Audacity Forum

Yes. The Windows settings to record YouTube sound and the settings to record your guitar solo are very different.

This is a tutorial to get to YouTube. To get back, you have to follow the instructions backwards.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... e_computer

Koz

You said you adjusted MP3 export in preferences. Audacity 1.3 adjusts MP3 export at the actual Export step. Did you mis-speak? Also, Audacity 1.3 default export is 128 which should give you a very nice presentation, just way too big.

Koz

You should be in Audacity 1.3. 1.2 is becoming more and more unstable on modern computers and is no longer supported. 48 is barely enough for a mono show, but will destroy a stereo show. Did you mix down to mono and export that? That should sound passable. Audacity 1.3 has a Track tool that will mix...

Did you fill up your computer? Audio takes up a bunch of room on the hard drive. It's not like a spreadsheet or an email. -- Right Click Start > Explore > Right Click Local Drive C: > Properties (Used, Remaining) -- Tools > Error Checking & Defragmentation Audacity won't work into a fragmented h...

And no, you can't connect your mixer and headphones to your Mac at the same time. Plug your headphones into the mixer and watch the Audacity bouncing red recording meters for level and confidence. There is a way in Audacity preferences to set Software Playthrough and that will turn on your Mac's bui...

When you get it all working, stop using Audacity 1.2 immediately. Download and install Audacity 1.3. Audacity 1.2 is very old and no longer supported, patched, corrected, or updated. Audacity 1.2 can be unstable on newer computers. Download and install the latest Audacity 1.3 from here... http://aud...

I forget the spells on this because my Mac has the full compliment of connections and I have different menus than you do. I need to find a smaller Mac. As a general rule, there should be a way to turn one service off as you turn the other on. drop down menu to use audio port for sound input or outpu...

In your particular case, you should be able to Save the Project in your extended format and use chains to open that up instead of stand-alone music files. I'm gritting my teeth as I say this because we're constantly harping that people need to Export "real" sound files often in the face of...

Export > Other Uncompressed Files > Options > Microsoft WAV, 32Float.

You need to be in Audacity 1.3 for anything to work right. Audacity 1.2 is no longer supported.

Koz

Import Audio will start a new track. Make a file with your silence on it and import that. It also (on my machine) is a hot key.

Koz