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ok, I think Im starting to understand now

I'll have anoter look lol

I appreciate your help

Thanks Bill & Steve! I downloaded the AU effects from the mda site, and they're working. Thanks so much for your help!

jl

... nothing happens. If you are able to get the individual audio tracks off your recorder and onto your computer (that's the part that we can't really help with, so consult your manual and if necessary contact the manufacturer or dealer), but once you have the audio tracks on your computer you should ...

... do a few tweaks and optimisations. See how you get on when you get the USB mic and if you still have trouble give a shout and we'll see if we can help you to get the thing running better.

... there silences (flat lines) in the waveform? What happens if you re-open the project? Are there any error message boxes? Any relevant messages at Help > Show Log? What happens if click File > Dependencies? Does it show any missing dependent files? Gale

That's not Audacity. That's Windows trying to 'help' you. Win7 comes out of the box set for audio and video conferencing, not music recording. Conferencing services offer many automatic sound tools running in the background. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Recording#enhancements ...

... working on for weeks since we are so close to the end and I know how this version works. I also have no doubt a newer computer with Win 7 would help too, but I don't know when we'll get one of those just yet. [Moderator note: merged from duplicate topic]

... well but after about a minute or minute and a half the sound level drops and the signal becomes distorted. I lowered the sound quality and that helped some but it didn't completely stop it. The computer has plenty of memory and the distortion comes with the internal mic or an external mic. I ...

The x axis is scaled automatically according to the sample rate. I think that it's been requested previously for manual scaling, but the ability to do so would probably be less useful than it first appears, unless there was a major overhaul of how the tool works. The analysis breaks down the audio i...

Thanks Steve, thats just what I needed.