Audacity Forum

mikehende wrote:It did not record, only an extremely loud noise comes across when I hit the record button

Ensure that "software playthrough" is off (not selected) in the Transport menu.

Is there a way to use a keyboard command to select a clip in the same track that is adjacent to the one that you have currently selected? Currently no way to skip to the next clip, but if the clips are labelled (http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/label_tracks.html) you can skip from one label to ...

Those are VSTi (VST Instruments). Audacity currently only supports VST effects and not VST instruments. I've not tried it, but I recently had this free VST host recommended to me: http://zynewave.com/podium-free/ You will find other free VST hosts if you search with Google or whatever your preferred...

No problem. Glad you've solved the issue

Your "question" does not make sense. Does this have anything to do with Audacity?

Sorry but I can make no sense of your question. What are you trying to do?

So, does this mean I should amplify before, or after I apply the notch filter, or does it make a difference? If the track is 16 bit o 24 bit, then to avoid permanent damage due to clipping, you must ensure that the track remains below 0 dB at all times. If the track is 32 bit (float) format, then y...

Perhaps you want to "Import" the files?
"File menu > Import > Audio"

trying to follow the tutorial I found here: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Audacity/help/manual/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html If you have Audacity 2.0.6, that should be the same as this on-line version: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on...

njt wrote:Is there some modification of download required for windows 8?

No.
Have you tried rebooting your computer?
Check the recording levels in the Windows Sound Control Panel before you launch Audacity.