Audacity Forum

Rekeza wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:49 pm

In Audacity, the mic is also recognized and selected, but when I try to record, it picks up no sound.

Are you sure that Audacity picks up NO sound, rather than the recording level being very low?
(Try applying the Amplify effect to the recorded track to see if there's anything there).

Thanks for the suggestion. That's not in the FAQ now because we see relatively few cases of anti-virus apps blocking access to the audio device. Perhaps it's only "Kaspersky Endpoint Security" that does so. I'll certainly keep an eye out for this, and if it looks to be a common problem I'l...

Ensure that all Windows sound "Enhancements" are disabled. (See: Why do my recordings fade out or sound as if they were made in a tunnel?)

You missed out a couple pf important points: What are you trying to record, and how? My guess is that you are trying to record audio that is playing on your computer, using "WASAPI loopback". If I've guessed right, the easiest workaround is to add a new track ("Tracks menu"), the...

That's a different effect. it is "Acon De Verberate". I would expect that it works to some degree, but I doubt that it could help much if there's a lot of echo. I'd expect best results when there is just a little reverberation. It probably also works best with artificial reverberation rath...

In Audacity how do you set a playback starting point? Click on the waveform at the point that you want to start playback. If you only want to play a shorter section, click and drag to "select" the part of the waveform that you want to play. ("Selections" are used for many things...

Also this extensive manual page which deals with such errors does not tell anything about it! Apart from: Numeric error codes -9996 Invalid device: this means that the sound device is not valid, if it is an external sound device: it may have been unplugged you may have a faulty or loose connection ...

is it possible to use Verberate basic plugin with audacity to remove echo? Their website says: Highly realistic simulation of real acoustical spaces and mechanical plates The new time variant Vivid Hall algorithm goes beyond convolution Powerful decay editor allows frequency dependent reverb times ...

Try starting Audacity from a Terminal window with: If that fixes it, modify your Audacity menu item / launcher to use that command.

Roblox wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:52 pm

Do the files just work for you if you export more than 8 channels?

Yes, but I don't have any app other than Audacity that supports more than 8 channels.