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How are you trying to do this? Are you using "Stereo Track to Mono" under the "Tracks" menu? --Allen

I asked a question last year that Gale Andrews answered for me: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6418 Based on that, I thought the sample format displayed at the left of each track was just a reflection of one's default settings, telling you that any newly created audio would be in...

Never mind... I now realize I wasn't even using the word "downsample" correctly... (what's the word for changing bit depth, anyway?) And I figured out how to do this with SoX and it sounds fine to my ears. So I think I'm okay. But I won't delete my original post, just in case anyone has more interes...

I need to write a shell script to turn a bunch of 24-bit FLAC files into VBR MP3 files with a particular quality setting. I'm thinking I should not use ffmpeg to do this in one step, because as Koz has said, it's best to downsample to 16 bits before encoding an MP3. So I'm thinking my first step sho...

Audacity can record sound, yes. If you have a notebook computer, a microphone, a sound card with a good enough pre-amp (or an external pre-amp), and any necessary cables and adapters, you can record remote interviews with audacity. If you have a notebook with a built-in mic, you can use that, but yo...

Just select "Amplify", under "Effect". The slider will automatically be set to the number of decibels below zero your highest peak is. So just click Okay to bring everything up by that amount. As for telling you how much OVER zero you are if you've clipped, I don't see how that would be possible. Cl...

Thanks! This looks like exactly what I had in mind. --Allen

When you select the "Amplify" effect, the amplification level is automatically set to the maximum you can do without clipping (clipping makes crackling sounds). So unless you're pushing the slider up higher than where it automatically sets itself, I don't know why amplification would introduce crack...

I'd like to find a cheap (like 30-80 USD) microphone for recording band rehearsals. I'm thinking something like a low-end version of those fancy things that bluegrass bands gather around. I assume those are omnidirectional mics. And I can find lots of cheap omnidirectional mics for sale online, but ...

I'm a bit confused... you mean when you're recording to your PC, it's playing back through your PC speakers at the correct volume, and then when you play it back later it's at a different volume? Anyway, do you know about the two sliders at the upper right hand of the screen? The right one is input ...