Audacity Forum

steve wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:09 am

Another way to make the menu shorter...

Thanks for reporting this to dev.

It would be great if the ability to scroll the Effects drop-down list with a mouse wheel or trackball was added +1 Particularly for newbies or for browsers as the entire list of effects is not available on the screen and one has to keep moving the mouse back and forth from the bottom of the screen ...

Why doesn't it just record what it hears, instead of trying to boost these silences? It is possible that Windows is trying to enhance your recordings. Right-click on your speaker ICON near the lower right-hand corner of your screen, then select Open Sound Settings . Select your input device, then s...

When seeking help with sound quality issues it is often helpful to post a short audio sample that illustrates the problem. In most cases just 3 or 4 seconds of audio in WAV format is sufficient. Note that other formats such as MP3 may not be helpful (unless the question is specifically about MP3 ex...

the history is lost when the project is closed. Opening a project doesn't seem to do anything. What am I missing? Audacity has a virtually unlimited number of "undo's". However, once you close a project (or Audacity), this undo history is discarded in its entirety. In the future, you may wish to us...

is there any way I can go back to an older iOS version do you know? I don't know my way around macOS, but recent old versions of Audacity are available from OldFoss: http://www.oldfoss.com/Audacity.html. See the link OLDER VERSIONS on that page. If I understand correctly, 2.4.1 is the oldest versio...

Chrisb039 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:19 pm

going across the page like sheet music, and I would like to keep the playback in the center of the page

Perhaps you are talking about a Pinned Play/Record Head check out this link:

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tim ... tml#pinned

OregonBirder wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:52 pm

Now... how do I upload an image?

So when you are posting a reply, you will notice a tab immediately below the box you are typing in: Attachments. Click on this.

calcagno, now that you have become an expert at editing audio in Audacity , you might also check out the following link:

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq ... er_file.3F

Skip steps 1-7 and go directly to the time-saving alternative.

arthur_of_blacksburg wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:22 pm

The Audacity folks should make it very clear in their notes that it is necessary to do something [for applications to have access to the microphone.]

Sounds like a good idea!