Audacity Forum

themickster wrote:Am I right in guessing that usb storage would be even slower than hdd?

From fast to slow:

RAM -> SSD -> Internal HD -> (External HD <-> USB3 thumb drive) -> USB2 thumb drive -> Optical drive (CD/DVD) -> Pen and paper.

I'm trying to add a click track to an existing instrumental background track that our choir is singing to. The tempo varies, so it can't just be added at a particular BPM. I can probably just find a drum kit on a MIDI keyboard and tap along with the song. I'd rather just do something right within t...

Glassmenagerie wrote:Didn't see WAV

They call it "Audio - CD" (yes I think that is a bit confusing )
I presume what they mean is "CD quality" (16-bit / 44100 Hz).

That's the only way Audacity will address more than 2 GB to 3 GB of RAM and have Windows manage the RAM. "RamDisk Plus" is commercial ($80 US) software that claims to be able to exceed the OS memory limitations on 32-bit Windows. There may be other applications that can also do this, but ...

A quick "napkin calculation": One 30 minute stereo track, 44100 Hz sample rate, 32-bit float sample format = (approx) 600 MB 10 levels of "undo" for the track = approx 6 GB. Yes it's possible, but if for any reason you run out of space on the RAM disk, the project will crash or f...

You can't assign a hot-key, but you can do the next best thing. Press the " menu key " to open the track menu for the currently selected track (or "shift + M"), then press the appropriate "accelerator key" (the underlined letter): "v" for "Wa v eform"...

"Samples" are really just "numbers" that represent "amplitude" (vertical height) when an analog waveform is "sampled" ("measured") at regular intervals. The important thing in terms of horizontal position is the period between dots (the "sample ...

QuantumGuitar, I deleted your duplicate post from the Mac OS X forum.
Please say which operating system you are using.

Let's say that you have, for example, a 1 minute track and there is gunk in the first 5 seconds and gunk in the last 5 seconds. 1) Zoom In/Out as required so that you can see the first 5 seconds (see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/zooming.html) If you are zoomed in such that the full 1 minute...

It's easy squeezy when you know how ;) To make a selection, click and drag on the "track" with the blue wiggly waveform (not on the "Timeline" above the track / tracks). There are also other ways to make audio selections: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/audacity_selection.html