Audacity Forum

steve wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 10, 2019 4:32 pm

PulseAudio is the default sound system in Ubuntu

At least it used to be - appears that Ubuntu have made changes to the sound system, but I'm uncertain at this stage what they've done. I do see on Google that quite a lot of people are reporting audio problems in Ubuntu 19.04.

The short answer: Your Ubuntu sound system is broken. Have you uninstalled PulseAudio? PulseAudio is the default sound system in Ubuntu, but no sign of it in your audio device info.
How did you install Ubuntu 19.04?

Personally, I like to avoid using too much dynamic compression. Modern commercial recordings are typically compressed to extremes, which in my opinion, robs them of much of the life and excitement of live performances. The default settings in Audacity's Limiter are generally a good starting point. E...

I also get transport bar type icons (play button, record button etc.) and/or edit bar icons superimposed over the drop down menus for audio source, playback, etc. which don't go away when I click outside the area. I don't recognise that description. Could you post a screenshot of it? I'm using the ...

I'm closing this topic now as there have been complaints about the misinformation that Piotr Grochowski is publishing here.

Audacity's website is here: https://www.audacityteam.org/ The current version of Audacity is 2.3.2, and is available via this page on the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ Error while opening sound device. Please check the recording device settings and the project samp...

You need to save the Audacity project with each song in it's own track. That will allow you to go back to the project at a later date and modify or replace any of the songs without affecting the rest of the project. Note that when you export an Audacity project that has multiple tracks, the tracks a...

You could try crossfading (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/cre ... sfade.html)

Please post the full info from "Audio Device Info" (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/hel ... stics.html)

i've been told that i should Normalize my entire recording once i've finished trimming and editing it. This effect tries to bring the highest and lowest levels closer together creating a more consistent or "normal" level of audio. Is that right? No, that's not correct. "Normalize&quo...