Audacity Forum

I really like the two-tone blue colors we're using for the forum dialogs. Whose idea was that?

Koz

Not all of my answers fit in the alloted time before auto disconnect. It just did it to me again. I was explaining something when the forum quietly logged me out. Of course, I didn't know that until I tried to post. The screen clears (efficiently flushing all my work) and tells me to log in to post ...

<<<but gotta stick with what works!>>> Since you're on a Mac, you could be a candidate for The Analog Method . http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2259&p=8840#p8840 <<<Old transistor pre-amps can be excellent>>> My Hafler preamp is discrete and has distortion figures down in t...

Audacity doesn't burn anything. It just creates the sound files. If you can't get the Multiple Export and label tags thing to work, you can also do it by selecting one song on the timeline and File > Export Selection As.... That will give you one file. Repeat for each song.

Koz

<<<When I press record there is no sound coming from my turntable.>>>

The new USB turntable you got for Christmas? No shortage of problems with those. Which Turntable? ION? Which Windows?

Koz

<<<http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2259&p=8840#p8840>>> Not to mention the computer. What happens when you play something really simple in Windows Media and Audacity's not running? Same muffled sound and hiss? What happens when you plug headphones into your sound card? The...

Excellent. That changes the Radio Shack shopping list slightly. Formula for Analog recording from the ION Turntable You need this (or non Radio Shack equivalent): Stereo RCA to 1/8" (3.5mm) audio cable. Part # 42-2550 US$7 http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102974&cp=&am...

<<<So, WAV files will work on Macs? >>> Macs will accept anything, so WAV was a good default for a fresh Audacity. Windows will not accept AIFF however. The two audio formats are really close cousins to each other and you can go back and forth with no trouble or damage. iTunes will accept almost any...

Actually, I'm tri-lingual. I use audacity on all three computer platforms. I like the Mac one because it's so easy to use--and fix. I don't have to think about it a lot. I help out over in Windows where I can. My machines use Windows 2000 which is already two or three generations away from the curre...

...and you can see all of that happening by converting your timeline to dB. It's the little black down arrow to the left of the timeline. Select Waveform (dB) . Grab the bottom of your timeline and pull down as far as you can. The numbers up the left side of the timeline will get more and more accur...