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... to prevent hours of useless work, can you post a bit of the interview featuring both performers? A couple of words of each will do. Do Not try to help it out. Send the raw show capture. You can use very high quality MP3 for this one to get more test sound in. http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=72887

No, there's also a peak at 100Hz, which is consistent with 50Hz power.

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Koz

This is what mine sounds like. No soundproof room, either.
Koz

Dammit! I just wrote a long reply saying that I was going to try another PC, try some of the other suggestions. I even had a whole story written about the fact my daughter played Godzilla on my laptop screen, so I'm stuck with my desktop for the moment! And I also wrote thanking everyone!! Then It d...

... as the drag snaps to the label and the colour of the line changes when you are directly over the label. To find how to add labels read the help section on 'labels'. The labels can be erased afetr the job is done.

I don't agree the problem is centered around 50Hz. I get a much lower number -- around 18Hz or so, plus a peak around 60 which puts you in the US, yes?

I don't have any ready answers. I've never heard that kind of problem before. I think I can build that sound from multiple failures...

Koz

That's very odd noise (illustration). "Normal" instabilities or power supply noises always have piercing, frying mosquito sounds. Not velvet rumble. I'm trying to think where I've heard that before (besides Los Angeles earthquake). Editors Keys Studio Series SSX1. Oh, right. That's a cousi...

Hi Noel after analysing the wave form of your sample it appears that a large portion of it seems centred around 50hz which would indicate mains interference. There are other frequencies in there as well but the loudest portion i.e the -24db is at 50 hz. I know the problems of reducing background noi...

Noise is analog, so without the mic connected the only source of noise is the SSX1 interface. Assuming the SSX1 is not defective, the only thing I can think of is a noisy power supply on your USB ports. (All of the USB ports get their 5V power from the same supply, so I'm not surprised that all por...

... 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 ...