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When it comes to technical things ill admit im a total idiot! So if anyone here can help i would be very grateful. Basically i want to record a dj set from my mixer. Ive tried it before with Audacity but the sound quality has always been really bad. Eventually bought ...

... mixes (playlists) instead of the whole album, I think I should amplify each song separately to keep volume consistent. Thanks again for the help.

... the envelope of the recording. In other words, each strum has a full cycle of phase shift, so if I strum fast, the phase shifts fast. Can anybody help me stop this from happening?

... so I switched to another sound editor and moved on to new things. As stated previously, I know nothing of sound technology, so may be of little help, and my problem may not have been anything wrong with Audacity. All I can tell you is that I used the conversion program downloaded from your site ...

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... that. I also tried changing the batteries, playing with various volumes, switching between stereo/mono recording, and noise removal; nothing helped. Now, when I hook up the cord from the USB interface to the keyboard or the guitar directly, the buzzing is gone; but when I use the mic it's ...

... vocals and the cello are the two major components of the piece with a backdrop of piano, keyboard, and drums. I don't know if this has any effect. Help please!!!!

mikelal wrote: Presumably I should leave the other "internal microphone" still on ?

“internal microphone” is what you need to disable : microphones are not used to record from the internet … http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=reco ... =streaming

installed Audacity 1.3.3 on Mac OSX cpu, attempting to use with the Presonus Firebox.
Anyone know how to configure the settings, to record?
We have set the audio input source on the computer to the Firebox.
Signal is coming into the computer but not into Audacity.
Thanks for any help!

... technique for avoiding this problem is to make the edit cuts at " zero crossing points ". There is a feature in the Edit menu that can help to make edits at zero crossing points: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Edit_Menu#zero