Audacity Forum

Thanks for a timely reply ! Your advise sounds good, but how do I control the level of the input ? I know how to amplify the end result, and Audacity seems to know if amplification is or isn't required. If you could tell me how to reduce the input level when doing the recording, that would be someth...

The recommended version of Audacity for Windows 7 is Audacity 1.3.12. Earlier versions are likely to have a lot of problems. I suspect that the problem is that you are recording a bit too loud. On an ideal recording, the highest peaks on the waveform should be about half of the track height and sho...

I am using 1.3.12 Beta with Windows 7 for one month, on new computer. Most recording is perfect, but some music ( slightly bass-heavy ) will have slight static distortion on playback. As an experiment, I recorded a "problem" piece with my old Vista computer, using version 1.2.6, with no pr...