Audacity Forum

<<<My solution to all Windows problems was to upgrade to Linux>>> My solution to all Windows problems was to upgrade to Mac. Vista was an interesting problem. It was probably the first time that the whole world -- literally the planet -- revolted against using a Microsoft operating system. Our Syste...

<<<I'm trying to record audio that's playing from my computer>>>

I wrote to them and the latest version handles Vista just fine.

http://www.highcriteria.com/

Koz

No personal experience.

They claim format support with both Tiger, Leopard, and Intel Universal and that's usually enough to get the show into Mac Audacity.

Koz

Just a note. You say MP3 files made in Audacity won't play, either. Did they play seconds after you made them? You can mess up Audacity Projects to the point that they don't export a working sound file in any format. For example, if you capture a long live performance and export to WAV immediately, ...

Super or Switch. One of those is free.

Koz

I got nothin'.

You're on Vista, right?

Do the zoom tools work? Control-1, 2, and 3. Control-F for full screen and Control-E to zoom into selection?

Which version of Audacity exactly?

Koz

Nobody will be shocked to learn that the latest Windows machines have automatic loudness setting and echo cancellation services and occasionally get in the way. Windows machines are business devices and their natural job is video or audio conferencing and desktop sharing with the head corporate offi...

http://audacityteam.org/manual-1.2/tutorials.html http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorials#Audacity_Wiki_Tutorials These cover some of the basics of editing. You can find the pathway to them at any time from the Tips and Tutorials link at the top of this page. <<<Check Hardware Playthr...

This is one of the better USB turntable failures. Most people plug their turntable into their machine, record one album and then it fails. From the desktop... Go > Applications > Utilities > Audio Midi Setup. Make sure everything there is set OK. This is a supervisory panel to System Preferences. Th...

You can get selective insanity like that if you try to use punctuation marks in your filenames. Only two punctuation marks allowed, the underscore and the dash. Everything else is forbidden. I don't use spaces, either. Monday/Tuesday's Recordings.wav is completely forbidden. Monday-Tuesday_Recording...