Audacity Forum

Josue wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 08, 2018 9:39 pm

Although I would prefer the way I explained in the question

but then you would not be able to make a selection while the track is playing.

Downbow wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:53 pm

The only thing I can think of that is different in my set up is Windows updates. Any ideas on that?

Perhaps this: viewtopic.php?f=46&t=100117
(it can affect any audio devices, not just microphones)

Assuming that you are using the current Audacity 2.3.0 version:
"Transport menu > Transport Options > Sound Activated Recording" and turn it off.

The current version of Audacity for Mac is 2.3.0, which you can get here: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ In the Library/Application Support/audacity folder You've probably got the wrong one. There are two "Library/Application Support/" folders on macOS (just another bit of Appl...

Please attach the actual AUP file. See here for how to attach a file: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64936

Try using an audio player that is not "Windows Media Player" or "iTunes". For example, try Foobar2000 : https://www.foobar2000.org/

Exporting as wav and then re-importing to check pitch, it stayed the same. Stayed the same as what? Is this what you did? 1) Your original track was tuned to B, and you applied the Change Pitch effect so that it was tuned to F. 2) You exported the track as a WAV file, and the file was (correctly) t...

If you only want to change the MP3 encoding option, then there are better applications than Audacity. For example: LameDropXPd http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lamedrop.php Foobar2000 https://www.foobar2000.org/ You can do it in Audacity, though Audacity is not really designed for transcoding. What you ...

If you're using the "Play at speed" slider (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/play_at_speed_toolbar.html), then that only affects the playback speed (temporarily) in Audacity. It does not change that actual audio data. To change the pitch of a track, use one of the pitch changing "e...

Thanks.