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Finally managed to figure out with your help what to do

Thanks everyone

Thanks Gail, that's sorted it.

I really appreciate your help.

Cheers

Grant

Thanks for answering. I forgot to tell it is multitrack files from ProTools that has been (I think) converted to a format that can be read by any audio program. But it does not
appear to be that, but I will try follow the steps you suggested.

Since you're on Windows, you may also be a victim of Windows Conference Services. Turn all these services off. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Recording#enhancements One of those services is Environment Suppression. That's where your computer tries to figure out what's air conditioning noise ...

... the fifth one, when I selected the file and clicked Open, I got the Ignore-Report-Reopen message. I clicked Reopen and got the Audacity How to Get Help dialog box over the Audacity screen. I clicked Don't show this at startup again and closed the Help box. I was then able to select and open a new ...

It's possible you got a plain Music CD and not a data CD with fancy files on it. Use CDex and try to "rip" the disk into music files. If that doesn't work, then try installing FFMpeg from the download site and then try to open the files.

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Koz

Hello I am trying to import some audio files from a CD I got from a guy. He says they are 48 khz 24 bit wav. files. When I open the CD each file just shows up as "file". So I tried renaming them as wav. but they was not readable. Then I tried importing as "raw data". Then one of ...

Like Koz said, if you're connecting a line level signal to a mic input on the laptop, that's probably the problem. Unless you have a mac, laptops sound inputs are usually crappy, so that's the bottleneck. A device such as the UCA-202 Koz mentioned is the way to go. If it's a mic input you're using (...

... You could try Kristal or Quartz Audio Master (4 tracks in free version). Kristal supports ASIO low latency drivers which may or may not help; Audacity does not support ASIO unless you compile Audacity from source code. Do you have Tascam's latest Win XP drivers and firmware for the US-122? ...

I think the step where you enter the computer is wrong. The performance itself is clear with no distortion in the voice or other problems, however the whole thing is painfully low volume and noisy. The default Effect > Amplify is over 20dB just to bring the show up to natural levels. When I do that,...