Audacity Forum

There is currently a bug in Audacity that affects the Noise Gate effect.
The simplest workaround is to set "hold" to zero.

The bug has been fixed for the next Audacity release which we aim to make available as soon as possible (hopefully about a month).

Hmmm, is there any way to adjust default change in the settings? Yes there is, but you shouldn't do that. Audacity works internally in 32-bit float format and for multiple reasons it is best for all of your tracks to be 32-bit float format. Conversion to a lesser bit format should be done on export...

You should connect all of the equipment before launching Audacity.
Then select the appropriate recording input in the Device Toolbar.

MP3Gain calculates an amount of amplification to achieve a specific "loudness". If a track is mostly quiet, with a few high peaks (as is likely with something like acoustic guitar), then it is impossible to make it "loud" without the high peaks clipping. On the other hand, a very...

Some hints that I hope will help: With a spreadsheet app, the CSV file needs to be imported using "tab" as the separator. That will split each line into 6 columns. From your example file, the first data line breaks down as: Name : '86-6A(2) Madzhare #0 prelim dems Start time (hh:mm:ss): 0:...

When I normalize Is that with the "Normalize" effect (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/normalize.html) or the "Loudness Normalization" effect (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/loudness_normalization.html)? imported mp3 tracks at 13dB with Audacity, Do you mean that the imp...

Have you selected "2 channels" in the Device Toolbar?

Thanks, that's a nice amount of detail, but I've still not been able to create a zero length clip. If you want to try yourself, I'm using: "Extra menu > Scriptables II > Get Info" (to enable the "Extra" menu: "View > Extra Menus (on/off)") Then in "Get Info", ...

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Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:36 pm

zoom mixer

Which model, and how is it connected to your Mac?

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Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:24 pm

Has only mono recording.

What are you recording from?