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The LADSPA plug-in from the Audacity website are 32-bit. As far as I'm aware, 64-bit versions do not exist.

Look in "Edit menu > Preferences > Effects" and ensure that "LADSPA" is enabled.

spade wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:12 am

Yes, I know, but there are no meta keys, that is, keys which work, independent from which application has the focus right now. That is, what I was asking for.

We refer to those as "global shortcuts". I've added your vote for this feature.

Audacity does not support foot pedals, but there are some keyboard shortcuts available for controlling the play position: Left cursor key Right cursor key Shift + Left Shift + Right Spacebar (play / stop) P (pause) X (stop at playback position) See also: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/extra_men...

Why not use VLC?

Perhaps it's a Windows 10 thing. Tested on Windows 10 and I can reproduce the problem. What's happening is that when the Audacity "File Import", or "Macro > Files" dialog is opened, if the last used Import folder does not exist, Audacity is creating it. This should not happen (o...

Have you tried updating to the current Audacity 2.3.0 version? https://www.audacityteam.org/download/
Do you still have the problem?

Audacity checks to see the available audio devices when the application is launched. It does not automatically update its list of audio devices unless you specifically tell it to by selecting "Transport menu > Rescan Audio Devices". After docking or undocking your laptop, you will probably...

Try reinstalling Audacity from the EXE installer (available here: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/) and during the installation, look out for the option to "Reset Preferences". Select that option when it appears.
On first run, confirm that you want to reset preferences.

Check the USB lead. It may be damaged, or not connected securely.
Try a different USB socket if possible.

I don't know what a "Handy Zoom2 recorder" is, but with a Zoom H2, the following steps are required, and the order is important. 1) Connect the H2 to the computer with the USB cable. 2) Select the "USB microphone" option on the H2 3) Launch Audacity 4) Select "MME" as t...