One other point re Audacity. Record levels.
I have heard many songs recorded on Audacity and a very common fault is poor record levels. This is either a very low level record which cannot be properly heard or more commonly a distorted harsh recorded song with massive clipping.
Rough rule of thumb keep the highest peaks within the plus 0.5 or minus 0.5 range. Maybe slightly less for any soft acoustic songs. Always do a small test record first to check settings and levels and listen through decen phones or speakers as this saves time wasted on a good performance badly recorded.

Well between us here and on the other Audacity thread we have virtally written an operating manual and given a few good tips.
Perhaps this could be included in the FAQ forum that Al David is working on. Good info that will always come in handy. I reckon a good few JPFrs use Audacity and a few more would if they knew how to use it properly.
Beddy bye byes now warm bed and cold wife to go to now.

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