Audacity Forum

Audacity can route and play sound independently of whatever Windows is doing. Use the Audacity Device Toolbar to set there playback audio is going. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/device_toolbar.html You can also set this in Audacity Preferences. Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices. Koz

Since they're both playing at the same time, you probably have them one above the other on their own timelines, right? You can use the MUTE and SOLO buttons to make one play without the other. You can use the Time Shift Tool (two sideways black arrows) to push one track later than the other. When th...

It's not always plugins. Audacity can't bring Windows to its knees by itself, but it has help. If Audacity steps on a bad sound card driver or other similar Windows software when it starts, it can put Windows right into the mud.

Koz

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/LaptopMicIn.pdf

Does that help?

Koz

Then I would install Blue Cat Chorus. Dumping a pile of effects in with anything wrong with any one of them can cause Audacity not to start.

Koz

I don't remember if we mentioned it, but Do Not export to MP3 as a master or archive. Use WAV for all those jobs. From the WAV master, you can make all the other versions. Once you make an MP3, it's permanently reduced quality and worse, if you need to make a patch or correction, you can't make anot...

"...on the many colours of red, orange, gold and brown in his hair." I think I'm going to need to lie down for a minute. I applied Steve's filter to get rid of the grumble and I reduced the peak sizes to -3. If this clip doesn't make certification, it's not far off. My WAV version doesn't ...

There's nothing wrong with anything on that list, except the Blue Icicle digitizer. We've had troubles with simple microphone digitizers like that one. Turn the volume up a little in this clip when I stop talking. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/FryingMosquitoes3.wav The MDR-7506 headphones can...

my misuse of the mic There's another variable in there. Environment which is why you got the studio. There's nothing wrong with the microphone. It's a perfectly delightful mic similar in quality to the microphone I used on this shoot. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/JMASoundShoot-650.jpg ......

Did you go down the list we posted or are you shot-gunning from other postings? http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html Some computers just can't do this. The desperation method is electrical, not digital. Plug in a Behringer UCA202 or equivalent an...