Audacity Forum

Windows XP is well past its sell by date.
Yes, Audacity is available for Linux (that what I use).

If you are running Linux on an old / low powered machine, I'd suggest using a lightweight version of Linux, such as the "Mate" version of Linux Mint.

It has to be G.711 (CCITT) 8khz , 8bit,Mono, u-Law .wav files 1) Ensure that your Audacity track is mono. If it's a stereo track, use "Tracks > Stereo Track to Mono". 2) Set the "Project Rate" to 8000 (lower left corner of the main Audacity window. 3) In the Export dialog screen...

it moves all 3 at the same time. That's because all 3 are selected. If you click on one of the waveforms it will remove the selectedness (un-highlight the waveforms). You will then be able to drag audio clips individually (provided "Sync-Lock" is not selected). See here for more info abou...

Audacity looks for available device when Audacity is launched. It does not look again unless you tell it to. Generally it is best to connect the USB device before you launch Audacity, otherwise you will need to tell Audacity to rescan for audio devices (near the bottom of the Transport menu) after y...

Sorry, I don't speak French. That message will occur if the recording stalls (stops prematurely) when recording a new track. Check your settings in the device toolbar (you should probably have "host" set to MME if you are on Windows, and the recording and playback devices set to your USB U...

Lorinius wrote:Any idea how to solve this issue ?

Don't use MP3 format. This is a limitation of the MP3 format (and some other compressed formats).

WAV, AIFF, FLAC and OGG do not have this problem.

That being said, then what exactly is Nyquist if not a drum machine? Nyquist is a powerful scripting language for audio. As such it can be used to make a drum machine. The main limitation is that Nyquist itself does not provide GUI elements, and the Nyquist plug-in GUI provided by Audacity is very ...

encoref wrote: I notice now when I record, the wave form is chopped off at -1.1 amplification.

That indicates that the audio is being clipped before it gets to Audacity.
What are you recording?

fletcher89 wrote:Is there anyway of taking the baby off?

No.

BonnieVO wrote:And here's my effects chain:

Are you certain that those are the only effects that you applied? It sounds (and looks) like Equalization has also been applied.