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by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:41 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recording album at max but no clips
Replies: 21
Views: 2378

Re: Recording album at max but no clips

If Audacity is set to a project rate of 44100, I found out that my Sound Blaster card actually captures at 48k and internally converts to 44.1. In so doing, the clips have been converted to a value less than Audacity would display with red bars. Changing to 48000 project (capture) fixed my problem....
by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:06 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: using OS X 10.7 its recording from the system mike
Replies: 7
Views: 451

Re: using OS X 10.7 its recording from the system mike

So it's not just recording the music internally, So you want to record sounds that are playing on your computer? Mac's can't do that on their own - they require additional software such as "SoundFlower". See: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_mac...
by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:37 am
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: Unable to open audacuty project file :(
Replies: 4
Views: 1376

Re: Unable to open audacuty project file :(

In the meantime, I'm not sure how difficult it would be to make a more helpful error message when attempting to import an AUP file - I'll have a look into that. import-aup-error.png It seems that it is very easy to improve the error message. Patch attached. ImportAupError.diff I'll move this to the...
by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:18 am
Forum: Making Music with Audacity
Topic: Soft-Synth and Audacity
Replies: 1
Views: 927

Re: Soft-Synth and Audacity

Audacity does not support VSTi (VST instruments).
If you are on Windows, "Reaper" may be worth looking at as a host program for VSTi.
by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:14 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Downloading commercial recordings
Replies: 1
Views: 219

Re: Downloading commercial recordings

Use your web browser to download the file, and use a CD burning program (such as CDburnerxp or iTunes) to make the CD. Audacity is not required for that unless you need to modify the file in some way before putting it on a CD. If you want to play the CD in a normal CD player, be sure to use a CD-R (...
by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:10 am
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Applying chains via terminal
Replies: 1
Views: 1657

Re: Applying chains via terminal

Audacity is primarily a GUI application. Command line options are very limited and do not include Chains. Audacity does have a built in scripting language called "Nyquist" that is an extremely versatile tool for programming effects, but I'm guessing that is not what you want (http://wiki.a...
by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:01 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Lost audio after backup - Empty tracks
Replies: 3
Views: 658

Re: Lost audio after backup - Empty tracks

Don't blame me if I posted in the wrong section. This is the Mac part of the forum, and you are using a Mac. No problem there :D We do prefer that people check and quote the actual Audacity version number (as requested in the pink box at the top of the page). You'd be surprised how many people say ...
by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:39 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Shrink MP3 file
Replies: 13
Views: 1269

Re: Shrink MP3 file

iceman wrote:What is the simplest way to accomplish this?
Spend some $'s on thumb drives or external hard drives. (32 GB thumb drives are currently available for under $15 US)
by steve
Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:14 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Question Missing dll
Replies: 4
Views: 493

Re: Question Missing dll

NativeControls5.dll is not an Audacity file.
Perhaps you have a broken or incompatible Native Instruments plugin?