Audacity Forum

As described in detail here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/audacity_projects.html An "Audacity Project" has a "project file" (with a ".aup" file extension ) and separate audio data. When you "Save a Project", the audio data is, by default, copied into a...

lindsmith88 wrote:Input Device - Integrated microphone array

There's your problem. It is using the built in microphone.

Are there any other options in the "recording device" section?

If Audacity is the application currently in focus, Ctrl+S is the shortcut for "Save Project". If Audacity is not running or does not have focus it should not have any effect on other software as Audacity does not support global hot keys. The Audacity keyboard shortcuts can be configured in...

Official binary setup "audacity-win-2.0.2.exe" includes MP3 decoder (but not encoder). I'm asking to make decoder in a separate plug-in, just like encoder is. Audacity uses libsndfile for file import / export. http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/ libsndfile is fully open source and free o...

However Audacity for Windows sabotages my attempt to educate users about Free Codecs, because it ships with MP3 pre-compiled. Audacity is shipped with "support" for LAME and FFMpeg but LAME and FFMpeg are not included. Audacity has native (built in) support for importing and exporting WAV...

and what is an overdub? Overdub is when you have one (or more) track(s) in Audacity and you record another track into the same project. so my micro-phone is a built-in input, and its 1 (mono) input channel How are you listening to the backing track? You need to use headphones otherwise the micropho...

What recording inputs are available in the Windows Sound Control Panel ?

What options do you have in the Device Toolbar?

Check that you are using the current version of Audacity - look in the Help menu > About Audacity. The current version is 2.0.2. Some USB devices are shipped with old versions of Audacity, but the current version is available here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ Ensure that the Ezcap Super USB Ca...

Audacity cannot do "real-time" effects, so we need to look elsewhere for where this "fading in" is happening. In addition to the Windows enhancements, some sound cards have their own control panel with their own effects. Have a look in the task bar (near the time/date) for an ico...