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Bobcat22 wrote:My question for this thread is why did the dev decide to change the default for normalizing.

It was as I described in my first post: Users wanted to be able to nomalize without messing up the stereo balance, so the effect was updated to make that behaviour the default.

kmk68 wrote:How to copy the envelope from one track to another?

Do you mean copying an Envelope created with the Envelope tool? http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/envelope_tool.html

Where can I find this dialog box? «Advanced Mixing Options» See the first sentence (in the blue box above the picture) on this page: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/advanced_mixing_options.html When enabled in Preferences, the Advanced Mixing options pop up automatically when you export. Proje...

Topic split as it is highly unlikely that you have exactly the same audio playback devices as the other user (even though you are getting similar symptoms). Please post the output from Audacity: "Help > Audio device info..." What settings do you have set in "Edit > Preferences > Recor...

I've reformatted your code with some line breaks and indentations to make it more easily readable. See here for advice about indenting LISP code: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=184782#p184782 Any line numbers that I quote will refer to this version: ;nyquist plug-in ;version 1 ;type a...

By default Audacity will export as mono if the project is mono (all the tracks are mono and centre panned), and will export as stereo if there are any stereo tracks or if any tracks are panned off-centre. If you want separate files for each audio track, use "Export Multiple": http://manual...

The behaviour in 1.3 x versions is purely academic as those versions are obsolete and no longer supported. The wiki will no doubt be updated at some point to move confusing information about obsolete versions out of the way. The behaviour in the current 2.0.5 version of Audacity is described in the ...

This compressor has the same controls as before but is somewhat less aggressive unless "Leveling amount" is pushed high. For a subtle effect, use a low "Leveling amount". For a strong effect, use a high "Leveling amount". The "Threshold" setting, as with the c...

Possibly less about "Perceived EQ," (loudness) and with more on the actual change of the EQ bias. The volume levels for each, before and after normalization changed the EQ. As you can see here, the Normalization effect does not change the Eq in any way: https://code.google.com/p/audacity/...

Lets say you have a stereo recording of a flute recital. There is a piano on the left and the flautist is standing to the right. Both the flute and the piano will register in both left and right channels, but the piano, due to its position in the room, will be more prominent on the left channel and ...