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If this was a one-off, then I'd not worry too much about it. If it is a recurring problem, then please try to take note of what you were doing leading up to the message. Audacity 2.1.3 is fairly old, but most users find it pretty stable. There is also due to be a new release (2.2.2) early in the new...

I cannot reproduce this on W10 even with incredibly low signal levels throughout. Possibly because you are using the current development code, or you just happen to have selected audio that has a peak level that rounds the right way. I get "Validation error : Value not in range: -130.767 to -3...

Previously "Record" would automatically record to a new track, and "Append Record" required the Shift key ("Shift + R" or "Shift + Click the Record button"). That has been reversed (by default) in the current version, so "Record" will automatically r...

If you are familiar with Reaper, then Ardour would probably be a better replacement than Audacity. Both Reaper and Ardour are "real-time DAW" applications, whereas Audacity is a WYSIWYG audio editor. Ardour 'should' be pretty stable so long as your hardware is fully supported (particularly...

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We've made some progress in discovering what is going on. In your steps: Recorded a couple of minutes audio from an online radio player. Saved file as aup. Closed program. Reopened file with audacity - no problem. Selected a chunk of audio from beginning, approx 30 secs, and deleted. Saved file as a...

it tends to push tracks into clipping. What level are you normalizing to? It would be super-convenient to have something to either pre-check whether a certain normalisation value would cause the track to clip ( maybe on it's own button ) or to suggest the loudest normalisation level that would avoi...

If this was a waveform that you generated programmatically, the better solution would be to fix the program so that it doesn't produce DC offset. While not a perfect copy, this code run in the Nyquist Prompt effect (http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/nyquist_prompt.html) gives a pretty close simula...

Every little helps as they say! Yes indeed :) though it is even more helpful to save the log file (as a text file) and then attach the text file to the forum post. To attach a text file, use the "upload attachment" tab below the message composing box (not necessary on this occasion as the...

It looks like a bug in the normalize plugin. It isn't a bug. DC offset correction looks at the average level across the entire selection. For "normal" audio, the positive going waveform will be exactly balanced by the negative going waveform. In your sample, the negative going waveform ex...