Audacity Forum

I installed the 1803 update, not the creators update, and I can't record anymore, I get 'Error opening device. Try changing the audio host, recording device and the project sample." I tried changing all those things but it doesn't help. See if this fixes it: https://www.windowscentral.com/wind...

Here is the available information: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Theming_HowTo

I had a problem before where I could not hear the audio playback of the input while I was recording. This time I am using an iRig Pro. I tried all the settings for the playback device to no avail. I knew I had come across the answer before and it is under the following: Edit > Preferences > Recordi...

Re. your original question, no you shouldn't be adjusting the record level on the fly. Set the recording level so that the peak level when you speak loudly into the microphone is just a fraction over half the track height. Peaks should never touch the top or bottom of the track when you record so le...

Vitrushka wrote:I'm using Audacity 2.2.1

You should update to Audacity 2.2.2 as soon as possible as there is a serious bug in 2.2.1 that could cause loss of work. See: viewtopic.php?f=64&t=99026

Audacity is an "audio" recorder and only records "audio". Audacity does not support "soft synths" and does not record "midi".

How far have you got with your recent Seaboard? Are you able to produce any sound? Where does the sound come from?

relztrah wrote:I am not seeing where to change the bit rate mode on the Export screen.

The selected format in that picture says "WAV (Microsoft) signed 16-bit PCM".
To set the MP3 settings and export as MP3, you need to select MP3 as the export format.

(I just don't recall having to make a selection from time=0.0) Old versions of Audacity had quirk that if nothing is selected and you apply an operation that requires a selection, the entire project would be selected automatically. In more recent versions of Audacity that "auto select all if n...

The "problem" is that the plug-in is returning the labels relative to the start of the selection, so to get the labels to line up with the detected beats, you need to ensure that the selection starts at time=0.0

Something else that may be useful for you is that a project may contain other types of audio files, such as WAV or Ogg files. Here's an example AUP file that imports two WAV files from its _data folder. <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no" ?> <!DOCTYPE project PUBLIC "-//auda...