Audacity Forum

That's the wrong MP3 software. You need to get the "lame" software from the Audacity page.

http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows

"lame" is the actual, real product name. It's not a description of the quality of the software.

Koz

<<<@Whomper, The M-Audio has a Mono/Stereo switch, and if this is set to Stereo, the mic input should be duplicated on both output channels.>>> I would guess no (not having read the instructions). If it's set to Stereo, you can pick which side the microphone appears on. If it's set to mono, the unit...

I hit a lot of heavy stuff in a hurry. Let me know where you get stuck.

Koz

I don't think you can do that in any software, but if you want to try. Select the track in Final Cut and Export > select stereo track (I use the grown-up Final Cut and they may be a little different). When you're done working on the track, import it as a separate element to the bin and drop it on th...

<<<I have already checked different tapes, players, computers and
adjustings.>>>

Describe the tape player and how you connected it to your computer?

Koz

<<<so i think ok, ill record in mono, duplicate it and select one to go on left channel and one on right channel, this doesnt work either.>>> Menus on the left > Split Stereo Track > Select the Left music > Copy > Select Right Track > Home the cursor > Paste > Make Stereo Track. That didn't work? Koz

And just for the record, what version of Audacity are you using? Help > About.

Koz

<<<Audacity must have done an update or something that is making it do it to certain pc's or something.>>> Audacity doesn't do background updates. The only way the software could have changed is if you manually installed a new version. However, Windows changes all the time if you have Auto Update tu...

You can't split apart the individual instruments of a mixed performance. Sometimes you can split or isolate the lead singer, but that doesn't work too well if the music is a highly compressed MP3 download. All the tools fail if the show is special effects heavy. --Voice Trap http://www.cloneensemble...

<<<Well it didn't go quite as you instructed.>>>

So I'm finding out. I've turned this into a Feature Request posting.

Koz