Audacity Forum

For even better quality than the best dither, use 24-bit or higher. The quantization noise is so low that dither is irrelevant for practical purposes (though Audacity does still use it by default as it is "theoretically" better to do so).

Audacity's built-in "shaped" dither is pretty good, and much more convenient than using a separate VST, so what's the point? If it's just for experimentation, then you can disable Audacity's built-in dither: "Edit menu > Preferences > Quality > High Quality conversion: Dither = None&q...

Is there a reason for this? If the project is all mono, then the exported fill will be mixed down to a mono file. For MP3 and other "lossy compressed" formats, this produces better sound quality and / or smaller file size. There is no down side. Is there a way for me to actually do the ex...

Josewong wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:15 pm

how do I use VST Dither instead of Normal Dither

1. Do you have a VST dither plug-in that works on Linux?
2. Is it superior to Audacity's built-in dither? (what algorithm does it use?)
3. What sample rate are you using?
4. Is your VST dither optimized for that sample rate?

edale wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:48 pm

Do any of Audacity's supported plugin types support drag-and-drop?

Not as far as I'm aware.

edale wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:48 pm

Here's a little 3 MB MSU1 format PCM that I provided in the GitHub issue:

Super - I'll have a play and get back to you.

Hi, I also can't download Audacity. I tried on the new Edge, Chrome, Firefox, etc. With all add-ons disabled as well. The download speed is at around 300kbps initially and starts to slow down until it just stops. I assume this is a problem with Fosshub. I know for a fact that it's not a problem on ...

I agree with Trebor's comment, better to apply after recording so that if it causes damage you can undo.

You can record or import multiple tracks into Audacity. To record to the end of a track, just click on the track to select it, then press the Record button. To record to a new track, press "Shift + Record button". You can adjust the position of audio clips by dragging left / right with the...

njiruk wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:54 am

it unfortunately there is no 32-bit version for MacOS (there is for windows...), so it doesn't work in Audacity on mac

Audacity 2.4.2 on macOS is 64-bit.

In Audacity, effects are not "turned on". Effects are "applied" to the selected audio. You can see a list of actions that have been preformed in the current session by looking in "View menu > History". is UNDO the only method to remove an effect from a track? Usually ye...