Audacity Forum

The WAV file is supposed to be lossless and the MP3 files are lossy (lower bitrate = more lossy) is my understanding. As such, should I not see differences as I zoom in? What am I missing here? If you have the original WAV, and make an MP3, it is possible to isolate the differences : the artifacts ...

Quantum wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:21 am

... it shows ONLY the top part of the toolbar which is weird.

I've had parts of toolbars disappear when I had two versions of Audacity on my (Windows) computer.

The first track is treated as a graph whose height is the length of time until the next grain starts. Negative heights are treated as zero. When that track approaches zero the grain-density goes soo high there is severe clipping ... GRAINIMOGRIFIER is clipping.gif Limiting the minimum grain-separat...

RATTLEGOAT wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:40 pm

I have made sure that Gsnap is enabled several times. it is not missing from the effect list, it is just grayed out.

The only way I can replicate that is if I still have another effect open when I try to use Gsnap.
Audacity does not permit two effects to be applied at the same time.

All that does is make the line longer and skinnier, almost where it's just a thin line. You can also zoom-in on the vertical-scale to make the "thin line" thicker. I'm new to this and just learning Audacity. I've recently made some recordings and saved them as MP3 tracks. When I open them...

chaidragonfire wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 06, 2019 2:47 pm

When I open them up in Audacity to try and edit them, they look like they are compacted,
and I can't edit anything in this format.

Maybe you need to zoom-in on the horizontal, (time), axis ...

Try clicking on "Reset Toolbars"

steve wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:25 am

Your version of Audacity is too old.

I've got it working (on Audacity 2.3.0) ...

https://www.voxengo.com/product/span/

For me "ADDITIVE3.ny (5.24 KiB)" produces sound,
but "ADDITIVE3.ny (5.19 KiB)" does not produce sound, just an error message ...

After I generate a rhythum (click) track I create a new track to record my guitar on. When I click record there is no movement and no recording ... To record on a new track, (rather than append the click track), you have to hold down the shift key, then click on record. You can tick a box in prefer...