Audacity Forum

Wait. The show is in Mono? It may be just the 32-bit thing.

Koz

Audacity defaults to 32-bit floating and Mono which is an odd combination in anybody's book. Change Audacity preferences o 44100, 16-bit, Stereo and restart Audacity.

Koz

I'm going to answer what I think you're asking. You want to increase the loudness of the work so you can see the lumps and bumps in the wave and see where to edit. Edit > Select > All. Effect > Amplify Boom. If there is a show in there at all, it will suddenly be visible -- and a lot louder. What we...

"Stereo Mix" and "What U Hear" are creations of the hardware, drivers, and OS. Unless all of those are holding hands and willing, there is no mix. There were a couple of PC laptop makers that intentionally left it out of their product. No Mac can do this without a lot of outside ...

Are you using a new Intel Mac with Leopard or Snow Leopard? Apple > About This Mac > Processor and Version. Read both of those entries. The answer to that will fundamentally change the rest of the answer. What are you actually trying to do? We work better with a goal rather than "How do I use m...

AUP isn't a sound format. AUP is a Project Management file and its job is to point to other files. It's the other files that make up your show. The blue waves on the screen are made up of two graphic picture files and can easily get out of step with the real show if something goes wrong. Combine two...

If you have an earlier version of Audacity that works and you're happy using it, then stay right there. We're still fighting weird instabilities with the higher versions and Stable 2.0 isn't here yet.

Koz

<<<Apparently there is a great plugin to do this>>>

Where did you hear of this?

Koz

If, in fact you are using the entirely appropriate Audacity for your machine and did everything right, we were sometimes able to cure this cross-key thing by trashing the preferences and restarting. Your custom settings will vanish, but the problem may vanish, too.

Koz

Did you try anything earlier? Around 1.3.8/9 was the first time Audacity used a new and different technology for managing add-ons and plug-ins. I do production in 1.3.7 on multiple machines with good stability, but have had troubles with later issues. It would be an interesting event if the machines...