Audacity Forum

... been trying to fix distortion in some recordings for quite some time now. A little bit of guidance from a more experienced person would probably help. Here is a very brief (one second) sample of a problem section that I've been trying to repair: http://www.hollyhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Helichrysum-sample.wav ...

... is your playback device in Audacity Device Toolbar ? Does the sound come back in Audacity if you open QuickTime and play a song there? Does it help if you choose Audacity > Preferences, "Recording" on the left, then reduce or increase the "Audio to Buffer" value? Gale

... to me is to zoom in further. To me, the handles that appear when you hover close to the cursor in the Timeline are not very useful. They help you to create a temporary play region starting from the cursor, but that region does not play when you release the drag (you have to press SPACE ...

Have you read http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/metadata_editor.html ? You can't remove the seven default Audacity tag fields but if you leave their value empty, Audacity won't create those tags. You can add your own default fields underneath the seven Audacity fields, by pressing "Add"...

See Koz, that's all I want. A nice feint ssssssss is all. I'm not asking much! WHY GOD WHYYYYYYY???? Ahem.

... Also is it possible to then record to an android smartphone?(Nexus 4) To record from the church's sound system? I don't know... I can't help you with that. I've seen all kinds of high-quality audio gizmos that plug-into the digital connector of an iPhone, but I don't know what's available ...

That would be Smart Gale if the song had Lyrics…..the vocals i removed, which i stated before are from a television show called SKINS…It won't help to leave actor dialogue within the clip if i want the Instrumental song.

... unless all your unmuted tracks are mono, or unless you have only selected mono tracks and you used File > Export Selection. If you need more help could you please attach an image of a layout with stereo tracks that produces the warning about mono mixdown. Please see here for how to attach ...

... running both ways?? Also is it possible to then record to an android smartphone?(Nexus 4) I am so confused and would greatly appreciate any help to point me in the right direction. Thanks, Ally

Excellent! I will try this!
Thanks