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by steve
Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:13 am
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: recording what I hear
Replies: 1
Views: 711

Re: recording what I hear

Please read the information in the pink box near the top of the page.
We can't help without knowing at least the basics about your set-up.
by steve
Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:11 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: better frequency guesses on spectrogram
Replies: 1
Views: 132

Re: better frequency guesses on spectrogram

You could try the "Export" button http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/plot_spectrum.html
That will give you a text file containing all of the frequency information.
by steve
Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:09 am
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Force Audacity to Use PulseAudio, not Jack.
Replies: 3
Views: 1757

Re: Force Audacity to Use PulseAudio, not Jack.

Please click on "Help > Audio Device Info" and copy / paste the full information into your reply.
by steve
Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:59 pm
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Add a new single channel track
Replies: 15
Views: 2499

Re: Add a new single channel track

Already done, dusted and documented http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tracks_menu.html
by steve
Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:55 pm
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Rapid Comparison Switching
Replies: 23
Views: 2644

Re: Rapid Comparison Switching

waxcylinder wrote:So is the hidden underlying FR here "to make Simple the default setting for Mute"?
Do you mean "solo"?

Peter: good catch - yes I did - so I changed the above post
by steve
Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:30 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Increasing Bass - Audacity 2.0.2 Windows XP Pro
Replies: 19
Views: 1554

Re: Increasing Bass - Audacity 2.0.2 Windows XP Pro

See here for system requirements for the current (2.1.1) version of Audacity: http://web.audacityteam.org/download/windows#sysreq
Audacity 2.0.6 does not require SSE2.
by steve
Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Temporary file
Replies: 4
Views: 220

Re: Temporary file

So we have it here, what is the syntax to do that? The same as setting any other symbol value: (setf symbol value) For example, on Linux it could be: (setf *default-sf-dir* "/home/user-name/Desktop/") Then to read "my-file.wav" from the Desktop: (s-read "my-file.wav")
by steve
Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:19 pm
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: Native notch-filter will not notch above 10kHz :¬(
Replies: 18
Views: 2644

Re: Native notch-filter will not notch above 10kHz :¬(

I'd love to do "half the sample rate", but unfortunately the Audacity / Nyquist interface does not yet support that. I guess that we should allow notch frequencies below 20 Hz as some user may have "special" (non-audio) uses. A range of 1 Hz to 20000 Hz works OK. I'll update it t...
by steve
Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:02 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Increasing Bass - Audacity 2.0.2 Windows XP Pro
Replies: 19
Views: 1554

Re: Increasing Bass - Audacity 2.0.2 Windows XP Pro

Basic operation of Audacity is much the same. Benefits are: There are many enhancements, quite a lot of new features, and loads of bug fixes, plus you can get technical support for the current version here on the forum. The possible downside is that if your computer does not meet the System Requirem...
by steve
Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:52 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Temporary file
Replies: 4
Views: 220

Re: Temporary file

I'm not a Windows user, but I know that some "computer maintenance" programs "clean" (empty) the temp folder periodically. Certainly "temp" folders are not intended for long term storage. The code Nyquist allows to look for an audio file only in the file: Users\...(name...