Audacity Forum

Also see this page from the wiki:

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... al_Removal

which goes into some detail on how it works (or, more often, doesn't).

PO'L

The built-in microphone is the worst possible option, from the point of view of audio quality. (I'm assuming you are on a laptop, from that description) As you have discovered, it will pick up every sound the computer makes, and usually will have a pretty poor frequency response as well. You need an...

Audacity projects are very brittle and don't like being moved. A project consists of an .aup file and a _data folder. The _data folder contains all of the project audio and graphic data in hunderds of small files, and the .aup file tells Audacity how to construct the project from those files. The .a...

How's that for timing?

PO'L

Tried exporting, and no matter what I do, I am not allowed to save to any format other than as an Audacity project. Arre you sure you are using the "Export" command in the File menu and not "Save"? "Save" or "Save as" will only allow you to save as an Audacity project. File > Export When you click ...

What you have saved is an Audacity project, and no other program will open it. When I click File-Open I have a Audacity (R) icon, and a File Name_data folder. In the File window that you get when you select File > Open, the file with the Audacity icon is the Audacity project file, (it should have th...

Those "~1"s in the path name are a sign that the folder names have been abbreviated to fit into an 8-character format.

"Docume~1" is "Documents and Settings"
"Admini~1" is most likely "Administrator"
"Locals~1" is most likely "Local Settings"

PO'L

Oops!

That's what comes of posting in a hurry without thinking things through.

PO'L

I'd suggest going through the settings on the sound card in detail.
It sounds like there may be an effect switched on somewhere (Automatic Gain Control or something like that).

PO'L

Select just the section that you have filtered and use Effect > Amplify.
Start with a value of 3 in the "Amplification (dB)" box. Undo and experiment with different values until it sounds right.

PO'L