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by steve
Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:24 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Hard Limiter no longer works
Replies: 3
Views: 593

Re: Hard Limiter no longer works

The LADSPA "Hard Limiter" effect has been replaced in Audacity 2.1.2 with a better limiter called "Limiter" http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/limiter.html I'm guessing that you updated Audacity from an earlier version to Audacity 2.1.2 and you can still see "Hard Limiter&qu...
by steve
Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:09 pm
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Playing a Spectral Selection
Replies: 11
Views: 4554

Re: Playing a Spectral Selection

"Zero bandwidth" is like having an object that has zero width (infinitely thin). Just as an infinitely thin object exists conceptually as a "plane", so an infinitely narrow bandwidth exists conceptually. It could be argued that a pure sine tone has "infinitely narrow bandwid...
by steve
Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:01 am
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: using arecord to record from USB Audio Capture device
Replies: 3
Views: 2320

Re: using arecord to record from USB Audio Capture device

Some audio devices have hardware mixing, others don't. If the device has hardware mixing, then multiple applications / instances can access the device at the same time. If the device does not have hardware mixing, then only one application can access the device at a time - this is the reason why sof...
by steve
Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:39 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recording issues - USB input not picked up
Replies: 3
Views: 881

Re: Recording issues - USB input not picked up

By default, Audacity does not support ASIO. ASIO support requires building Audacity from the source code using the ASIO SDK from Steinberg. The ASIO SDK is not open source, so we're not allowed (under the license terms) to distribute it. "Most" audio hardware has at least basic functionali...
by steve
Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:15 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Improving audio quality of a wav file
Replies: 5
Views: 171

Re: Improving audio quality of a wav file

Loading the WAV file into Audacity I can see that after 7mins 10 seconds the graphic changes see here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14621562/Audacity_audio_file.JPG The link says: Error (429) This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled! unfortunatel...
by steve
Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:43 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: 5.1 an 7.1 surround playback issues
Replies: 11
Views: 2140

Re: 5.1 an 7.1 surround playback issues

there's no dithering needed as there is no sample rate conversion. A small correction: Dithering has nothing to do with "sample rate". Dither is used to eliminate quantization noise when converting the "sample format" from a higher bit-resolution to a lower bit-resolution. If th...
by steve
Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:23 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Changing pitch
Replies: 1
Views: 167

Re: Changing pitch

The "Change Pitch" effect is a quick and easy way to change the pitch without changing the tempo. If you want to, for example, raise the pitch by 1 semitone (a half step), then just type in the number "1" in the "Semitones (half-steps)" text box. Note that this effect c...
by steve
Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:11 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Chain > Export Multiple?
Replies: 4
Views: 800

Re: Chain > Export Multiple?

Your current method sounds pretty good, but a couple of points: My existing chain uses TruncateSilence, Amplify, ChangeTempo (to increase the speed by about 50%) and ExportMP3. It probably does not matter too much for your use case, but MP3 format (and any other form of "lossy compression"...
by steve
Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:43 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Chain > Export Multiple?
Replies: 4
Views: 800

Re: Chain > Export Multiple?

No, Export Multiple is not supported by Chains, but if you tell us what you are trying to do and your current working method, we may be able to suggest an alternative.
by steve
Wed Jun 29, 2016 4:25 pm
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Playing a Spectral Selection
Replies: 11
Views: 4554

Re: Playing a Spectral Selection

steve wrote:Actually there is one somewhere on this forum - Robert wrote one,
It's here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 68#p268168