Audacity Forum

copied the original file to have two You can only do that inside Audacity. The Project name is burned into the AUP file. Open the AUP file in a text editor and read it. The original filename should be there. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/aupFileGraphic.png See where it says projname=" thr...

I'll give it a try next time I record. It depends on your work. If you record and the work is going straight out to a Personal Music Device or on-line, then MP3 is fine, but if you're headed for post production editing, WAV is the way to go. Just to warn you about sticker shock, WAV format files ta...

You tell us which sound format you want and we'll tell you the method or whether we can do it at all.

You make it sound like the Browser and Format wars got solved. Did it? Do you still have to produce content for Internet Explorer 3?

Koz

There is another embarrassing error people make. The reason you're recording low volume is you're recording your laptop microphone, not the Mackie. Again, back to the microphone plugged into the Mackie. Do the scratch test. Do you know where the laptop microphone is? Mine is just left of the left-ha...

Still. That's not normal. What are you recording in Audacity? Look at the drop-down next to the microphone, or Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices. We're leery about mixers that offer multiple channels. It's not unusual for them to need special Windows sound drivers to work right. Problem: recor...

It should have worked if you Exported a WAV. WAV's full family name is WAV (Microsoft). It's their file format.

If you're doing sound production, WAV is highly recommended. MP3 creates tiny sound damage, and it gets worse as you go.

Koz

I didn't know my music could be considered as noise by Windows. I do. Windows isn't magic. The only way it can tell the difference between your voice and noise is the noise is usually sustained...like a musical note. If you hold one note long enough for Windows to detect it, it's gone. Windows will...

all of the tutorials I have seen are outdated. Isn't that fun? That's the main reason we don't publish videos. They're impossible to keep up. It's not like changing one word in a print tutorial. You have to reshoot it. Describe your job. Straight performance singing? AudioBook reading? Overdubbing ...

trouble fixing latency issues. There's two sets of Latency. Which one are you having trouble with? Or is that the problem? Unless your microphone or microphone system has provision to run your headphones, you will not be able to hear yourself in real time. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/sam...

We need a little more than that. Describe your job and how you produced your files.

Koz