Audacity Forum

Thank you for answering. I've tried it with the fastest attack time the tool allows - .1 sec - with no change. The only thing that's worked (since my original post) is to select only the peak I'm trying to compress, and nothing around it. When I do that, it works as expected. As soon as I apply the ...

Confirmed with the peak amplitude analyzer - the peak amplitude is the same before and after compression.

Windows Vista, Audacity 2.0.5

Gonna try to do this without uploading pics. Let me know if they're needed please. I'm experimenting with compressing a recording of voice and guitar with a high amplitude variability. There is one spot where the voice gets too loud and pierces the ear at my overall target volume. I am using the bui...

I am in the process of importing, cleaning up, and exporting as WAV or AIFF all of my original music coming from different sources - cassette, CD, digital file produced from DAT. I have a several different projects going - some for a single song, others for an entire album or live recording. The goa...

Well... First, thanks for your responses! I checked on the driver - it's from 2009, and I have been doing this without DC offset recently, so I don't think that's the issue (no option to roll back anyway...) I muted all of the inputs (and outputs!) in control panel, and still getting it. I tried the...

Hello, I'm using Audacity 2.0.5, and Windows Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 2). For a long time I have been using Audacity to record directly from my computer's Stereo Mix, allowing me to record any audio that's playing from any program. It has usually worked flawlessly, but in the last two days a...