Audacity Forum

I have a sneaky feeling the issue is this hP laptop. My previous HP laptop did fine. When I had to switch to the current laptop is when the sound got bad. Your original description of the sound that you hear is typical of many laptops. Some models can deliver "reasonable" sound and others cannot. H...

What output device do you use to listen to the sounds in Audacity? What output device do the other media players use for their playback? If these are not the same, that could be the source of your problem.

You must also have the Audacity player in "Stopped" mode. You cannot edit if the playback is only "Paused"

Where is it written that the sounds have to come from the mill? Take your H4 out and record sounds that taken together could have come from the mill when it was properly operating. I'm not too proud to cheat! But now the question becomes: what sounds that I can access will sound similar enough to f...

All you need is to get a clip of motor by itself and you're golden. No, I don't think that's likely, either. Actually, the getting of the clip is entirely possible. I could capture the electric motor running for about 4-5 seconds all on its own, before the water cycles around to the wheel if I go t...

kozikowski wrote:Did you get those right? I didn't hear any difference and I have a good sound system.

Ooops! Let's try again. Same problem. Same question. Different sound clips.

I've just started a new project to produce a virtual tour of our local fully restored water mill. I'm starting with the location sound recordings and will move on to the images and video clips in due course. My Zoom H4 digital recorder has done its usual magnificent job of capturing all the relevant...

You've asked multiple questions in one topic. That's a recipe for confusion. You might wish to edit your post and split it into at least two.

In answer to your first question: have you considered using the "Envelope" tool to adjust varying sound levels in a recording?

You can use the "Envelope" tool to adjust the varying levels in a recording. See here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... _tool.html

It would be very nice if you could just drag the cursor, hear the waveform and be able to stop at a precise point, select cut and edit. First let me say that I agree that your feature request is a very valid one. However, in my experience, I find that the time elapsed between my ear hearing the pre...