Audacity Forum

Sleepycoaster wrote:The first startup after a Windows reboot needs ~3 minutes.

Wow that is very slow. (about 5 seconds on my machine)
When the problem occurs, if you could copy and paste the contents of "Help > Show Log" into your reply, it may give us an indication of what the problem is.

Is there just any definitive explantation as to why this is happening? It's because something on your computer is making Audacity crash. On crashing, Audacity is attempting to generate a bug report that will hopefully give some indication of what it is that is causing the crash. Am I the only one t...

How do the headphones connect to the computer? Are they USB headphones or do they plug into a mic socket on your computer?
If they plug into a mic socket, then go to the manufacturer's website and see if there are updated drivers available for you computer's sound card.

I'm bothered that nothing in that first paragraph worked right. In what way not right? Perhaps if I break it down more: Mac OS X users: CTRL = COMMAND and ALT = OPTION. So, for example, CTRL + ALT + K = COMMAND + OPTION + K 1) Ensure that "Sync-Lock" is off (http://manual.audacityteam.org...

Do "Split delete" rather than normal delete of the bits that you don't want, then add a new "destination" track (mono or stereo as required), then drag the pieces down onto the new track ( Time Shift tool), and slide them left/right into position. If you will need to crossfade, t...

cljohnso wrote:My local FM stations

and they are broadcasting in stereo?

cljohnso wrote:when I put MP3's on a stick they sound flat

and they are 5.1 multi-channel, or stereo?
What settings are you using for the MP3 encoding?

No that can't be turned off. There are several reasons why Audacity does not allow you to overwrite the original data. In some cases Audacity will reference the original WAV file for its data rather than first making a copy of the data. In this case the new file must be written before the old file i...

So given that when I recorded total silence and I still had the spike around 11 Hz, what is my next step? It may be possible to notch filter that out. If you post a short sample in WAV format we can see if that's likely to work and suggest settings if it is. Here's how to post the audio sample: htt...

Did you "Export" form Audacity to create a WAV file? If not, you need to do that first, then use the WAV file to make the CD.
Detailed steps are shown here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/burn ... _a_cd.html

They've probably either (a) speeded the music up by 0.909% or (b) "stretched" the pitch by 0.909% or (c) done nothing and are just saying that they've changed it. Most likely they've just used a DJ CD player that has speed/pitch controls and raised the pitch a bit. To do (a), use the "...