Audacity Forum

The affirmations are based on a program/system called "Autofonix" if it is relevant in any way. Yes, that is totally relevant. In order to "decode" the "message" (to make it audible), the method of encoding must be known. It's like, if you have a computer file, the com...

OK, so in Audacity you have each microphone on a separate audio track? If that's the case, then the level of each track can be manipulated. The method that affords greatest control is to adjust the levels manually using the envelope too: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/envelope_tool.html This m...

If I convert the 24 bit version back to 16 bit, will there be a loss in quality ? Well obviously you lose 8 bits per sample, but those are the "least significant" bits - in other words, those bits contribute least to the sound. Being that the recording was previously a 16 bit Flac file, t...

Please see here in the FAQ: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... l#language

Audacity does not process the sound as it is being recorded, so you would need to either apply your automatic volume control (somehow) before the sound gets to Audacity, or adjust the levels after it has been recorded.

How are you recording your 4 microphones?

If you run the "Recommended Installer" Audacity 2.0.6 installer (.exe file, 22.9 MB, including help files), then there IS an option to reset preferences. Try it again and carefully read each screen during the installation process. Ensure that you have removed all previous versions of Audac...

I ran the set-up from the disc 1.3. x beta (old format). We don't make Audacity on a disk, just the downloadable version., but also 1.3.x beta is not version 2.0.6 :? Audacity 2.0.6 can be downloaded here: http://audacityteam.org/download/windows Uninstall any old versions of Audacity, then downloa...

Is this the same setup as you were using here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 33#p268733
What's changed?

For instance, a piece of music (flac) went from 700 to 1419 kbps 1419 kbps is very high for FLAC format and suggests that you are probably using 24 bit FLAC. In the Export dialog, click on the Options button to see if it is set for 16 bit or 24 bit. 24 bit FLAC files are typically about double the ...

The warning about can't paste stereo to mono could become a full dialogue with "Don't show again" checkbox that offers to average to mono. or it could present a choice: Paste Left Channel Paste Right Channel Average Left and Right Channels Sum (Mix) Left and Right Channels (last used choi...