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by kozikowski
Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:32 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audacity unresponsive except for keyboard commands
Replies: 5
Views: 869

Re: Audacity unresponsive except for keyboard commands

If each project still plays, the desperation method is to record the show onto an external "something." If you have a recorder like a Zoom, a Marantz, or a nice Mac, you can just plug the headphone out into the line-in and go. You can do this with a large deskside Windows machine, too, but...
by kozikowski
Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:53 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audacity unresponsive except for keyboard commands
Replies: 5
Views: 869

Re: Audacity unresponsive except for keyboard commands

Audacity 1.2 will not allow you to open two projects at once. You can have two active windows in the same project, but not two different projects. I don't think you can do any better in Audacity 1.3, but it's worth a shot. You should probably be in 1.3.12 for everything anyway. If you're doing fancy...
by kozikowski
Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:19 am
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: Cleaning up a primarily vocal track
Replies: 1
Views: 773

Re: Cleaning up a primarily vocal track

You wouldn't want the MP3 file anyway because of distortions and compression damage. Yes, the clip is in stereo and the music parts do appear to have a wide stereo field whereas the recitation is mono and in the middle -- as near as I can tell. The only tool that's going to do any good at all is thi...
by kozikowski
Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:32 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: (Feature Request) "Timer Record" minimized to the taskbar!
Replies: 5
Views: 1032

Re: (Feature Request) "Timer Record" minimized to the taskb

Just a quick comment that Audacity is not a Windows program. It runs on all three computer platforms and changing the Look and Feel like that isn't trivial.

What happens in Apple Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac? Red Hat?

Koz
by kozikowski
Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: weird editing problem
Replies: 2
Views: 508

Re: weird editing problem

And just because people confuse this all the time, Audacity will not Save sound files. To get a stand-alone, self-contained sound file of any sort, you have to File > Export.

Koz
by kozikowski
Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:18 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: weird editing problem
Replies: 2
Views: 508

Re: weird editing problem

<<<I can then play this track in Windows Media Player, but when I import it back into Audacity, there is no sound.>>> How about if you just Open the file in a fresh Audacity instead of Importing it? Do you have Windows set to show you file extensions? Might the file now be a Windows Media file inste...
by kozikowski
Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:13 am
Forum: Maintaining / Improving this Forum
Topic: Download Audacity...a Cartoon
Replies: 0
Views: 1379

Download Audacity...a Cartoon

I'm wearing my curmudgeon and my Photoshop hat. Flee, flee! This is the global download page. Seen it a million times and we send people here all the time. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/GlobalDownload.jpg However, if you click on the 1.3.12 Mac download, this is what you get... http://www.k...
by kozikowski
Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:54 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: i cant convert .wav to .mp3 please help.
Replies: 3
Views: 506

Re: i cant convert .wav to .mp3 please help.

No, because that's not a sound file. Audacity does not Save sound files. To get a sound file of your show, you have to Export one. One of the options in the Export dialog is AIFF, WAV... and MP3, if you installed the lame software correctly. MP3, or MPEG1, Layer 3 sound is a licensed format from Fra...
by kozikowski
Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:04 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Small problem
Replies: 2
Views: 278

Re: Small problem

Go to the bottom of the Audacity work window and de-select Snap To.

Koz
by kozikowski
Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:02 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: No sound when exported as mp3 or aiff
Replies: 7
Views: 1238

Re: No sound when exported as mp3 or aiff

No, no, no! You need to tell us what worked! This is not a help desk. It's a dialog. You tell us what worked so we can help other people with your solution

Koz