Audacity Forum

Recording from the internet is a special process. You need to run the play and record sides of the computer at once and then cross them. Some of the newer computers have trouble doing this, but we did write an instruction sheet. http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/tutorial_recording_audio...

The original video has been through special effects and it sounds like the sound has been through multiple copies, not including the trip to MP3, so there is very little you can do to make it sound better. It's also possible the original show was sent to tape wrong and created the overload there. Ov...

Punctuation marks in filenames can result is unusual and sometimes entertaining computer errors. The only two non-letter or number marks universally accepted are underscore and dash. A very common error is dates. Today is 20120728, not 7/28/12. If that graphic is your filename, you might try not usi...

The reason most lower-end multi-channel setups have Mic-In is that most people in this group don't have a mixer. The instant you graduate to a mixer and better system, you're directly in ProTools territory. One of the things that ProTools does that Audacity doesn't is it has native support for ASIO ...

Recording YouTube sound is not a guaranteed service like speakers, headphones and microphone. Some of the newer computers have been coming with that service missing. You're the only group who wants that. The manufacturers and producers would just as soon you buy music from them and not record it fre...

Back up one step and tell us what you're trying to do.

"I want to record....."

Koz

If you're enjoying the show stream, why do you need Audacity at all? Just play the stream either in your browser, Windows Media, iTunes or whatever player the show demands. Generally, the only reason you would use Audacity is if you wanted to keep the show for later listening or "convert" ...

You did delete the application in the usual way, right, you dragged it to the trash, and then said, "Oh darn." It didn't vanish on its own?

I would get a fresh one from the web supply.

http://audacityteam.org/download/

Koz

I assume you're trying to do multi-track overdubbing? http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/tutorial_recording_multi_track_overdubs.html Sometimes, when you're recording from Stereo-Mix or What-U-Hear to get internet sound, you leave those settings for live recording. Bad idea. You have to ...

http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... overy.html

Koz