Audacity Forum

To Save the Audacity Project: "File menu > Save Project" Note that an Audacity Project is not a normal audio file and can only be opened in Audacity. To create a normal audio file: "File menu > "Export" More information about exporting files here: http://manual.audacityteam....

Can you explain why a pure sine wave in Audacity shows more frequencies then the one it is theoretically oscillating at? That is rather complicated to explain fully. Basically it is as a result of the way that it is measured. As an analogy, if you filter white light through an orange filter, then y...

I think Effects UNDO is linked as well No, Audacity keeps separate Undo stacks for each project that is open. Audacity ensures that each project has a separate data folder, even when sharing the same temp directory, so that projects can retain their integrity, and undo histories while multiple proj...

You have never been able to open two independent instances of Audacity. To add a bit of detail: If you open Audacity and then open another project in Audacity, you actually only have one instance of Audacity running, but have two "project windows" open. There are several (mostly technical...

Audacity 1.2.6 has been obsolete for a long time, so that may well be the problem. The current version of Audacity is 2.0.5 and is available here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ If you install the recommended installer for Windows, it includes the user manual (in the Help menu), which will no dou...

Does it play correctly in Windows Media Player?

Which version of Windows are you using?
Which version of Audacity are you using? (look in "Help > About Audacity" for the full version number).

Did you tell Audacity to rescan for VST effects?
(see this FAQ for details: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... st_install)

There are different methods depending on which version of Windows you are using. See here in the manual for instructions: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_windows.html If you are using Windows Vista or later, use the "WASAPI" settings as describe...

If you are playing a song in another application (or perhaps if you even have another audio application open) then you won't be able to play audio in Audacity. Note that "another audio application" may include your web browser if a web page that includes audio has been opened. Flash anima...

Pure1108 wrote:every time I try to open it, it's playing back much slower than usual

By "usual", do you mean the playback speed in Windows Media Player?
How do you know that the "usual" playback speed is the "correct" speed?