Audacity Forum

jmdraft wrote:It says 2.1.0

2.1.0 is the current version of Audacity (see: http://web.audacityteam.org/download/)

Hausmarke wrote: is it possible to deselet one of the opend tracks?

Use the up/down keys to change which track has "focus" (the track with the yellow line around it).
Press the "Enter" key to toggle the selection on/off for that track.

"version 4" at the top of the file refers to the version type. It does not have a "release version" because it is not an official "release". if you wish to add a version number for your own reference, you could modify the "name" line. Change: ;name "Limit...

To extend a selection to all tracks in the project, press Ctrl+Shift+K
See here for other "selection" commands: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ed ... elect.html

So Input Gain takes the place of Effect > Amplify: Default I used in front of the last limiter? Yes, except that you decide how much to amplify. Nyquist cannot automatically set the required amount for 0 dB. A very useful aspect of the "Input Gain" controls is that if you have a stereo tr...

Even the virtual XP machine on my budget laptop can easily handle working on a full album in 32-bit float format.

The attached plug-in contains most of the best features from other limiters that have been posted over the years, plus a few new enhancements. Features may be enabled or disabled by uncommenting the "control" lines near the top of the file. A control is enabled if it starts with: ;control ...

Gale Andrews wrote: Mixing when not required seems questionable

Mixing is not in itself a problem. Mixing down to an integer format is the problem.

the main purpose of having that preference at 16-bit is disk-space saving. I can see how it might have been an issue a decade ago on a Windows 3.1 machine but is it really an issue today? If the user is so desperately short of disk space that they have to constantly mix down to 16 bit (with the ine...

The standard "Fade In" and "Fade Out" effects are linear fades.
Additional fade types are available with the "Adjustable Fade" effect: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ad ... _fade.html