Audacity Forum

... it's open without any action from the user's side I'm trying to get a clear picture of what problem you are experiencing. I'd love to be able to help you to resolve these issues, but I need to have a clear picture of precisely what issues you are encountering. What exactly is the order of events ...

... Any computer is a bit too far away to connect it to, but maybe, if I'm game, I'll go carry the freakin' thing to the computer. Any ideas? Help is really appreciated.

... the right one. Lisa writes: Yes, I was plugged into the round socket, with a pircture of a microphone next to it. THANKS EVERYONE, FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!! Lisa ;-)

... for my new computer, so that I can plug the Radio Shack microphone into the round socket on the side of my laptop, without noise? Thanks for your help! Lisa ;-)

Well that came much quicker than I expected, thanks for the help!

/Alex

... nothing is being picked up. After reading further, I am almost certain that I need a pre-amp for my mic (I've ordered one now). Thanks for your help though! At least now after trying those steps, I know what it isn't...

... off. I thought that it may only be happening when I play the updated file in Audacity, but when I save the file, the same thing happens. Can you help?

Just got back to this. Turning the gain down certainly helps, but there's still a lot of noise. Here's what I've discovered since my last post; hopefully, it will help someone point me in the right direction. I'm not sure what some of these controls ...

... for limiting the frequency range that the effect is applied to. This additional feature does not improve the amount of vocal is removed, but can help in not removing other sounds (such as low bass or high treble sounds). Whether using the Vocal Remover effect, or doing it manually with "split ...

I managed to get Audacity up and running, even though only with the Windows version (1.2.6) under Wine 1.2.3, but still. I agreed to try and help troubleshoot the issue, but since I would need to upgrade my distro to a newer version I'll rather skip that step, following what is being said: "If ...