Audacity Forum

I have Logic 8 and read that Yosemite does not even support Logic 9, because Yosemite uses cocoa libraries and the previous Logic libraries are a mixture of cocoa and carbon libs. The current (2.0.6) version of Audacity has a similar problem. "Audio Units" (AU) effects are not supported b...

I would like to run my recorded tracks through an outboard effects unit (ZOOM STUDIO 1201) and then back into a new track on audacity. Is this possible? If so, how do I do it? If your soundcard has "line in" and "line out", then it is very easy in principle. You just need leads ...

The next version of Audacity (due for release in the next week or two) has an improved "Change Speed" effect that allows you to enter the length that you want to stretch to (and is very accurate).

the LEFT channel is weak. It needs ~24 dB of amplification after recording. I can not figure out a way to isolate and apply "Amplify" to the LEFT channel only. You may not need to split the track. Try applying the Normalize effect and tick the "Normalize stereo channels independently...

The current version of Audacity is 2.0.6 which you can get here: http://audacityteam.org/download/windows It was my understanding that repeated edits of WAV files are lossless. But I read somewhere that there can be loss if the dither is set wrong. Is this true? By default Audacity uses "32 bit...

Glad you got it sorted.

Are you using a USB hub? Audio devices don't like hubs.

Basto Slice wrote:any reason why I wouldn't be getting anything out of the control panel?

Does the USB device show up as enabled in the control panel?
If it does, check the recording level in case Windows has decided to mute it.

Are you getting a signal (bouncing green meter) in the Windows Sound Control Panel?

Steve Bender wrote:

Clipping is the single most common cause of tweeters being destroyed.

How does soft clipping fare in this way?

Much safer.