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I took a brief look through the reference sites for it NyQuist, but none the wiser tbh. For the LISP commands and syntax, the XLisp reference is good (and has examples): http://www.audacity-forum.de/download/edgar/nyquist/nyquist-doc/xlisp/xlisp-index.htm The "XLISP Language Reference" is...

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Thu Dec 06, 2018 1:18 am

It is when I select recover, I get a message that tells me Audacity does not recognise the .autosave file that it created, and I need to add ffmpeg to help recognise it, which it doesn't.

Take me through it, step by step, exactly what are you doing?

You have accidentally switched to the "Multi-tool". To switch back to the normal "Selection Tool", press F1, or click the button with the I-beam cursor icon (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tools_toolbar.html)

ok i fixed it i just downloaded an older version of audacity aka version 2.2.1 :D Using an old version was going to be my next suggestion, but NOT version 2.2.1. A bug has been discovered in Audacity 2.2.1 which can cause data loss if you overwrite the project using "Save Project As..." (...

Spoiler alert! If you want to work out the Fibonacci tones yourself, don't look at the code below. On the other hand, feel free to adapt the code below to suit your needs. ;type generate ;control dur "Duration of each note" float "seconds" 0.25 0 2 (defun tone (hz dur) (print hz)...

I don't know if this will still work as Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 8.1 last January, but you could try: https://www.lifewire.com/download-updat ... -1-3506864

Is Windows 8.1 fully updated?

Are you using an extremely old computer?

Why is "Program Files (x86)" on your D: drive?

Audacity is not installed correctly.
Remove all instances of Audacity from your system, then re-download the .EXE installer from: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ and reinstall by running the .EXE installer.