Audacity Forum

Koz, the original chapter (v2) in question overall has a noise floor of -79.9 so they must be referring to the one second clip at the beginning and the 4.5 piece at the end. So I ran an ACX check on just the 4.5 section at the end of v2 and it showed a noise floor of -68.6 ... Peak was ok but now sa...

On a recent novel I completed, ACX bounced two chapters with the following notation: • Issue: The production includes files that contain noise at the start and/or tail end. The first 0 to 2 seconds, and the last 1 to 5 seconds of each file must revised to ensure none of them contain any noise, loud ...

I know I'm doing something wrong when I try to replace a word or phrase. Here's what I've been doing: I would use the CLIP BOUNDARIES by clicking in front of the phrase to be changed. I would then record the new phrase. Once that's done, I would cut the new phrase, return to the section I'm working ...

When editing a track, instead of using the scissor icon on Audacity, is there a keyboard shortcut for that?

How do I cut a passage from an existing track and then re-use it on a completely track? For instance, if doing a Retail Sample, how can I cut a 4 min section from an existing chapter ... and then re-use that same clip in the Retail Sample. I'm trying to avoid re-recording the section if I don't have...

When I open Audacity, it will not record ... almost like the button is stuck. I've rebooted the computer several times. Any thoughts?

I have the ACX Check plug in and, until recently, worked perfectly .... now, however, it works sometimes and sometimes not. For instance, it will only analyze a few minutes of recording. if that. How do I download a new one? Thanx for your help, Tom

How do I split a track so I can insert additional dialogue?

I know I have to open a second track and record the changed section thereon. But two areas have me stumped: 1. when do I erase the initial version (about 4 mins worth of deathless prose)? Now ? ... or after I've made the new recording and moved it up on the original track? 2. and once I make the new...

I need to re-record about a 5 minute section on a 20 min recording. I'm trying not to have to re-record the whole thing but can't figure out how to re-record the section and then substitute the new for the old.

Any suggestions?