Audacity Forum

Numark sound card

Model numbers?

You're plugging it into your PC? Which one? What Windows -- I'm assuming Windows.

We need to build the system in our heads. The more information, the merrier.

I will tell you the USB needs to be plugged in a perfectly running before you start Audacity.

Koz

Yes. Stop using Audacity 1.2.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/update.txt

Koz

Of course it's a given that you don't need any of that if you record the show mono in the first place.
Koz

There is another way to do this. Split the stereo show and delete the low track. Force what remains mono.

Drop Down Menu > Split Stereo Track
[X] delete the track you don't want.
Drop Down Menu > Mono

You can do that as fast as you can click.

Koz

Unless one side of the original performance is really damaged, the show work and quality are exactly the same. Audacity "knows" what a mono file is and presents it with equal left and right sound. The show stores on the hard drive at almost exactly half the space. If you run into problems,...

Let me take it again. Digital compression systems work by "throwing away" quality in favor of long performances or storage efficiency. They depend on the show volume and initial quality being "normal" and not particularly difficult. Compression damage can be very hard to hear and...

Not all VST effects will work in Audacity. If the effect requires fancy control panels or interface graphics, it's not going to work all that well in Audacity, and may not even load. Try pulling down one of these known, good, working filters and see if that works. http://audacityteam.org/download/pl...

USB microphones are not particularly loud. You're never going to make a recording that directly compares with your Nine Inch Nails recordings. Overload is fatal to these microphones, so they all record low and depend on post production to beef things up. That said, there is a switch on the side of t...

If it's a mono show -- two channel mono in your case, then Tracks > Stereo Tracks to mono. See if that's any faster. Almost all players and sound managers know what a mono sound file is and it will play both speakers in a stereo system. Also, it will store at perfect quality in half the space. Koz

Audacity 1.3.13 has an internal timer that can be set for recording in the future. Pay strict attention to all the time and date values. The early version of this tool would try to record 26 hours to capture a 1 hour show. Recording Audio Playing on the Computer isn't particularly simple and some co...