Audacity Forum

Brilliant (what a reply!) Thanks so much for that! So, just to make sure I've got this right in my head ... As a practical working example: 1. Firstly I make sure Audacity is set back to its default setting of 32-bit. (I had previously set it in Prefs to '16-bit') then ... 2. I import my 16-bit audi...

Great, thanks! Just a thought though, if these audio files I'm working with are pre-formatted as 16-bit (ie: set) but I import them into Audacity & leave the default setting at 32-bit floating am I not upping the resolution to 32-bit at the importing stage? If this be the case then would I not need ...

Hi! I'm looking to import & do some simple edits on a bunch of 16-bit audio files in Audacity. Two questions:
As these files are already in 16-bit format should I set prefs in Audacity to 16-bit (instead of the default 32-bit) and, if so, do I just set dither to 'none' when I'm done? Thanks!

But why the battery? Macs work fine without it, except for the date and time... Every time I powered up I was getting the 'calender/clock not set to the right time' message so I thought I'd just change the battery out. I've now attempted everything you suggested (including leaving it on for 20 mins...

You might as well use a simple external attenuator I went out again to do some (more) tests this evening but first to install the new internal battery I'd acquired for the PRAM. New battery installed I rebooted the Mac, set the correct date & time and used the padlock item to lock in the info. I th...

If record/playback controls are available, then Audacity's record/playback sliders are enabled for that device Yes, they are enabled. The problem I have is that the only control I have over the slider is to make things LOUDER when what I actually want to do is to make my line-in input QUIETER. I am...

First up let me once again thank EVERYONE for their 'input' here (pun intended!) OK, sorry to keep banging on about this but, bottom line, I'm still confused this end! You have to remember, I'm a first time Audacity user ('noob'!) and have no experience or point of reference using this software. At ...

Have you ever tried the third possibility in Audacity's input list "sound input"? That could be the line input, I think. But frankly, I don't remember clearly, as it's a long time ago... Did you try this? I switched the input to 'Sound Input' as suggested. It appears to yield EXACTLY the same resul...

In your picture of Audio MIDI Setup the "External Mic/Line In" levels were turned up quite high. Have you looked there or in Sound in System Preferences to see if the Audacity input slider is actually controlling those sliders? It should do, but might not on an antique machine. Gale I shall go chec...

I am concerned that the Audacity Input Slider needs to be set to minimum in order to avoid overloading the recording. However, if you listen back to the recording (using good headphones plugged into the headset output of the iMac, or good, amplified external speakers) and it sounds clean (not disto...