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What's the exact version of Linux? Enter this in a Terminal window for the full info: lsb_release -a What audio devices should be available? Enter this in a Terminal window for the full info (the final character is lower-case L): Playback devices aplay -l Recording devices arecord -l What is the out...

phaeton wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:24 pm

Not sure if this is the right place though, since I ended up not using Audacity for the 2D spectrograms

This section of the forum may be more appropriate: viewforum.php?f=21

Your first link is about sonar. Do you have a Sonar recording?

Your second link goes to "page not found".

If you have the command line codec installed, you can export as opus using the "external program" option: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/exporting_to_an_external_program.html I have added your "vote" (logged your support) for adding native (built-in) support for Opus. Your v...

Look in "Help menu > About Audacity -> Build Information". Near the bottom, it should say if you have a "Release build" or "Debug build". Which is it? Also, on the same screen, but higher up in the "Core libraries" section; which version of wxWidgets, and whic...

Tony Boulet wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 1:35 pm

how can I correct this recording

I don't think you can - it's too badly damaged.

Audacity does have a feature that may be useful if you want to keep a record of the recording date / time. There's a setting in Preferences: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/recording_preferences.html Note that when using the System Time and/or System Date options, these settings only apply to ne...

ethanchoo wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:11 am

I don't use analogue equipment. The tracks came from YouTube Vids of the same song

but I guess you don't know what equipment the makers of the YouTube videos used, or what processes their videos went through. One thing is certain: they don't guarantee that the videos are sample accurate.

Holmqvist wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:52 am

but there is no 'Session data' folder in application support.

On a Mac there are two "application support" folders. The correct one is hidden, so you have to follow Bill's instructions exactly as written.

*** BUG *** In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed Set a breakpoint on '_pixman_log_error' to debug Interestingly, I have only ever heard of ONE other occurrence of this error in Audacity. https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=100022 I'm far from convinced that thi...