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DennisTheNewbee wrote:Audacity playback meter displays 46-48 db output in both channels

That's a very low level. Try generating a tone (Generate menu > Tone) with the default 440 Hz 0.8 amplitude.

I was wondering how to setup the detector audio track to control the track to be processed, but I've started to use the Auto-Duck (for a different job) and putting the detector track UNDER the track to be processed works just fine... Funnily enough, that is one aspect of Auto Duck that I really don...

I just got a new audio interface RME Babyface Pro that I'd like to use with Audacity, but I'm getting some serious latency issues. I'm running this through a MacBook Air running Mac OS Sierra 10.12.1. I'm using Audacity 2.1.3. The Sample rate is running at 44,100Hz. My microphone (Sennheiser 416) i...

kozikowski wrote:This isn't a side chain noise gate. This is a side chain gate.

You're right. The nit-picker wins

I guess the issue is that Audacity does not check to see if the defaults actually changed and if so update the defaults. It doesn't, and what's worse, it retains the default setting even if the plug-in is removed (either via the Plug-in manager, or physically removed). A possible fix might be to un...

Topic moved to "Adding Features". Thank you for your suggestion. We already have a feature request logged: "Built-in Noise Gate Should include real-time preview and optional side chain filter, where the trigger for the Gate would be another track or a filtered version of the current t...

Here's the first 100 bytes as signed 16-bit big endian: (it does not look like a sine wave to me) 0 30 30 12336 2 30 30 12336 4 30 30 12336 6 30 30 12336 8 3A 20 14880 10 65 36 25910 12 30 30 12336 14 20 65 8293 16 39 30 14640 18 30 20 12320 20 65 39 25913 22 30 30 12336 24 20 65 8293 26 62 30 25136...

terrance_h wrote:Importing 16bit signed raw results strange waveform

Not surprising, because "sin.txt" is not 16-bit signed PCM.
Where did that file come from?

Note that Audacity attempts to guess the raw data format, but it's no more than an educated guess. It is not possible to make this guess 100% accurate, which is why audio files usually contain header information. Please test importing this file as RAW data (you can change the file extension if you w...

Floor standing boom stands can be awkward to position for desk use, but offer much better isolation from noises that originate from or on the desk (such as keyboard noises, putting down your coffee mug and so on). Another option is to suspend the mic via a "spider" (https://en.wikipedia.or...