Audacity Forum

Other people have reported problems with Soundflower. Fwiw, Soundflower works for me, but yes you are right, a lot of people have reported problems with Soundflower. The original version of Soundflower is obsolete and no longer maintained, but there is a later version available from here: https://g...

Works great! -unless, it comes across a file that has "no silence' to process (as it halts subsequent execution). Is that because it is waiting for you to dismiss the "no Silences Found" message? If you (manually) dismiss the "No Silences Found" message, does the macro cont...

Ooh8eeth wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:55 pm

I wonder why Audacity under Catalina has such sensitivity to permissions, while other audio-related applications (eg Garageband, Zoom, Jitsi, Musescore etc etc) do not.

Did you install those other apps from Apple Store?

Another fix using VLC from the command line: cvlc "test.mp3" --no-sout-video --sout-audio --sout "#transcode{acodec=fl32 channels=1}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=test.wav}" The resulting file is 32-bit float and peaks at +16.415 dB (which is why it sounds so distorted with most de...

Normally Audacity will automatically detect FFmpeg when a compatible version is installed. :? You could try manually deleting Audacity's configuration files to reset Audacity back to default settings (again, since you have upgraded). Details here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=41509...

Juls11 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:04 pm

Is there a way to copy and apply edit settings between sections of a recording that are in the same, or different, recording?

What settings do you want to copy?

baudoinia wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:52 pm

update: got recommended cables, sound MUCH better! Thank you!

Super
Thanks for the update.

I took at your files and you have what seems to me an enormous amount of 60 cycle hum. I tried using a low-pass filter, but I had better luck using the Noise Reduction feature, which removed most of it for me. There's also a hum removal plug-in available here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtop...

I'm still not sure whether to 'Amplify' before or after EQing. When I Amplify, I tend to go with the automatic max, by leaving the 'allow clipping' box unticked. Apply "Amplify" whenever necessary. The default settings will bring the peak level to 0 dB (the "legal" maximum). Man...

So there was a mention of EQ boosting the volume, I think. I can imagine that happening if I boost the big lower frequencies for example, like bass guitar etc. And if that's the case, should I just make sure that nothing in the wave goes red? If it does go into the red, just run "Amplify"...