Audacity Forum

My issue is that when recording on my Windows 7 PC, the volume maxes at -6 db and then starts to distort. The recording level in the Windows Sound Control Panel may be set too low. Also see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#half_volume and http://support.preso...

Or using long shotgun mics :mrgreen: Shotgun mics don't help because the problem is caused by turbulence in the air. The speed of sound varies depending on temperature and pressure, so when there is a large mass of turbulent air ("wind") between you and the sound source, the sound waves b...

I can get "a bit" of improvement using a custom Nyquist script in the Nyquist Prompt effect (http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/nyquist_prompt.html). The recording is pretty bad, so the results are not going to be good. This is what I can get, but the later part of your extract comes out...

I'm guessing that this is a "bootleg" recording, so getting a direct feed from the mixing desk, or getting closer to the stage are out of the question. If that's not the case, then the solution is to either get a direct feed from the desk, or get closer to the stage, or both (and synchroni...

how does ReplayGain works on FLAC file format? See --add-replay-gain https://xiph.org/flac/documentation_tools_metaflac.html#metaflac_shorthand_add_replay_gain The audio data in a FLAC file is not affected by ReplayGain. In Flac files, ReplayGain is implemented as metadata tags which tell the playe...

Your posted images look like playback is "paused". Most actions are disabled during play / Record / Pause.
Press the "Stop" button to stop playback (or use the spacebar).

stopping and pausing the track "Pausing" will not work. Playback must be Stopped. If you are "stopping" by "pausing", then that's where it's going wrong. Click the Stop button (or use spacebar to stop), then try copy and paste. How are you doing "copy / paste"...

From the Audacity wiki : Audacity is currently a 32-bit only application. It compiles fine on 64-bit versions of Windows using VS 2008, but is some way from being offered as a 64-bit application. A 32-bit limitation has been fixed for release in 2.0.6 that prevented loading projects where a clip con...

Am I the one who has the privilege of adding the word 'RESOLVED' to the original post? Or can only you guys do that? When you are satisfied with the outcome of one of your topics, feel free to add "[SOLVED]" to the subject line in your final reply and in your original post. Only moderator...

Public torrents are notorious for distributing viruses and other malware. If you are using public torrents, I hope you have top-notch up to date anti-virus and anti-malware security on your computer (obviously, "security products" downloaded from public torrents cannot be trusted).