Audacity Forum

I presume that you have tried rebooting the computer?

Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft. Please see this post: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=84123 Am I missing something ? Yes. You need Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package. For 32-bit Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id...

downloaded song from iTunes but when i open in audacity nothing shows up. just empty screen Considering that we can't see and don't know what you're doing, what does that mean? Let's start with which version of Audacity (look in "Audacity > About Audacity"), and then step-by -step descrip...

BabylonHoruv wrote:Or is there another free program that would allow me to use VST instruments

Not free, but inexpensive, and the free trial does not run out ("honesty payment"). http://www.reaper.fm/

benbernie wrote:nevermind thanks

Is the problem solved?
What solved it?

-80 db noise floor is very low. If they need it lower than that then it will need to be gated, but with the noise floor so low already, (a) I doubt that will be required. (b) if it is, then there will be no sudden "jump to silence" (which is the worst part of noise gating). Noise wise, I'd...

Happy now?

Perhaps you could upload one of the "silent" MP3s online somewhere so that we can check it out. If you make a very small one (just 10 seconds or so) then you can upload it directly to your forum post (see: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=64936)

omarbunny wrote:when I export a file as an mp3 and try to open it with any program other than Audacity, it plays with dead silence

Is your other program playing other files correctly?

"Normalize <-> Noise Reduction" the order does not really matter. I prefer to Normalize first so that I can hear the result of Noise Reduction better. "Compression -> Noise Reduction" BAD. Don't do this. Compression can make the noise floor fluctuate, which messes up the Noise Re...