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by steve
Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:19 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Making Audacity the "open with" default under WIN-8
Replies: 10
Views: 1799

Re: Making Audacity the "open with" default under WIN-8

a window says the file ccsetup326.exe from filehippo.com will be downloaded Does that sound correct? They offer a few different download locations. filehippo.com is one of them. ccsetup326.exe looks like the current version. Ccleaner is "free", but it is not open source, and the installat...
by steve
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:30 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Trouble opening MP3 file into Audacity to edit it
Replies: 12
Views: 1462

Re: Trouble opening MP3 file into Audacity to edit it

Try it with a different MP3, one that you know is good, just in case there is something odd about that particular file.
by steve
Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:39 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Sound levels
Replies: 3
Views: 545

Re: Sound levels

There is also "Chris's Dynamic Compressor" plug-in. It's a lot better sound quality than "Leveller" and probably easier to use than the Audacity compressor effect - just set the "Ratio" to about 0.7 and leave the other controls at their default settings. You can get it ...
by steve
Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:33 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: MP3 option doesn't show up in file menu
Replies: 2
Views: 491

Re: MP3 option doesn't show up in file menu

Instructions for installing LAME are here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... .html#lame
Once you have LAME installed you will be able to export as MP3 by selecting "File menu > Export" and then select MP3 as the file format in the export dialogue screen.
by steve
Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:30 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: BAK file
Replies: 1
Views: 351

Re: BAK file

Please check which program you are using. Audacity 2.x does not create BAK files. You may have an old version of Audacity, Look in "Help menu > About Audacity" to confirm that it is Audacity and check the version number. The current version of Audacity is 2.0.2 and it is available here: ht...
by steve
Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Trouble opening MP3 file into Audacity to edit it
Replies: 12
Views: 1462

Re: Trouble opening MP3 file into Audacity to edit it

MP3s must be "Imported".
File menu > Import > Audio
by steve
Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:24 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: normalize disappeared
Replies: 1
Views: 400

Re: normalize disappeared

Effect menu. About 16 places down the list.
If you don't see it there, what effects do you see in the main (top) part of the list?
by steve
Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:22 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: first time set up
Replies: 10
Views: 1196

Re: first time set up

If the gray bars remain gray and inactive, the device is not recognizing a signal. Leave the recording tab open and go to the next step. ***I HAVE NO GRAY BARS*** If your microphone is working, you should see green bars here: Vistarec.png This has nothing to do with Audacity. This is your microphon...