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by steve
Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:27 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: enormous file crashes Audacity
Replies: 5
Views: 545

Re: enormous file crashes Audacity

Have you tried playing the MP3 to see if it actually works and what audio is in it?
(no point struggling if it's corrupted or garbage)
by steve
Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:58 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: How to lower DB
Replies: 2
Views: 1257

Re: How to lower DB

" dB " is a much misunderstood way of measuring things. It is a comparison of the "size" of two things relative to each other, where the "things" are usually signals or waveforms. Typical uses of "dB" is audio are: Sound pressure level RMS level of a signal re...
by steve
Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:30 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: HELP Error: reference to invalid character number at line 5
Replies: 2
Views: 290

Re: HELP Error: reference to invalid character number at lin

Please attach the AUP file to your reply. I expect that it is irreparably damaged in some way, but can't say more without seeing the AUP.
See here for how to attach a file to your reply: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64936
by steve
Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:27 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: no sound on Audacity
Replies: 11
Views: 996

Re: no sound on Audacity

Xerlome wrote:unless my mic/preamp counts as one. I
They may do. What are they? (make / model?)
by steve
Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:20 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Unable to open .aup files
Replies: 7
Views: 971

Re: Unable to open .aup files

I changed some of the .AUP file names so they are a little different from the corresponding DATA files. Since I only changed some of them, not all, that would explain why the error message comes up in just a few of the cases...Could that be my problem? Changing the name of the AUP file will not in ...
by steve
Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:04 am
Forum: Nyquist
Topic: Idea for plugin unless it exists.
Replies: 4
Views: 1317

Re: Idea for plugin unless it exists.

It's a nice idea, but it would be extremely difficult to implement and probably too much for a Nyquist plug-in. Something like this would be more likely to be developed as a separate project from Audacity, as a stand alone program.
by steve
Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:59 am
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Sample Data Export/Import is “bit-perfect”/lossless?[SOLVED]
Replies: 35
Views: 3560

Re: Sample Data Export/Import is “bit-perfect”/lossless?

Try running this with debug:

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(setf test 0.123456789)
(display test)
(setf *float-format* "%.10f")
(display test)
*float-format* sets the format for displaying numbers. It does not affect the actual value.
by steve
Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:01 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: where can i Download Beta Version
Replies: 3
Views: 279

Re: where can i Download Beta Version

I'll be posting an announcement here on this forum when I know more.
by steve
Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:31 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Noise Gate Plugin - not showing up in Effects Menu [SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 6386

Re: Noise Gate Plugin - not showing up in Effects Menu

Nyquist plugins are plain text files with ",ny" file extension. If macOS adds a ".txt" file extension you can just rename it back to "whatever.ny"
by steve
Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:29 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: avformat-55.dll missing for exporting in version 2.1.3
Replies: 1
Views: 14158

Re: avformat-55.dll missing for exporting in version 2.1.3

trjones89 wrote:FFmpeg version 3.3
Wrong version. See the instructions here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/inst ... html#winff