Audacity Forum

Which Audacity? The whole number.
Koz

Didn't we discuss this in another thread? Jellyfish.ny returns a text number and is easily fooled by a mono show out of stereo balance. It may also give significantly misleading results for a mono show out of stereo phase.
Koz

One more.
Control-Click on the drive icon in the upper right. > Get INFO.
Read the Capacity and the Available numbers.

Koz

What is the Audacity version? Click Audacity > About Audacity Did you listen to any of it before you saved it? During the recording, did the red recording meter bounce and did you get blue waves like this: http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/Audacity1_record.jpg (Your Audacity may not look exactly like t...

You can get a little more chaos in there by playing one or two clips backwards.

No, I think you got it pretty much as good as you can do. The only other option is one we're working on with another poster and that is download fresh audience sounds and lay that in.

Koz

It's probably correct. Stereo Mix means "whatever the computer is doing." Now go into Windows Control Panels and find out what Windows is up to. If Windows has your microphone selected, then that's what the computer is doing.

Koz

Sorry. Missed one. We have been getting complaints of people with USB-powered sound equipment getting "frying mosquitos" noise in their performances. We know what that is. That's the noise a normal computer makes when it's working, but it doesn't normally get into the show. Our guess is th...

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I wonder what could give you super low rumble like that. Are you recording in a room near the rail yards? Somebody repaving the interstate near your place? What else could do that? Wind? Air Conditioner? Recording outside?

Koz

The toolbars are all shortcuts for the Preference Settings. Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices > Recording > Device. Whatever it says in that box is what you're recording from. That one needs to say Stereo Mix or whatever your computer calls it. If it says one of the regular Windows sound servi...