Audacity Forum

Audacity can record from one device at a time. Audacity can record as many channels as that device offers at one time. If a recording interface offers a single device with 8 recording channels, then Audacity can record up to 8 channels at a time. If you select less than 8 channels, then Audacity wil...

MP3 is a compressed format, and it is not possible to do sophisticated editing or processing without first decoding (de-compressing) the file. Audacity works internally with "32-bit float" data, so to minimise losses, it decodes imported files to 32-bit float data. Editing and processing c...

If I was using Chains I would find it more intuitive to set sample rate parameters there not in Preferences. My suggestion is not exclusive of other improvements, but in this case, if Audacity obeyed the user's Preference setting, as one might reasonably expect it to do, then Ed Juan would not be w...

The sample rate set in "Preferences > Quality" sets the default sample rate for Audacity. This is used as the "Project Rate" for new projects (shown in the lower left corner of the main Audacity window). The "Project Rate" is the sample rate that is actually used in the...

There are many variations on the method described by Trebor. One of the simplest: 1) Rename your files so that they are in alphanumeric order according to the order that you want them to play. The easiest way to do that is to prefix the names with a two digit number, for example: 01concerto.wav 02sy...

In earlier versions I have always been able to drag files into the Audacity window. I am now only able to open files using the menu (Command O). I'm wondering whether it's a bug in my software, an incompatibility, or if there's a setting that I accidentally triggered somewhere. I recently upgraded ...

"Ardour" (https://ardour.org/) is a better option than Audacity for this task because Ardour supports "Jack Transport" and Audacity doesn't. On Linux, if you want to synchronise multiple audio/video apps, "Jack Audio Server" is the sound system to use (http://www.jackau...

every-time I try to record them through Audicity I just get white noise, the mic will record my voice if I speak into it We hear "loudness" relative to other sounds - in the dead of night, even a very low leve sound can sound loud, but your recording shows that in absolute terms the sound...

Does it mean that the default is -1dB and should be tweaked up to -3dB? Or is it a misprint? You mean "tweaked down to -3dB". In both cases the dB level is with reference to "full scale" (maximum, full track height), so in both cases they mean "below 0 dB". That is, a ...

Check that the recording device set in the device toolbar corresponds with the audio device that you are using. For example, if you are recording from a USB cassette player, ensure that the USB option is selected in the device toolbar. Also will Audacity by any chance automatically reduce excessive ...