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And an error message was shown on opening the project but you didn't read it? Am I right? We need to know what that error message said. My guess is that you have moved, renamed, or deleted the project's audio data. See here for information about managing Audacity projects: http://manual.audacityteam...

Please add plans to do 8-bit PCM. You seriously seem to want to be mean to us. I'm not being mean, I'm being realistic. No-one is going to add support for working in 8-bit PCM because there are no practical benefits for doing so. Here are 3 simple ways to achieve 8-bit sound quality: 1) Export in a...

The USB device should be connected before you launch Audacity.
After launching Audacity, ensure that you have the correct device selected in the device toolbar.

Is there anyway to fix this? I think that the "problem" is just that with the settings you are using, certain beats will be emphasized due to overlapping repeats, and that is giving a sense of "panning" even though left and right channels are processed independently (when "...

Has the laptop been dropped? It looks like the built-in mic may be broken.

Try making a recording with Windows Voice Recorder (https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/hel ... e-recorder), save the recording, then import it into Audacity. Does that show the same problem?

It's clearly something to do with Windows Media Player. If I find what it is, I will post here. Perhaps this will help: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/wheres-the-equalizer-in-windows-media-player-11-on/63ac12e3-e555-4d99-a421-2115d5a1a0a8 Also check all of the ...

fhuddles wrote:I will try using a different USB cable

That's a good idea. Also, if your computer is a desktop / tower machine, try the USB sockets on the back (they often work better than the ones on the front).

Piotr Grochowski wrote:But square waves must remain a pain, right?

for a 0.01 Hz square wave:

Do you know how to copy and paste?
I provided you with the code for generating a 0.0001 Hz sine wave. Here it is again:

I've logged your interest in a more general feature request: "Provide way to default selection format to other than seconds"