Audacity Forum

... I was trying to record a harmony on guitar, and while I've figured out how to record two tracks, their volume levels are such a pain. The first track is pretty much clear, and I have no issue with it. The second track, however, when I play there is barely any audio. It doesn't pick the audio up...

... The first track is pretty much clear, and I have no issue with it. The second track, however, when I play there is barely any audio. It doesn't pick the audio up, aside from 2 or 3 blips. What can I do to resolve this issue? ... The [-/+] track gain-slider https://manual.audacityteam.org/m/imag...

kozikowski wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:53 am

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/spe ... ction.html

There's a whole manual segment on it....

And YouTube tutorial videos by its creator ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Erzyb ... AaNuN54ZRt

Cynthia Moore wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:39 pm

[*] Now you have to scroll down in the Left panel to the "Program Files (x86)" folder ...

How come Audacity does not install itself in the main Program Files folder?

Currently Audacity for Windows is a 32-bit program, (even though now most computers are 64-bit).
"x86" = 32-bit programs.

I did have the Beats Audio box checked. Unchecked it and audio quality was even worse. Here's the first part of Steppenwolf's Sookie Sookie after Beats Audio (Listening Experience) was unchecked. I had to amplify the audio...Audacity's suggested amplification was 4.6 db. Attachments steppenwolf tes...

... my Noise floor is hitting -237.44 db ... That suggests a noise-gate has been applied at some point in your recording-processing chain. The gate could be in the hardware device, (a physical dial on the interface), or software thereafter. If the interface or associated software is gating it will ...

Psychedelic Relic wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:28 am

... All Beats enhancements are off...

Even the playback (listening) enhancements ? ...


If you are recording the computer speakers, any playback enhancements will be baked-in to your recording.

Hello, does anyone know why my sound files being recorded are now capped and the waves not showing in full? This has happened before and I can’t remember what I did to rectify it? All I did was alter the recording volume top left a little, now my files aren't showing in full and have a flat top?? S...

markjearl wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:43 pm

My sibilants sound terribly sharp, piercing. Is there a simple effect I can use to reduce them ...

De-esser plugins are a cure, e.g. ... viewtopic.php?p=404021#p404021

A compressor set only to act above 4kHz will also de-ess.

There's another mic slider in Windows recording devices ...