Audacity Forum

Dear kozikowsky, I got great results by applying "Clip Fix" to the soundtrack of an old film, "L'âge D'or" from 1930, but I did not notice any auditory difference in other files, although, as you alert, I could notice visual change in the blue waves. I believe that clips caused by using too strong s...

waxcylinder and steve, you're right: I've checked and actually "Amplify" is a bit faster than "Normalize".

As recommend in the manual, I will use the "Normalize" command only when there is DC offset and even then only with the "Normalize stereo channels independently" option unchecked.

Thank you.

Hi, sorry if my question is very primary but I have little familiarity with computers and even less with commands in the "Terminal" of Linux. Still, maybe I can learn. I would like to automate the execution of the same tasks on a set of files that are in a single folder. The tasks are: 1 - Open file...

Hello, could someone advise me on how to use the volume change? If I do "Effects" and "Amplifie", it takes a lot longer than "Effects" and "Normalize". Usually when it comes to music obtained through vinyl record players, I use "Normalize" since the grounding of this type of player is not usually as...

Looking to the graphics you posted I can understand a lot of things. I can zoom my test-file and find something like the pics you posted. Normaly in a horrible-file sound, severe clipped as you say, we can't see the peak of the waveform, it goes beyond the margins. And when I decrease the volume, no...

Thank you, waxcylinder.
And, excuse but... nobody? The main question is how can I understand the waveform graphic? Where can I find instruction about, just to begining studies about?
Thanks.

First, thnks to this forum. This is my first visit and a have a few doubts. My name is Renato and I'm a 56 y.o. brazilian guy with some bits and bytes experience. As I'm new with sound digital files maybe these doubts could be primarily questions. Sorry for that. Well, lets go to the questions: Look...