Audacity Forum

recorded the second session on top of the first session. Actually, if they pressed Stop and then Record, Audacity would have started a whole new, clean, independent recording underneath the first one. When they stopped at the end of the second show, it's possible to Save a Project and Audacity woul...

How can I do that? Maybe somebody else's app? Audacity, as a general rule, can only connect to and record from one sound device. When I shot my podcast test, I plugged my analog headset into a sound mixer along with the Skype computer. I mixed them and sent the mix to a second computer for recordin...

Mackie 22 channel mixer. By model number? Do you use Skype or other chat, conference or communications software? Skype in particular is vicious about taking control of your sound services from you. That's the first thing that sprang to mind when you said you couldn't turn the microphone off. Discon...

What was the old version? You can download and install older versions of Audacity as a desperation move. ... 3 chapters of an audio book still to do. Never change anything in the middle of a job—at least not without a backup plan. What happens if the machine doesn't wake up? Do you have external bac...

I had a stuck application error (1), but I don't remember which machine or the conditions. My machines never go to sleep on their own. I put them to sleep manually, either Apple (upper left) > Sleep in the case of the Mini or Medium Press of the power button on the Air. The Air (against the objectio...

~/Library/Application Support/audacity/ The most common error in this exercise is to leave off the little squiggly line (tilde) character at the front. Way up left on the Mac keyboard. There is a sister location on the computer that doesn't have that character. It's easier to get to and it's the wr...

Let's go with no, but what's the job? There may be techniques or methods of getting the job done without doing it the way you posted. frequency of an audio file For example, there is no "frequency of an audio file" unless you're doing scientific research or experiment management. Audacity ...

@ insp234 When you do get it installed and get it running, post back with the results and how you got there. You didn't say you were reading for audiobooks, but that is a common failure for new readers. It would be good to get first-hand experiences with the tools, particularly if you got everything...

Just to cover it, does recording work if you use anything else but the Focusrite for playback? I know that's not the eventual goal, but it's Not Good to ignore any symptoms or conditions during a repair.

Koz

now you have to press Shift-R, wtf??

While it was working the other way, thousands of people complained that Audacity didn't just pick up where it left off which everybody knows is the Way It's Supposed To Be.

You can change this default behavior in Audacity Preferences.

Koz