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I want this so I can then use this as essentially another set of tracks for "mixing" vs using eq, a filter, etc. "Spectral Editing" is simply a different interface for filtering. If you want to reduce frequencies below 200 Hz, you need a "High Pass" filter. If you want...

You can get a list of all devices that Audacity can see, from "Help menu > Audio Device Info".

gusgorman wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:08 pm

It isn't a problem for analogue recording + playback

Are you sure it's not a problem? Have you been able to record from the optical input with anything? How did you enable / select the optical input?

I don't have an optical input device to test, but the first thing that I would do is to open ALSA Mixer, and look to see if the device appears as a capture (recording) device. To open ALSA Mixer, open a Terminal window and enter: alsamixer To display the capture (recording) inputs, press F4. To clos...

With Audacity closed, try deleting these 3 files, then restart Audacity: ~/.audacity-data/audacity.cfg ~/.audacity-data/pluginregistry.cfg ~/.audacity-data/pluginsettings.cfg The above will reset Audacity to "factory defaults". (".audacity-data" is a hidden folder in your home di...

Try this ( without starting Jack): Reboot your computer Run the two command: aplay -l arecord -l Note the returned info and include that in your reply Launch Audacity, and from the Help menu, open and save the "Audio Device Info". Attach the file to your reply. Note which, if any, options ...

If you are working with mono tracks, you can usually avoid clicks by simply selecting at "zero crossing" points (Press the "Z" key). See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/select_menu_at_zero_crossings.html For cases where you "need" fades, you could modify the includ...

Are you working on an Audacity project that was created with an earlier version of Audacity? Scratch that. It appears to be a bug in Audacity 2.2.1 that I wasn't aware of (it is fixed in the current 2.3.1 version, but that version is not yet in the repositories). There's a simple workaround: When y...

Are you working on an Audacity project that was created with an earlier version of Audacity?

Does Jack Audio System start automatically on boot / log-in, or when you launch some other application, or do you start it manually?