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It still sounds to me like a security product / anti-virus app is getting in the way. What security products do you have on your computer?

Is there a list where all files are installed for audacity besides ~/library/audacity Audacity has 3 configuration files: audacity.cfg pluginregistry.cfg pluginsettings.cfg These three files are in: ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/ Note that "~/" means your home folder, and that th...

especially by others who edit spoken audio. We have quite a few users that produce audiobooks (spoken word). Audiobook publishers will reject recordings where gaps are totally silenced - they want to hear low level "room tone", not black as death silence. So for that use case, "Silen...

I've got Realtek HD Audio Manager which is also what I had on the old Windows 7 computer. Same make, but the drivers for Windows 10 will be completely different. Microsoft made substantial changes to the sound system between Windows 7 and 10, and Windows 7 sound card drivers are not compatible with...

it will play ok until it gets through the section where I've silenced, and then it will often not play the first part of the next word. That sounds like Windows, or the sound card drivers, are applying some sort of automatic gain control. Check the settings in the Windows Sounds control panel, and ...

partyman777 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:20 pm

If the file is corrupted what are my options?

Get another copy of the audio that will play.

Audacity does not run on tablets unless they run a full version of Windows, macOS or Linux (not Android or iOS). More information here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq ... tml#mobile

partyman777 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:59 pm

All media players attempted have been none responsive.

Seems like the file is corrupt or damaged.

The current version is 2.3.1, and it is available via the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ When I import my Russian song into Audacity, two stereo tracks with wave patterns appear. Then I click on Stereo tracks split and then I select the bottom track. Then I go to ef...

I'm now learning to use the Control-L keyboard shortcut A very good shortcut to learn - much quicker than selecting a menu item. If there are specific edits that you use a lot, then it's very worthwhile learning their keyboard shortcuts. You can even create keyboard shortcuts for menu commands that...