Audacity Forum

The first time I did it I got the warning that the device was in use by another app and if I changed it that app may lose sound - but I was able to OK that and the change was made. That used to happen here too, but not now. No new software on the test machine other than updates. I now need to dance...

Maybe I need to bite the bullet and learn how to write a C++ utility that will subtract 16384 from every 3rd sample in the right channel. You could do that with Nyquist in Audacity. Unfortunately I don't think it would be a complete solution because: 1) The left channel is also affected, though to ...

Try setting "host" to "MME" in the device toolbar.

Antonuzzo wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:26 pm

I have a suspicion that I've got some dodgy plugins floating around that I need to clear out!

It's always a good idea to remove dodgy plug-ins, though the problem here was simply that your operating system is too out of date for recent versions of Audacity.

Similarly:

GEN-TABLES could be written a bit more succinctly, though both of these versions work correctly: ;;;Build list of tables/breakpoints to pass to siosc. (defun gen-tables (coef-lists pitch interval) (setf time interval) (setf tables ()) (reverse (cdr ;list built in reverse. loop adds extra element. (d...

There's a minor bug here: (defun gen-table (coef-list) (do* ((current-harmonic 1 (1+ current-harmonic)) (wavetable (s-rest 0)) (amplitude 1.0 (get-amplitude current-harmonic coef-list))) ((> current-harmonic top-harmonic) wavetable) (if (> amplitude quiet) (setf wavetable (sim wavetable (scale ampli...

I like it. It produces some nice sounds. :D ;If the rth element is a number x, then the ith harmonic (where i is r modulo k) has ;amplitude i^(-x). Does it make sense to allow negative numbers? Although it is "legal" to use most standard set ASCII characters in symbol names, it is generall...

ddp01 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:47 pm

there is no significant response when I touch or speak into the microphone.

Are there any other microphones connected to (or built into) the computer (some webcams have built-in microphones).
(It sounds like you are looking at the meter for a different mic.)

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