Audacity Forum

Many people use Audacity alongside other music production tools, but I think that the point that Koz was making lies in his final sentence. Audacity does not aim to emulate hardware - if that's what you want then perhaps Reason by Propellerhead would suit you better. Audacity is a tool, which for m...

If Audacity is, as you say, merely a multitrack recorder We probably shouldn't go too far down that pathway. Audacity is an Editorial Environment Production Manager. It's natural saved outputs are Audacity Projects not sound files. If you want a sound file bad enough, you have to Export one. Direct...

if a compensation feature were included then that could make the software more perfect than the modern mixing desk, and maybe many would prefer it that way. It would seem that whether you use the current method or a compensated method, either could have it's advantages and disadvantages, and theref...

If Audacity is, as you say, merely a multitrack recorder, then why does it have the ability to mix down? That is the function of a mixing desk, and mere multitrack recorders shouldn't be able to do that. As you will be aware, Audacity is often packaged in products as 'recording and music creation so...

There is no bug (meaning something is happening that the developers don't intend). I think you're asking for some kind of feature to automatically scale the tracks equally so there is no clipping, or to have a master fader. No, I'm not asking for any feature to be added. This has nothing to do with...

I'm sorry but I don't know what you're talking about. Before you throw the "B" word around, you need to make sure that the behavior wasn't intended. What does that mean? I noticed an issue, so confirmed it with a test. That was the intention of the test, so it was intended. That's what the Amplify e...

I noticed that as more tracks are played back at the same time the loudness was increasing, so I conducted an experiment to confirm this: I created a track with a continual note being played by an electric organ, and noted the level at around -30. I then copied this track and played both at the same...