Audacity Forum

Audacity can't detect specific sounds, but it can detect the difference between sound and silence using either "Silence Finder" (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/silence_finder.html). If you are able to label the sections based on silences within the track, then you can export each...

Do you have the project file AND the project folder?

When you save an Audacity project, it creates a FILE that has a file extension ".aup", and a FOLDER that has the same name as the project, with "_data" added to the end. Example: If you save a project and name it "my-project", then Audacity will create a project file ca...

The absence of any signal in the meters indicates that no sound is getting to Audacity. Check in the recording tab of the Windows Sound Control Panel to see if a signal is present there (a green meter should respond to sound from the recording device).

what is happening, is that when I export the tracks into WAVs via the "Export Multiple" option, and then import them back in in a new session, all the tracks are back in their original state and location, before any editing, aligning, copying / pasting, etc, had been done and saved out la...

M4A is a "container format" and may contain any number of audio, video, and even subtitle streams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_container_format). M4A also supports DRM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) Audac...

The most likely explanation is that the "silences" are not "absolute silence".
"Detach at Silences" only works if the silence is absolute - "very very quiet" is not quiet enough.

Whilst editing this particular episode together I've found that some of the parts where the hosts are talking have been replaced or been mixed together with short clips from the imported audio in random places. Other than "human error", I can't think of any explanation for how that could ...

The Blue Yeti is a mono microphone. Try changing all the settings to record mono.

Have you given Audacity permission to use recording devices? (see: viewtopic.php?p=357189#p357189)