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Try the "WASAPI loopback" method described here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_windows.html This is usually the best way to record what is playing on your computer on modern Windows computers. You may also need to turn off or turn down the mic...

I recorded a long piece of music How are you recording it? With a microphone? The exact steps may depend on how you are doing that. Also. have you saved the Audacity project with the recording? If you have, take care to NOT move or manually edit either the "AUP" Audacity project file or i...

There is an upper limit to the frequency that can be represented by digital audio, which is half the sample rate. So, for example, if you have a file or an Audacity track with a sample rate of 44100 Hz, then the upper frequency limit is 22050 Hz.

I think I can see where you're getting confused. I think that you are expecting that the contour of track 2 will be the same as the contour of track 1 after processing. IF track 2 is a solid block of sound, then that will be the case, but if track 2 has a varying level before processing, then it wil...

The safest way to rename a project is to: 1) Open the project in Audacity, 2) "File menu > Check dependencies". If the project is not self contained, select the option to copy the dependencies into the project. 3) Use "File menu > Save Project As" and enter a new name. This will ...

If you hold down the Shift key, the Record button gains a "Skip to end" overlaid icon. This is to indicate that Shift+Record will record from the end of the current track (it's called "Append Record" because it appends the recording to the end of the current track). For more info...

MisterHSP wrote:However, if I apply the effect again, I get a curving fade in and fade out on the second track, not a straight line.

Yes, that's correct.
Try applying a (linear) Fade-in effect multiple times to the same audio selection and you will see the same thing happen.

Yes. It looks just like that. As you can see in that example, where the peak amplitude in the first track is 1.0 (0 dB), there is no attenuation of the second track. Where the amplitude of the first track is less than 1.0, the second track is attenuated by a proportion equivalent to the peak amplit...

Try this: 1) In a new Audacity project, generate 10 seconds of sine tone with an amplitude of 1.0. 2) Duplicate the track (Ctrl+D) 3) Apply the Fade-In effect to the first 4 seconds (approx) of the first track. 4) Apply the Fade-Out effect to last first 4 seconds of the first track. 5) Select both t...

MisterHSP wrote:What has me still puzzled is that when the original selection has a value of 1 (0 dB), the second track is not remaining at it's original level. It is being reduced a bit (approximately 1/3).

Are you using RMS rather than Peak?