Audacity Forum

The "macro-ouput" folder is only created when you select the option to:
Apply Macro to: [Files]

Additional information: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/macros.html

If I have a noisy recording, I often end up with a random number of labels after running Sound Finder. You may get better results with the new "Label Sounds" tool in Audacity 3.0.0: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/label_sounds.html The "Threshold measurement:" setting has an...

I do use Normalization, and have updated my main macro to use Loudness Normalization instead. Note that "Loudness Normalization" does NOT guarantee the peak level. Some songs can have a much higher peak level than others that are the same "loudness", so you have to allow plenty ...

Wow! This fixed it! Super :D I noticed that your screen capture with the arrows did not include an "Enable Audio Enhancements" check box option - so you may want to make note of this for any future posts with a similar problem for UM2 recording on Instrument 2 channel. My screenshot was w...

[email protected] wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:22 pm

However, the screen interface is different than what the manual shows.

Please post a screenshot so that we can see what you are looking at.

Turn off "Sync Lock" (at the bottom of the "Tracks" menu: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tra ... .29_.C2.A0

VarnPotts wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:25 pm

When connected up with a record playing Audacity

How is your turntable connected to the computer?
What sort (make and model) is the turntable?

VarnPotts wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:25 pm

[nor through headphones]

Where are your headphones plugged in?

Audacity puts its data in AU files (I'm presuming v3 still does) Not exactly. Audacity 3.x writes "blobs" into the database rather than "au" files into a folder. Implementing the old style (OGG) compressed project is complicated for the new AUP3 format. For one thing, the maximu...

Which version of Audacity?
What's in your Macro?

But this is what it has been set to most of the day today. Probably better to select "2 channels, 16 bit, 44100 (CD Quality)", since you probably want a standard audio file at the end (and 44100 is the Audacity default). Strongly recommended: Turn off "audio enhancements". I dou...