Audacity Forum

For M4A files, you need to install FFmpeg (as the message says). See here for instructions: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_ffmpeg_for_windows.html Ensure that you use the "ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe" file (the download page recommends a different file, but apparently that's becau...

I did have a couple of other apps open, but not running. Windows usually has a lot of things running in the background (without telling you). "Windows Update" can be a killer if it starts up while you are recording - that's one to watch out for. That video link I posted covers most of the...

Bay wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 3:30 pm

The exported WAV file is in the correct folder, but its name is invisible (hidden).

What is the folder?
What is the file name?

wharjack wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 1:16 pm

I executed sudo audacity

Never use "sudo" unless you are intentionally modifying the system.

To launch Audacity from a terminal, the command is just:

Lets say I need a filter centered on 800Hz with a passband of 40Hz at -6dB, and 60Hz at -60dB. It sounds like you want a Notch Filter: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Effect_Plug-ins#Notch_Filter You can limit the depth (maximum attenuation) of a notch by mixing in a (much attenuated) co...

Instead of modulating the message, can we just upconvert the speech signal to an inaudible frequency like above 16KHz? You can use any method you like to make the audio inaudible and it won't make any difference. If you can't hear it, then you can't hear it. There is some weak evidence that suggest...

Each side of each cassette is about 45-60 minutes. The player has auto reverse, so once I start it, it should run for 1.5 to 2.0 hours. After the player has played both sides it will stop. But Audacity keeps recording. What I usually do is to stop the recording manually after both sides are recorde...

Audacity was running while I was writing the post above. When I hot-keyed over to Audacity, it had stopped with an error message saying something like it did not have enough compute power to continue and telling me that I need to have fewer other apps running. Do I need to have Audacity be pretty m...

The commands that you need are: OpenProject2: Filename="fully qualified file name" Import2: Filename="fully qualified file name" where "fully qualified file name" means the file name and full path, such as "C:\User\Fred\Desktop\my-file.wav". The file name shou...

The first thing I would suggest is to reset Audacity back to factory settings. To do that: 1. Reboot the computer (this ensures that there is nothing running that will interfere with the next steps) 2. Open your "home" folder in your file browser, and enable "hidden files" in the...