Audacity Forum

Also, where did my meter toolbar go. When I look at the "float meter toobat" it's grayed out. Have you checked Audacity's preferences (which you can access from the "Edit" menu)? In the preferences, if you select the "Interface" tab, you will find an option called "Enable Meter Toolbar". This optio...

Are you running Audacity on Windows Vista? In Vista, the Input selector is always greyed out.

In Vista, you have to select the Input from Audacity's preferences. See the following page on the Audacity Wiki for more information:
http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index. ... s_Vista_OS

Yes, Audacity does work on Vista.

See the following page on the Audacity Wiki for information on using Audacity on Windows Vista:
http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index. ... s_Vista_OS

uhimbe wrote:how can i playback from the cursor point (where i click in the track)?

You should be able to play from the cursor point just by clicking the "Play" button in Audacity.

Do any messages pop up? If so, what do they say?

Also, the following page on the Audacity Wiki has advice on getting Audacity to work in Vista:
http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index. ... s_Vista_OS

Hello, There are good chances that this has been asked and if so please excuse me if I failed to find the answer. I want to split an mp3 file into n parts. For that I select part i, trim all but the selection (with edit trim) and export under the filename i.mp3 Is this process lossy? Thank you in a...

If you select the audio you want to change, and then select "Silence" from the "Edit" menu, this will replace the selection with silence, but leaves the remainder of the track unchanged. You can then record your new item, which will be recorded into a new track. If the new recording is not where you...

Go to the "Edit" menu in Audacity, and select "Preferences".

Then select "File Formats" from the box that appears. In the "MP3 Export Setup" section, you will have an option to change the bit rate.

If you're recording from an external piece of hardware (e.g. a musical instrument), have you checked the cable that connects your hardware and the laptop? The problem might be caused by a dodgy cable.

Hi Ben, Have you checked the "Recording Source" (which is beside the volume controls for recording and playback) to make sure the right setting is selected (e.g. "Stereo Mix", "Line In", etc.). Also, if you don't have much disk space on your hard disk, that might also cause the problem. You could al...