Audacity Forum

Hey, I've tried to fix this for a long time today by watching many videos and such. When I press record, I get the error message "Error opening sound device ... You're not alone: there was a Windows [10] update a few days ago which appears to be responsible for this problem, see ... https://fo...

Yesterday, I encountered the "error opening sound device ... Is there anything else that I can try to resolve the problem? Check that your Alesis interface is enabled in Windows recording devices ... http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-enable-all-recording-devices-in-windows If it's not enabl...

I'm running Windows 10, it was just updated earlier this week and today is when I first noticed the problem, the microphone worked fine last week when recording. I've made sure all input/output settings are correct, the microphone is being recognized by my system ... I really dont know whats going ...

... is there a way to add a recorded pause between tracks (5-10 seconds let's say) outside of what's been recorded? What's the best way to do that? Drag'n'Drop all the tracks into Audacity, Add 5-10 seconds of silence at the start of all of the tracks, ( select all: "Ctrl"+"A", ...

How do I find and locate all clicks or pops throughout an entire mp3 file ... ? This DeClicker plugin can isolate clicks. If you create a duplicate track, (i.e. select the track then press "Ctrl"+"D"), then apply the DeClicker in isolate-mode to the duplicate, that will serve to...

Selecting WASAPI as the audio host should enable you to record what you hear, regardless of Windows updates.

If you want to use Stereo-Mix/WaveOut instead, you may have to re-enable those after a Windows update, see ...
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-en ... in-windows

TunnelThroughTime wrote: I don't record speaker cabs when I do recording, but rather use DI boxes ...

If you're looking for a free speaker-cabinet emulator, try Boogex.
Remember Audacity only accepts 32-bit plugins , & not the VST3.

servimo wrote:I am having no volume slide in Audacity...

You are having no Pan slider. Try this ...

I have a long music track "long track", and a short sound track "the clap". I would like to do this: long track on track 1, and while playing the long track (without any pauzing!!) adding several times the clap (will be written on track 2). You need sequencer software ... https:...

I'm missing something here. There's a window below that "Get Noise Profile" button.I selected a silent section of a published audio book and the Noise Reduction Db is 12. Then I selected the silent parts of an audio sample .. Nothing changes, nothing happens when I push that button ... Af...