Audacity Forum

I use a mini-shotgun on an Edirol R-09 to record interviews, many of which take place in a crowded restaurant. The removing background noise effect doesn't help with the ambient chatter. Is there a way to either boost or isolate the voice in the foreground, the one closest to the mic? Thanks.

when I listen back, I hear nothing.

So far you didn't tell us what you're trying to record, but another program you won't tell us about succeeds.

When you play, do the green sound meters kick up and down?

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Koz

I started using Audacity a few months ago. I did not not have any problems at first. Now, after getting a virus and having to reinstall audacity after the virus was eliminated, whenever I try to record, it looks like I am recording within audacity, but when I listen back, I hear nothing. I am curren...

Wow wow wow wow. So here is what happened, and it may help someone in the future. I had the default Microsoft HD Audio driver installed before out of the gate for W7 64. It showed none of the options for changing microphone settings as suggested in ...

Newer Windows machines try to help you a lot more than the older ones did. Scroll down to Windows Conferencing.

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Koz

and you said it wouldn't make any difference!!! I said that I doubted that will help with the problem. I still doubt that downgrading to an obsolete version of Audacity has actually "cured" anything as Audacity 2.0 is known to work with USB devices on ...

... website cautioned that the new driver may not be compatible with the system audio mother board. Using Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 3. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well would you believe it I found the disc with the original Audacity on, downloaded it and everything is working again and you said it wouldn't make any difference!!!

... System sounds are fine but listening to people, no. I have tried reinstalling the audio driver, uninstalling audicity and lame, and no dice... Any help would be awesome. thanks Dave

... no voice. System sounds are fine but things like talking and voice are muffled or not there. I didn't install anything else on this machine. Any help would be appreciated. It is not out of the realm that I pressed something in audacity that messed this up but I can't seem to get it back. I have ...