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OK, here's a script that can do most of the job. 1) First, you need to select the track starting exactly at a 0ms (no gap) point in the track, and extend the selection to the end of the track. 2) There must be only one track in the project. 3) Enter this code in the Nyquist Prompt , and apply it: ;v...

Ensure that you have Audacity 2.3.2 from here: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/

Set the number of recording channels to "1 (mono)" in the Device Toolbar: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/device_toolbar.html

That's because the thread is busy. If you need to use the file browser while Audacity is reading a file, open a new file browser window "in a new process" before you start the import. The window that you dragged from will still be busy, but the new window will still be usable (because it's...

When recording sounds that are playing on the computer, the playback level matters. Just like speaking louder into a mic creates a larger signal for the recording, so increasing the playback level affects the recording level when recording what is playing. This can be a problem if your playback devi...

I would not recommend using bluetooth speakers / headphones with Audacity. Because Audacity is designed to support bidirectional audio, including mixing and resampling on the fly, it is a lot more demanding on the sound system than simple playback only media players. Bluetooth audio is pretty compli...

Unfortunately there are many reasons why dropouts may occur. Some of the more common ones are described in these two articles:
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq ... html#skips
https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mana ... nd_Drivers

The original is AAC. AAC is a lossy compressed format. Lossy compression produces an approximation of the original, with a much smaller file size. It's possible that the original had absolute silence in those gaps, which would then mean that you could use Truncate Silence. Is it possible for you to...

Carl13 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 09, 2019 6:09 am

Audacity might not be the right tools recommanded for you.

I disagree. Why do you say that?

Selecting Macros for keyboard shortcuts is a bit clunky, but it does work. I expect that it will be refined in some future Audacity release, but as it's a new feature, I'm just happy that it works ;) (The developer is aware that it's a bit clunky, and has said that he intends to improve it when he h...