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Yes there will be some change in timbre. How much change, and whether it is acceptable or not depends on the tempo change algorithm and the type of material it is being applied to. Here is an example that plays 4 times. Other than the first version, the tempo has been increased by 13.333% (equivalen...

Any bugaboos to look for? Be careful when naming things to use normal alpha-numeric characters only. Some characters are OK to use on Mac but not on Windows. Characters that are safe on all platforms are: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, hyphen, underscore. On most modern systems, spaces are also safe, though as you...

The current user manual is over 500 pages (many with color illustrations). The full manual is available on-line here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/index.html and it is also included in the recommended Audacity DMG download https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ Given that most occasions when ...

It may be simpler than you think. When a USB audio device is plugged in, Windows will (usually) set it as the default device for recording and playback. Obviously a turntable is only an "input device" (sound into the computer), but Windows doesn't know that. In the device toolbar , you can...

There are many possible approaches (possibly limitless).
Could you narrow it down a bit? What are the sounds, and what is this for?

golden_thread wrote:Thank you SO MUCH. I also found this very, very annoying!!!

What exactly did you find so "very very annoying!!!" ?

When opened in a plain text editor, an AUP file should look similar to this: good.png Unfortunately, yours is corrupt beyond hope and looks like this: bad.png Possible reasons for the damage: Computer shut down before project fully saved Computer hibernating while Audacity accessing the project A bu...

I have got a blue ice snowball micropone. That should give reasonable results. Do you have a "pop shield"? (https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/pop-shields-why-you-need-them) Using a pop shield will allow you to get closer to the mic without the problem of "wind blast" fro...

Take a look in the Windows Sound Control Panel. Go to the Recording tab and check what devices are available and enabled.

When using 8 bit (which is low quality at best), it is essential that you use as much dynamic range as possible - that is, amplify / normalize to 0 dB. The less bits that are available, the more digital noise. The number of bits refers to the number of distinct amplitude levels that are available. F...