Audacity Forum

After saving projects to a folder

What did you call that folder?

Koz

Your Project is supposed to look like this as an example. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MyMusicAUP-MyMusic_DATA.jpg The AUP file is a list of instructions for Audacity to put your show together from all the little AU files in the _DATA folder. The AUP is not a sound file. The AUP file and the _...

Desperation method would be drag the file into one third (or smaller) and File > Export > Export selected audio. Repeat for each third (or smaller).

Koz

Do you have the little round connector like the one on the left? http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MacLineIn-650.jpg Just having the round hole doesn't count. It has to have that circle and two arrows. If you do, then it's easy. That's the Mac's stereo input. This is the adapter cable. 1/8"...

Shift + Command + 4 on your Mac will give you a cross-hair cursor and you can draw a box and capture a picture of what you think is wrong. Post the picture.



Scroll down from a forum text screen > Attachments > Add Files.

Koz

I will be using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 between the computer and the guitars, microphones, keyboards, etc. Will be using? You're not live recording now? Behold the longest forum postings. They're almost all people trying to make top quality home voice recordings. If you can tell your computer is o...

There is a Noise Gate plugin. https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Effect_Plug-ins#Noise_Gate https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/customization.html#plug-ins Removing background noise or noise between words is very difficult. It's normal for the effect to sound mechanical or distorted. Much be...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mggih79T5D4

Koz

Audacity gets picked because it's cheap, inexpensive and doesn't cost anything. But it's not push and go software. It's a fully qualified production editor. Isn't there a cassette player that transfers directly to MP3? I recall there was one turntable which could do that. Audacity isn't the only pro...

What effect(s) are you using?

Yes. Start there. It's possible you are just using the effect wrong.

Koz