Audacity Forum

You should probably be at the current Audacity release which is 2.0.5. http://audacityteam.org/download/windows Then, after you get that sorted, make sure you plug everything together first, and then start Audacity. Audacity looks for new devices when it starts. Then you might try changing a sound s...

"Append-Import" is a very popular feature request. There is a very slightly less painful way to do it other than straight one at a time, and someone will drop in with those notes. I can't find it.

Koz

how I can recognize a certain human sounds (but not words). It's the same technology that recognizes human grunts as recognizes "My Country 'Tis Of Thee." You still have to take the sound apart into phonemes and then try to match them up to a list. I don't know that Audacity has any such ...

"Let me get this straight. You want me to do TV Weather in a city that doesn't have weather."
Fritz Coleman

to amplify a voice that is far away from the mic and almost inaudible

You tried to record your cellphone?
Koz

Did you ever get the Personal Recorder feature of your cellphone to work?

Interview your mum to see what kind of technical problems you're going to get into — before you start writing checks. This simple recording process directly scales up to much larger jobs.

Koz

There it is. I know nothing about this, but it has all the parts needed for a stand-alone recording.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DP008EX/

Koz

The Zoom H6 has options that allow it to accept up to 4 XLR microphones and the H2 has the ability to accept a separate "computer microphone," not a pro/broadcast microphone. The Tascam DR40 will work with XLR microphones. These people call out the Zoom H4n and have some other options. htt...

I can't speak to the other Zoom products, but the H4 and H4n have XLR3 female connections in the bottom suitable for any microphone that accepts XLR. This includes microphones that require 48v Phantom Power — sometimes referred to as "P48." http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/XLR-Cable.jpg ...

Do you have the +48v button pushed on the M-Audio? That's required for this microphone and it's not obvious until you dig a ways into the instructions. Connect the microphone and then push the button. Plug your headphones into the M-Audio and make sure you can hear perfectly and make sure the 0dB, -...