Audacity Forum

WaxiesDargle wrote:I have now worked out the problem...I had the USB cable plugged into the wrong port on my laptop...the array microphone only works on one of the ports

Thanks for the update.

From a development perspective, what would be required to get audacity running on a chromebook? It would require WxWidgets to be ported to Chrome OS. It would also require all other libraries reuired by Audacity are either ported to Chrome OS, or Chrome OS compatible alternatives found. Even then, ...

Topic moved to "Adding features" section. YES, I would like to vote for the "Menu Flash". But I see no way to do that on your website. This topic will remain open on this forum board for about a month, so providing the opportunity for others to vote for it. After a month, the vot...

It always seems you think I'd be ok with just a Nyquist prompt. I'm giving Nyquist Prompt examples because, of the three types of panning shown, you probably don't want 2 of them, or perhaps you don't want any of them but want something a bit different. It's hardly a good use of my time to create f...

What happens if you do this:

1) Start Audacity, or if already running, exit Audacity and restart.

2) Generate > Tone
Waveform: Sine
Frequency: 440
Amplitude: 0.8
Duration: 30 s

3) Ctrl+B

Perhaps the Ctrl key on your keyboard is sticking?

The two commands are similar in that they both create labels: CTRL + M: Creates a new, empty label at the current playback or recording position. Use this while playing or recording (or paused). This always creates a "point label". CTRL + B: Creates a new, empty label at the cursor or at t...

Is there an objective way of measuring the quality of a voice recording ? There's lots of things that can be measured, but probably the most important aspect of "quality" for a voice recording is "intelligibility", which is "subjective". One thing that can be measured ...

After running subliminal.ny on my track/project in Audacity; if I amplify to say 25 dB is it okay? No, do not amplify greater than 0 dB. 0 dB is the maximum valid level for digital audio. Attempting to amplify above 0 dB will cause clipping (distortion). Amplifying to 25 dB (above zero) will cause ...

caseyparnell wrote:This is what it sounds like.

Yes, that has voice-like sounds in it, but there is no way to extract anything meaningful from it.