Audacity Forum

As soon as you make that mistake, whatever it is, just simply stop, and let the silence fall for about 5-10 seconds. Then make a noise that will certainly appear as a long, sharp, vertical stick on audacity, like a clap, or a loud click. Then wait another 5-10 seconds, and resume from an appropriat...

But are there any ways to modify existing Audacity plugins to not need any audio to be selected to be activated with the plugin type being set to "Effect" or "Analyze"? All of the shipped "Effect" and "Analyze" plug-ins require an audio selection and cannot w...

See: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Plug-in_Headers in particular, this section: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Plug-in_Headers#type are there any ways to modify existing Audacity plugins to not need any audio to be selected to be activated without the plugin type being set t...

Grab the right end of the meter toolbar (left click and drag) and drag it bigger. Note that you can grab the left end of the toolbars to reposition them. When recording, I find it useful to stretch the recording meter to the full width of the display. Note that it is generally recommended to aim for...

A selection is not required for "tool" type effects.
See also my previous post: viewtopic.php?p=371676#p371676

It's probably a bug in your sound card drivers.
If you're using an "on board" sound card and you wish to record in mono, go to the Windows Sound control panel, and set the recording device to "mono". That usually fixes the problem.

;version 1 This is not necessary for a minimal "Hello World!" example. If you want to include the version number for completeness, new code should use the latest version, which at time of writing in version 4. ;type analyze This is wrong. It is not an analyze type plug-in, because it is n...

Can't get Audacity to run / can't find locked file either? Please advise. Select and copy this next line to your clipboard (Command + C): ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/ Switch to the Finder Click on the "Go" menu, and choose "Go to Folder" Right click and "Paste&qu...

3) split @ cut point (helps w/ selections that follow) 4) fade out the 1 second before the cut 5) fade in the 1 second after the cut 6) remove the split Would a short crossfade be better? https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/crossfade_clips.html If so, then you could assign a keyboard shortcut to th...

(1) Would it be possible to adjust EQ curve/bars and let it automatically be applied to a track that is playing? Unfortunately not, though you can use "Preview" rather than applying and undoing. If you want a longer preview, you can set the length of preview in "Edit menu > Preferenc...