Audacity Forum

You might try changing Audacity sound preferences to 44100 (probably already there) 16-bit (not 32-bit) and 2(Stereo) not 1(mono). Restart Audacity and try it again. Those are the sound standards for a Music CD and almost everybody supports them.

Koz

<<<2. How can I make a clean sounding mp3 file in Audacity at 16 kbps?>>> You probably don't. The minimum bit rate for a mono show is 32. Stereo is 64. Lower than that, the show rapidly gets bubbly, honky, and muffled. You are warned that compressors only work when they're presented with perfect, cl...

<<<Click and drag with the mouse to select the part of the track you want to cut, and press "Delete">>> Which can be a problem if the newscast is one of those six minute long things. I get rid of those in steps: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=27653#p78214 Koz

OK, well that's one problem right there. Channel 1 should be panned hard left and channel 2 hard right. Keyboard Left should be in Channel 1.That will put a stereo show into the mixer when you advance the faders. The GTR/Line switch should be in Line. The Phantom Power button should be off unless yo...

<<<before i throw the whole thing over the balcony. thanks.>>> Make sure you have someone there with a camcorder before you do that. It's good to cone off the area around the impact so nobody gets hurt. Local laws may apply. Check with the local city office. Do you get the red recording meters bounc...

<<<I hadn't gotten a BSOD in months except for this.>>> Those are the really scary English words. I run three different Windows machines with video and audio production programs and haven't had a BSOD this decade. Audacity is the canary in the coal mine. If your machine is already on the edge, Audac...

In 1.3.11?

I don't believe 1.2 versions of Audacity ever had latency adjustments, assuming you and I mean the same thing by the word "Latency."

Koz

Someone will correct me, but we appear to be done. Can you think of any way to improve that?

I'm out.

It would be good if more different samples were posted. You know. Just in case we missed something....

Koz

Does it do that with 1.3.11?

Koz

<<<I have not done anything weird to my computer settings. >>> That you know of. Do you have a lot of plugins or other add-on programs? Audacity can do some very entertaining things when it encounters a plugin that it doesn't like. You can generally assume it won't cause a BSOD, however. You have to...