Audacity Forum

There probably are, but they're sometimes difficult to find. You have to tell audacity where to record from. Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices > Recording > Device. That need to point to the "device" that is producing the music. Do you have a USB microphone or turntable? What exactly...

Just know that you are doing one of the most error prone processes. Windows recording, simultaneous mix and sync playback and live microphone production. All at once. In no particular order: Since you're on Win7, Windows is probably actively fighting you. It hates singing. Turn off Windows Enhanced ...

It may not work in Stereo. Many USB microphones don't. Koz

I don't know, but I'm not shocked it does that. Unlike WAV and AIFF, m4a and aac are very highly managed, compressed formats. I suspect it's the same reason you can't do an Analyze > Plot Spectrum if the sample is too short. There isn't enough sound there for the tools to do an intelligent job. Also...

Audacity records whatever is presented to it by the operating system and the hardware. It does not apply effects or filters during recording. Run the Windows Sound Recorder and see what it thinks. -- Windows Sound Recorder -- Start > Programs > Accessories > Entertainment (That's where it used to be...

A Data CD is a flat, shiny hard drive. The reason your hard drive listings always show up in alphabetical order is the reason the CD does. Music CDs are designed to play a defined order no matter what the song title is because the CD doesn't carry titles. People have been known to get around this ji...

It's too short. I added some noise to the end and it exports perfectly. Koz

Are you overdubbing, performing Sound-On-Sound? That's very different from sitting in front of a Samson microphone cold and doing a single song with your voice an a guitar. Overdubbing, progressively adding more and more tracks, puts serous stresses on the computer and sound system. Which microphone...

I mean when you buy the camcorder, they offer you an external microphone that naturally likes the connection in the camera and does a better job than the built-in. That's merchandising "trade-up." "Surely you're going to want the snow tires with your new car." Not in Southern Cal...

Speeding up is almost always recording slow. You slow down a movie camera to produce a fast-action movie in the theater. You get to tell us everything about the recording. What's the model number of your turntable and how do you have it connected to your laptop? This kind of error usually does one t...