Audacity Forum

As a fuzzy rule, 32 is barely enough for a mono recording and 64 for stereo. There is a cliff at those two points, less than that even by a little bit and many people can hear damage. Above that many people can't. By the time you get to 192, a great many people can not hear any damage at all and ma...

<<<Well...in playing around while waiting for help>>> You should not be hanging on the computer waiting for someone to respond. Some of the Windows people are multiple time zones away and it could take a half-day or longer to get a response. Koz Hi. Hanging around occurred because I was continuing ...

Well...in playing around while waiting for help, I found out if I opened a new Audacity box, the preferences aren't gray anymore. I also realized that the "blue snowflake" for input device is my new microphone. lol. So it's the choice, with Microsoft Sound Mapper for output. STILL no recording happe...

Ok, re: the message I got about checking "input device settings and project sample rate". ........I went to Edit>Preferences>Audio I/O tab. For Output , I can only choose Microsoft Sound Mapper or Sigma Tel Audio . For Input , I can choose Microsoft Sound Mapper, Blue SnowFlake, or Sigma Tel Audio. ...

You probably have the Audacity MP3 preferences set for too low a quality. Edit > Preferences > File Formats > MP3. Select a bitrate of 192 or 224. That may get you a much larger sound file than you have been getting. The quality and filesizes go up and down in opposition to each other. Keep changin...

I got a new microphone called Snowflake. When I record my voice doing a monologue and replay it on Audacity, it's great! Good tone. Clear. This is a great microphone! :D But after I have saved my monologue to an MP3 and replay that, my voices sounds like I'm in a wavy tin can. WHY??? :? And what can...

Let me say on the outset that I'm fairly new to Audacity, but have used it successfully a few times...until a few minutes ago. :shock: I purchased the Snowflake portable USB mic. Plugged it in for the first time 30 minutes ago, brought my Audacity page up, recorded--it sounded great!! Then when I tr...