Audacity Forum

These days, about the only thing that can cause a complete "crash" is if there is a problem with a device driver. Because Audacity makes heavy use of the sound card, the sound card driver is the most likely culprit, though it could conceivably be any other device driver. The first thing th...

yes I would very much like the recipe! For this recipe you will need: One installation of Audacity, One Equalization effect ("Draw Curves" mode) One "EZ-Patch" plugin. The EZ-Patch plugin can be downloaded from here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=164527#p164527 I...

Plug the usb phono plus into the computer first and wait a few moments for Windows to recognise it. Then open Audacity (if it's already open, shut it down and open it again). Then select the USB device in the device toolbar as the recording device. If you also want to use the usb phono plus for play...

Just out of interest, I've had a go at the task. This is the result, which I think is reasonably successful, but it is a very slow and repetitive process - I certainly wouldn't have the patience to do a whole song without a very good incentive to do so ;) Even then the result is far from perfect, bu...

Check to see if the "Track Gain" and "Track Pan" sliders are at the centre positions. Effects ignore those track controls, but they are active when you play the track (and when you export the track). The Gain and Pan sliders are in the panel on the left end of the track (see: htt...

After I got the program all set up and plugged in the cassette converted, my computer couldn't find the converter. Audacity looks for audio devices when you start the program. It does not look again unless you specifically tell it to. That means that if you launch Audacity first and then connect th...

The cable is the one pictured on page 13, 1st post (#121). I guess that you're quite new to forums too - which is not a problem, very many people who post here have never used a forum before, so we try to make it a safe and helpful place and offer advice as required ;) If you look near the top left...

Check your facts (see fig. 24). There is a 6 dB loss: http://www.rane.com/note110.html That article assumes that the output impedance on the balanced side is significantly lower than the input impedance of the unbalance input. That will almost certainly be the case when connecting active system com...

There is less quantization error at 24 bits than at 16 bits, Yes. That is what is commonly referred to as the "digital noise floor". For 16 bit audio, the quantization noise is 1/32768th part (about -90 dB)of the full-scale range. For 24 bit audio, the quantization noise is 1/8388608th pa...