Audacity Forum

OK, so both Skype and Audacity are taking their input from PulseAudio (which is the default for your system). Do you have "PulseAudio Volume Control" installed? If not, install it using your preferred package manager - it's called "pavucontrol". Close Audacity and open Skype. Sta...

magnolia333 wrote:Thanks! Haven't tried it yet but it looks like it will work. --mag333

It should do - I use that method very regularly
It takes about 2 seconds once you get the hang of it.

Ensure that "Snap To" is OFF (see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/selection_toolbar.html#snap) If you click and drag on the waveform, there is a weak "snapping" of the selection to label positions. When the selection is exactly lined up with a label, a yellow vertical line ...

Prime624 wrote:Apparently changing the default sample rate didn't help

Where are you changing it?

What do you get from the command: Is playback OK other than being at the wrong speed, or does it sound stuttery?

do I have to do ctrl a, and then tell it to save export file? You would only need to do Ctrl+A if you do "Export Selected Audio". The normal "Export Audio" will export all non-muted tracks from the start of the first audio clip to the end of the last non-muted audio clip. if the...

Look in Skype sound settings - what recording input is it using?
Then close Skype and ensure that it is not running in the background.

From the Audacity Help menu, select "Audio device info". Wait for the info box to appear and copy the full and complete contents into your reply.

cyrano wrote:Please, add my vote too. It is essential.

Vote added.

Paul L wrote:Do you have examples?

I wrote: "they tend to be brighter and more distinct than in the old effect". I am talking about a general tendency rather than a specific example. Does your analysis differ?

My guess is that it is due to headers. I've never looked into this because a couple of hundred bytes is insignificant compared to hundreds of millions. If you are interested in perusing this you could open the files in a Hex editor (search on line for a free one if you don't already have one). WAV i...

I was asking if the issue Steve raised prior to 2.1.0 was the artifacts in the processed sound, or if it was also that (whatever the length of the profile) the exact profile taken now affected the result more than in 2.0.6. I've not tested to see if the new effect is more sensitive to a poorly sele...