll get easier over time. Thanks again guys, you were a big help!

... or MME is selected. Please start a new topic giving exact steps to reproduce the issue, giving exact symptoms and posting the information from Help > Audio Device Info... so we can see what devices you are selecting. If you were recording WASAPI (loopback) you may need to start the stream before ...

... that because it is massively distorted. You could try Effect > Amplify... to -20 dB in Audacity then Effect > Clip Fix... but I doubt it would help much. I would check if you set your recorder to record or save in mono by mistake. It may have just made mono by adding the two stereo channels ...

... FAQ: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#keyboards . Ask again (giving the necessary information) if you need help after that. Gale

Afternoon! Thanks for everyone's help! I read about the digital dumps online and seeing Koz's attachments of the codes clearly shows the location where things went wrong. They look so intimidating since I don't know what they mean! I'll check ...