Audacity Forum

... (or Mixer Board) to adjust the amount of widening - More of the new track for wider stereo. Perhaps I should add this "trick" to the Help file?

... is totally low and I still have the same problem I have also a number of times, used Audacity noise removal in different options, but it does not help at all, like you say, better not to have this noise in the first place Do you think that is just the microphone? Should I buy another microphone? ...

... in Trebor's post, you need to adjust the mic volume in the Windows control panel. Turning down the recording volume slider in Audacity will not help, as the distortion occurs before the signal gets to Audacity. -- Bill

... deep buzzy sound like a Star-wars light sabre), is quite severe on your recording, moving the Windows microphone level slider control(s) down will help reduce it. There are tricks to reduce mains hum on a recording, which I have used here … CD Quality2_(before-after)_#2.mp3 but it is much better ...

hey, i used audacity for a couple years and havent had this problem before... now when i try to use any effects(amplify,change pitch etc) the program is closing most of the time.

...any help? thanks

ps. cool place here !

... into my PC's mic line-in!! But I have read that it usually offers some noise - so I went for USB option first but it doesn't seem to work!! Please help!! Karan

It sounds like you have inadvertently deleted some of the project data.
See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/File_Management_Tips

... problems, and I did nothing differently this time. I really don't want to have to record these songs again as I put alot of work into it, so any help salvaging these files would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I'm Ashley
I'm new here and I just wanted some help, because I have problems with my audacity..
I can't work with effects, it doesn't work and I don't know why...

Can you help me, please?

It just seems that somewhere in the mids / lower mids range the sounds is really unclear and it seems to dominate the recording. I suspect that's due to the resonant frequency of the performance venue. If you attach a 5-10 second sound file to your next post we may be able to suggest equalization s...