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by steve
Thu May 25, 2017 10:49 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: How do I create a DDP file with audacity?
Replies: 8
Views: 3547

Re: How do I create a DDP file with audacity?

Mowsen wrote:They actually do accept WAV files but I have to pay 15$ per CD (6 CDs in total) for the conversion to DDP
and how many are you having pressed? For a run of 500, that's 3c per CD, and if there's any problem with the conversion to DDP then that's their responsibility.
by steve
Thu May 25, 2017 12:01 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: Plugin Conflicts and When to Compress
Replies: 14
Views: 3811

Re: Plugin Conflicts and When to Compress

I recently installed the RMS-Normalize plugin From where? In the case of plug-ins that are not shipped with Audacity as standard, always link to the page where the plug-in can be downloaded from. If downloaded from a post on this forum, click on the "Permalink" button of that post to get ...
by steve
Wed May 24, 2017 4:47 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Running multiple Yeti Mics
Replies: 2
Views: 1043

Re: Running multiple Yeti Mics

Varignon wrote:Does any body know how to get two. Blue yeti mics to work on a Mac Book Pro using Audacity. For some reason Audacity only recognizes one of them and not the other.
Google search for:
Mac aggregate device
by steve
Wed May 24, 2017 2:57 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: How do I create a DDP file with audacity?
Replies: 8
Views: 3547

Re: How do I create a DDP file with audacity?

Mowsen wrote:yeah, but I want the manufacturer to actually produce the CDs. So I need the DDP files.
All commercial CD manufacturers that I have dealt with will accept WAV files. If a particular manufacturer insists on DDP, I'd suggest that you find a more helpful company.
by steve
Wed May 24, 2017 12:56 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: How to fix pop sound
Replies: 5
Views: 492

Re: How to fix pop sound

"Repair effect for short samples...select tiny fraction..." message You probably need to zoom in closer so that you can select a small region around the click. (see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/zooming.html) You only need to select the middle part of the red line like this; firsttr...
by steve
Wed May 24, 2017 12:40 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: More Recording help
Replies: 7
Views: 693

Re: More Recording help

dlbarr wrote:it says to go: FILE>EXPORT, but all of the export options are grayed-out...
Click the "Stop" button first. Most operations are unavailable during Play, Record and Pause.
by steve
Wed May 24, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Track Control Panel:
Replies: 3
Views: 655

Re: Track Control Panel:

If the gain and pan sliders or the Mute/Solo buttons are not visible to left of the blue waves, try View > Expand Tracks or similar. If that does not help, hover over the bottom of the track (below the waveform) until the mouse pointer changes to up and down arrows, then drag the track downwards. If...
by steve
Wed May 24, 2017 11:49 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: How do I create a DDP file with audacity?
Replies: 8
Views: 3547

Re: How do I create a DDP file with audacity?

DDP is used by some commercial CD manufacturers but is not required for making an audio CD for your own use. You just need to export WAV files, then use a suitable CD burning application to write to a "CD R" disk (for example, iTunes can write CDs). Note: To make a CD that will play in a s...
by steve
Wed May 24, 2017 11:41 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: How to fix pop sound
Replies: 5
Views: 492

Re: How to fix pop sound

The "click" can be seen as a red vertical line if you switch to Spectrogram view (http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/spectrogram_view.html) tracks000.png and the click can be repaired using the Repair effect: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/repair.html tracks001.png Note that there is m...
by steve
Wed May 24, 2017 9:35 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Convert a Piece to Uniform Tempo
Replies: 1
Views: 356

Re: Convert a Piece to Uniform Tempo

Audacity's tools for changing the speed / tempo are listed here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/index_of_effects_generators_and_analyzers.html#Make_the_sound_faster.2C_slower.2C_lower_pitched_or_higher_pitched Which one to use depends on whether you need to change both tempo and pitch or just te...