Audacity Forum

All things "computer" seem to take longer than one would suppose.

All things computer repair. Computers are dead simple and fast. You're supposed to go out and buy a new one.

Koz

I'm sure many of you have heard the song

Or not. Post a link to a sample of what you're trying to achieve. Also post notes from that pink band above. Thanx,

Koz

I'm not going for studio quality That's two. You're going to hit all three aphorisms sooner or later. -- 1. I don't need a studio. I just need a comfortable, air conditioned, quiet room with no echoes. -- 2. I don't need professional audio. I just need clear sound at good volume and no distortion o...

I'm beginning to get a little worried about the reality of picking up four people in a room together. I have the line-in mixer, four clip-on PC mics, a USB preamp with two XLR/Line inputs, a condenser mic... ...and an aggressively hostile recording environment. If someone wrote me a big check I'm n...

What's the actual job? That may give us a hint where to go with this.
Koz

I"ve uninstalled and reinstalled

Reinstalling Audacity doesn't Reset Audacity.

Windows Audacity has an option in the install process where you tell it to reset preferences and settings. Did you check that? If you didn't, Audacity will install exactly as it was before.

Koz

I'm just now putting it all together. http://www.extra-life.org/ I'm capturing game audio directly through the PC. Have you tried any of these recording techniques, even in a simple form? Audacity doesn't get along with most gaming systems. There's no simple solution. We usually push people off to F...

Oh, and if you're going to place the microphone on the table between everybody, put it on a book and towel.



If you happened to have a furniture moving quilt laying around, put that down, too.

Koz

then running separate headphones for everyone? That's what I'd do. They make headphone mult boxes so everyone can have their own volume control. MXL condenser mic that I could probably use to pick up everyone in the room Probably. Does it have a part number by any chance? Some talented microphones ...

on their own cellphone Personal Sound Recorder In fact that does work, but you should try it once to get the feel of how to do it. It works best if the performers are separated maybe a bit more than you think is comfortable. The spacing on Charlie Rose is not an accident. http://kozco.com/tech/auda...