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by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 6:29 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Recording sounds hollow
Replies: 5
Views: 2196

Re: Recording sounds hollow

There are several things that can cause a "hollow" sound. The first thing that I would check: If you are recording on a laptop computer, you may be recording from the built-in microphone - that will not sound good, To test that, try tapping the computer case while recording and see if the ...
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 6:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Cannot get proper preferences
Replies: 1
Views: 286

Re: Cannot get proper preferences

You are looking at the old Audacity 1.2.x manual.
The manual for the current version is included in the standard Windows download - look in the Audacity Help menu.
The current manual is also available on-line: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 5:40 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Best Process to Convert these Files
Replies: 19
Views: 5260

Re: Best Process to Convert these Files

Any reason to convert these to flac under the scenario I have laid out? To avoid unnecessary loss of sound quality you need to use a "lossless" encoding format such as WAV or FLAC. WAV files are the most widely supported format (just about every media player supports 16 bit WAV). FLAC fil...
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 5:20 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: recording old audio cassettes (SOLVED)
Replies: 7
Views: 1095

Re: recording old audio cassettes (SOLVED)

Marked as solved.
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 5:19 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Error while Opening Sound Device. Please Check the Output
Replies: 10
Views: 3379

Re: Error while Opening Sound Device. Please Check the Outpu

Topic moved to the Windows forum. I keep trying to play my song and it keeps saying, "Out of memory! Error while Opening sound device. Please check out Output Device Settings and the project sample rate." Can you sometimes play back from Audacity, or does this error occur every time? Do yo...
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 4:56 pm
Forum: New Plug-Ins
Topic: Silent Subliminals [solved?]
Replies: 106
Views: 87597

Re: Silent Subliminals [solved?]

can we create a stereo recording with edgar's code? Try it and see if you get an error. I think it should work. 2) Can we perform the inverse operation? From an encoded recording, find the original sound to listen to normally? See this topic: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=145184#p14...
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 4:45 pm
Forum: Nyquist
Topic: Sound detect algorithm
Replies: 4
Views: 2684

Re: Sound detect algorithm

The algorithm is pretty simple (though the code is a bit messy). It converts stereo tracks to mono and resamples to a low sample rate (about 100 samples per second). It then loops through the (low sample rate) samples and compares the value of each sample with a threshold* value (* set by the value ...
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 4:28 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Exporting large files
Replies: 3
Views: 1715

Re: Exporting large files

I understand the size of an Audacity project can be as much as just over 13.5 hours at 44100 Hz (what happens after that?). Audacity can record much longer than that, but after the project has been saved, the project cannot be opened properly. Audacity is a "32 bit application", but inter...
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 4:13 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: How to Make a Ripple Cut (SOLVED)
Replies: 5
Views: 2240

Re: How to Make a Ripple Cut (SOLVED)

OK, so the problem is likely to be with the original recording rather than with Normalize. I'll close this topic as your original question is resolved. Please feel free to start a new topic about this recording quality problem. Please include lots of detail about exactly what you are recording, how ...
by steve
Thu May 09, 2013 4:08 pm
Forum: Français
Topic: préférence
Replies: 8
Views: 2767

Re: préférence

I have added your vote for this feature.
J'ai ajouté votre vote pour cette fonction.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Featu ... t_Spectrum