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It was probably intended to reduce clutter under "File" That was one reason, but only a minor consideration. The main issue being addressed was to create clearer distinction between "saving projects" and "exporting audio files". This distinction (or lack of it) had bee...

I don't think that Audacity will help with your idea. Accurate note detection is difficult - it's not just a matter of FFT analysis, because natural sounds (real life instruments) are rich in harmonics, and it is not always the highest amplitude harmonic that determines the pitch. Also, FFT has very...

Windows gets confused if there are two programs installed that have the same name but are in different locations. I'd suggest that you uninstall all versions of Audacity from your computer, the search carefully for any "Audacity" folders and delete them. By default Audacity is installed in...

First thing to check is that you have give Audacity permission to use recording device. See: viewtopic.php?f=46&t=100117

Next thing if that doesn't fix it, is to give us more information about the equipment you are using and what you are trying to do.

Try the Limiter effect, using the "Soft Limit" option.

seanmichaels wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:24 pm

It's an industry standard used in radio

along with the Electro-Voice RE20/RE27, Sennheiser MD 421, beyerdynamic M series, AKG C-Series, Neumann TLM series, and many others.

Have you given Audacity permission to use the microphone? (See: viewtopic.php?p=357189#p357189)

cje1946 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 15, 2019 3:50 am

1. I recorded a short sentence using the mike.

A USB microphone?
See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq ... k.html#usb

How would I add silence? Select a bit of the empty space at the start of the track (click and drag). Then "Generate menu > Silence". The Silence generator will default to the exact length of the selection, so it does not move any audio clips later in the track, provided that you made a se...

To do that you need to ensure that all tracks start at time=0. If any tracks have audio before time=0 (indicated by two small arrows on the left end of the track), you need to trim the track so that it starts at time=0. If any tracks have empty space at the start, you need to generate some silence a...