Audacity Forum

"su" is "super user". "sudo" is "super user do ..." "Super User" can trash your machine - use with care. By default, "users" are not allowed to make changes to the system. Users can "use" the system, but not make changes to the op...

Well spotted Gale.

Luckyned wrote:The file exports as an AIFF and you can simply change the extension to WAV.

That's a bug in Audacity 2.1.2. It shouldn't do that. Glad you figured out how to work around it.

Telephone systems often use a lower sample rate because it's only for speech and sound quality is not very important as long as people can understand what is being said. The advantage of lower sample rates are that there's less data (smaller files). The disadvantage is that it reduces the high frequ...

Are you sure that you mean the "Draw" tool and not the "Envelope" tool? (see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tools_toolbar.html)

What about the code in the first post of this thread? Does 64-bit Ubuntu release memory correctly there?

Am I trying to do more than this software is capable of? You're just scratching the surface ;) I also have trouble getting a file to save. Its says to export for it to work. Let's clear this first: Audacity projects can be very complex, with multiple tracks, multiple clips per track, label tracks, ...

When generating audio you need to avoid aliasing rather than trying to fix it. Aliasing distortion occurs when attempting to represent frequencies that are higher than the Nyquist frequency (half the sample rate). For example if you generate a 10 second "Chirp" from 400 Hz to 1000 Hz with ...

If you have a project with a very large number of labels, it can sometimes be easier to find a label using the Label Editor (http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/labels_editor.html). Click on the label in the editor to move the cursor to that label position.

would one of these and an SM58 be a useful alternative to a USB Mic for audiobook production? Unless you have problems with excessive sibilance in your voice, I'd suggest using a mic that is a bit brighter with high frequencies. The SM58 is a terrifically robust stage mic, and can cope with massive...