Audacity Forum

By "shopping for a new microphone" I'm metaphorically advancing the idea of changing the capture sound pathway. Nothing wrong with the actual microphone, although we can talk about why you chose that particular one. Hypercardiod microphones are valuable in recording sessions where the &quo...

Another way out might be Audacity 1.3. That will recognize more different file types than 1.2

Koz

<<<What am I doing wrong?>>> That wasn't an MP3 file. Do you have Windows set so it shows you file extensions? My Computer > Folder Options > View. Turn off "Hide File Extensions." Is it still an MP3 file? Another way to do it is Right-Click > Properties > Advanced. Sometimes that will tel...

There is only the free version and I think you're suffering from Microsoft Windows. My Computer > View > Folder Options > turn off all the file hiding and extension masking. It's not surprising that you can't find all the parts of the Audacity Project, but it was a little surprising that you Exporte...

That's the latency of your computer. It's what makes computer sound so darn much fun. Every time the computer has to stop and think about the sound services, the sound gets late. You are listening to yourself one computer late compared to the music. You can fix that with the Time Shift or the Alignm...

I don't know any good, fast way to do that in a full-on video editor.

koz

All in a day's work. All these tools produce some damage. The better the original capture is the better the final show will be, filter tools or not. You should take steps to make the original performance as clean as possible. I predict [holding finders to forehead] that you are going to get really t...

<<<I don't know why it won't work on vista.>>> Because Microsoft changed the sound services around to be more Mac-like. You can't easily do this on a Mac, either, for a lot of the same reasons. The recursive sound pathways get people into trouble all the time. Most of the Audacity complaints on the ...

The down side of posting where you did is we have no idea which Audacity you have or which computer. You may find the the noise reduction in Audacity 1.3 is enormously improved over 1.2.

Koz

<<<I am creathing the track>>> How? That's the important step. The quality of the microphone and microphone amplifier plays a big role in not only the quality of the performance, but the hiss in the background. Microphone signals are very, very weak and making them loud enough to record is a hard jo...