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Audacity > Preferences > Interface.

Click on. Click off.

Koz

<<<I had some other problems with my Mac, so I upgraded the OS and it still doesn't work for either wav or MP3>>>

What did your computer do that was naughty?

Koz

Lock files get left behind when the program crashes. Many programs do this. It's pretty common.

Koz

Wait. You're already using 1.3.6. Why are you posting here?

Koz

Audacity always wants to treat everything as a project. That's why you have to go through the extra step of exporting. There's an interesting philosophical juggling act here. Audacity was created with the idea that it didn't have to load the whole world every time you wanted to do something. It just...

Hard drive filling up? What does it say in Audacity > Preferences > Directories? Does that directory or path actually exist? Is there room on the drive where you're saving the project? INFO all the drives. If, no matter what you do, you still don't get the record button back, you can trash the Audac...

<<<I wish I could increase them to hear them better. Is there an exact way to do that?>>> Sure, if you start with the multi-track studio master tapes, you can remix them down to stereo and turn up the vocal--or any other isolated track you want. Panning, Equalization, Compression all available depen...

<<<"Save Project As...">>> You can cause Operating System Insanity by putting punctuation marks in a filename. Save Project As: MyMightyGreatProject_5/25/08 You're dead. Many operating systems see slash marks as directory designators or comment flags, not filenames. MyMightyGreatProject200...

Did you wonder why the tool wasn't called "Vocal Remover", but instead "Center Pan Remover." That's because what it does is remove everything in the exact middle of a stereo performance. Did you notice the drums probably vanished as well? Sometimes bass guitar goes, too. Anything...

What he said. AUP isn't a music file. It's a computer programming file. It's in English --sorta. You can open it up in Notepad, Wordpad, or TextExit and read it. =============== <?xml version="1.0"?> <audacityproject projname="piano2split_data" version="1.1.0" audacityv...