Audacity Forum

I have a musician colleague that tap dances. He bought a large stone floor tile for about $5 which gives a really good tap and scrape. I doubt that it is possible to get such an authentic sound by processing a "taps on board" recording.

As a workaround, you can select "FFmpeg-compatible files" as the file type in the import dialog before selecting the file to import.

EbcAccess wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:00 am

to record a simple mono vocal track recording successfully.

Using what equipment?

Try resetting Audacity: "Tools menu > Reset configuration".
Then restart Audacity.
Then check that the correct devices are selected in the Device Toolbar.
Then try a test recording.

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