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I orignally posted them without noise cleaning, but the I cleaned them and reuploaded them, since the new links were the same as the old I didn't bother reposting them, and when I click on them I hear the clean version. They sounded loud enough to me, but I've amplified them a little and reuploaded....

I think I tried this before, because I spotted Stereo Mix when I was playing with the master volume. It didn't work.

I shall await my new microphone, and hope.

I'm not even sure if this is important but this (http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/Audacity) wiki page says to set up Audacity with Sample format 32-bit float, and this (http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/HowToRecord) one says to use 16-bit.

Which is correct? Or does it not matter?

Audacity has a mixer tool bar. By default, it is located immediately below the row of six big round control buttons (e.g., Play, Record, Pause). This mixer has three sections -- left to right: Output Volume slider, Input Volume slider, and a pull-down menu for selecting the input source. The defaul...

Poem by Author (BIRTH - DEATH): Happy the Man by John Dryden (1631-1700) Text URL: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/happy-the-man/ MP3 URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/jc/happytheman_dryden_lkp.mp3 Duration: 0:37 I'd normally wait a while before posting another, but this is one of my favo...

Odd that you couldn't record from another source, since I did exactly that in troubleshooting your problem. Can you try giving slightly more detailed instructions and I'll give it another go. I'll also try putting an audio CD in the Disc Drive as opposed to trying to get stuff from media player. It...

Poem by Author (BIRTH - DEATH): The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) Text URL: http://www.literaturecollection.com/a/lord-byron/479/ MP3 URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/jc/destructionofsennacherib_byron_lkp.mp3 Duration: 1:16 And I'd like to be credited as Lucy Pe...

I'm pretty sure now it's a mic issue. I'll test that completely tomorrow by webcamming with someone with it and seeing if the same noise appears. I've ordered a new (but very cheap) mic from Ebay, hopefully I'll be able to record something decent sounding with that, and it won't take too long to arr...

Also I already have hearing my voice through the speakers switched off in Audacity, I find it distracting.

Okay I've unplugged the mic. I don't seem to be able to set it to record from Winamp or CDs though. However I do have a built in mic which I am recording through. I'm not sure this mic was ever completely deactivated, or if it's even possible for me to do that. Could some sort of interaction between...

I just uninstalled Audacity, restarted my computer, reinstalled Audacity, disabled wireless and let Audacity record dead air while no other programs were running. The noise still happened. I wasn't even touching the computer. I'd really like to know what's causing this. I'm going to try downloading ...

Even with Wifi off the noise still occurs. To test I just set Audacity to record then read a word document. I really don't know what can be doing this.

Mic is in securely and my settings are correct. I will try disabling my Wifi and see if the noise still occurs.

I don't think so. It doesn't appear to be in that position, and the noise will happen even when Audacity is minimised and I'm scrolling down a word document.

I am recording using Audacity 1.2.6. Sometimes, for apparently no reason a loud crackling takes the place of my recording. It has happened multiple times, usually around one minute after I start recording. This isn't background noise, it completely drowns out whatever I had recorded and the entire t...