Audacity Forum

It should be possible to run either add-on without the other. Audacity will open MP3 files without any additional software, but won't make any new ones. Many of the advanced sound formats need FFMpeg to either open or save.

Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder.

It's a recursive joke.

Koz

The default dither system in the latest (I think) two Audacity versions is inaudible in anything but laboratory inspection. And yes, Audacity is Scientist-Hostile because of that. "How come the ultra-precise sound values I put in didn't come out?!?" Audacity may not be the program for you....

As long as the input and output formats match and all you do is cuts, dithering is not needed. The 16-bit > 32-floating > 16-bit transition has no in-between values to resolve. The instant you do effects or change levels, you could (easily) have 32-floating sound values inside Audacity that do not t...

You have two options. You can root around in the Mac System Preferences. Some of the earlier machines can switch one connection from Headphone Out to Stereo Line-In. It will suggest that in Apple (upper left) > System Preferences > Sound. One of the people on the sixth floor has a 13" which wor...

You are looking for the connection on the left. That's the Build-In Input. And yes, 13" MBPs don't have that.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MacLineIn.jpg

Koz

Correct me, but this time your posting was immediate? The forum has decided you are unlikely to try to sell us new kitchen cabinets. I was going to ask you if you would share your research with the forum. It is a multiple-contributor forum and not a Help Desk. My experiences with Audio Technica are ...

Let's take a shortcut. Create a stereo show in Audacity and export it like you have been doing. You can use my 39 second "LeftRight" sound clip. http://www.kozco.com/tech/LRMonoPhase4.wav "This is my voice on the left..." Now play it in Windows Media; don't make a CD. Still in st...

Run Effect > Amplify on the work and make sure "[_] Allow Clipping" is de-selected. A note. Audacity works internally in a sound format that allows very high levels with no damage or distortion. The minute you have to export into a real-world sound format, you're dead. Most of those will n...

Supposed to be if you post enough times without trying to sell us anything, moderation drops away by itself. Blue's website lists the Icicle as being a mic preamp, USB converter, and 48V phantom power supplier. all rolled into one device. Perfectly correct, but your posting suggested you were consid...

That's just a little too soft and fuzzy. You need to nail that down a bit. Like: "I have a bunch of songs on vinyl record and I want to live mix into a club night and create an MP3 for posting to SoundCloud. It's also good to tell us what kind of Mac you have and which OS. Audacity Forum is a c...