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The amount of data can be calculated: sample_rate x bits_per_sample x number_of_channels x duration_in_seconds Thus for 96000 Hz sample rate, 32 bit float, stereo (2 channels): 96000 x 32 x 2 = 6144000 bits per second. For bytes per second, divide by 8. For kB per second divide the number of bytes b...

All I have is a set of PC speakers, a guitar, and a pc. What would be the steps I would take to start recording with audacity? Assuming that it is an electric guitar, there are several approaches. My preferred method for recording an electric guitar is to play the guitar through a guitar amp, and p...

There are several ways. Try the "Amplify" effect (in the "Effect" menu) and set the "Amplification (dB)" control to a negative amount. Effects are applied to whatever audio is selected. See here about how to select audio: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/audacity_se...

The LADSPA plug-ins have not been updated for many years. Most of them should still work. If you already have them installed then Audacity 2.0.5 should detect them automatically. Lame_v3.98.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows should be OK, but there is a newer version available (version 3.99.3). If you wish t...

I tried changing the latency to 0 Change that back. It will make things worse rather than better. The default settings are: "Edit > Preferences > Recording" Audio to buffer: 100 Latency correction: -130 "Edit > Preferences > Quality" Default sample rate: 44100 Default sample for...

This is the Audacity help forum. We are happy to help as far as we are able with your questions about Audacity, but we are unable to help with questions about Android. I presume that you want mono recordings, in which case, set the number of channels in the device toolbar to "1 (mono)". In...

I can't see your machine or what you are doing. I only know as much as you say. I did all you suggested. and it all worked correctly? But, after exporting the selection and then importing the resultant wav file (which became track 2), and the imported file looked and sounded correct? I then saved th...

Wasn't there something similar to this you already wrote that inserted silences? Or was that for expanding an existing silence (the opposite of Truncate Silence)? I wrote something for expanding silences. David Sky's Audio Chunker did something similar to this (attached). Yes, similar type of effec...

I think it is highly unlikely, but to cover all bases, just in case Audacity is screwing up on the graphic rendering, could you post a short audio sample in WAV format and I'll check it here. See here for how to post an audio sample: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=72887

The current limit for being able to reopen an Audacity Project recorded at 96000 Hz is about 6.2 hours (2^31 samples). The bit format is not relevant to recording duration, so if you intend to edit/process the recording then I'd recommend that you keep the sample format at the default 32 bit float. ...