Audacity Forum

"Well, if it takes longer to process it must be of higher quality". In older versions of LAME that was the case, but the LAME developers have put in a lot of work to improve the "Fast" setting and now it is just as good (or better) than the old "Standard" setting. Ther...

I checked and I'm running Audacity v2.0.2 Good. (though you posted in the 1.3.x forum). How can I check if it's writable? Try creating or moving a file to that folder. and I think the Temp Folder is where it's supposed to be (C:UsersSamAppDataLocalTempaudacity_temp). and you are logged into Windows...

Mindy wrote:Still, monaural is better that non-aural, so thanks!

To get stereo back, go into the Windows Sound Control Panel and set the USB recording device to stereo.

Generally "Joint Stereo" gives better results than "Stereo" because it allows more bits for better stereo when it is needed whereas "Stereo" produces 2 channels, even if the left and right channels are identical. VBR is generally the best quality option because it allow...

To record sounds that are playing on your computer, see here: Windows Sound Control Panel.

AUP is not an audio file.
To create a WAV file, use "File menu > Export".
See here for more details: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/au ... jects.html

Well done - that worked :) A slightly easier way would be to select the part that you want as a file, then use "File > Export Selection". The recording is extremely loud ! In fact it is recorded a bit too loud and is clipped (distorted) in each place that it touches the top/bottom of the t...

Not sure what you are asking.
Change Speed: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/change_speed.html
Time Shift Tool: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/to ... #timeshift

A good and easy to use compressor is "Chris’s Dynamic Compressor" http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/chriss-dynamic-compressor-plugin-for-audacity/ You will probably want to increase the "Ratio" setting to about 0.8. Or there is an "Automatic Gain Control" type effect here...

relave wrote: Audacity still does not work

In what way does it "not work"?
What are you trying to record?
What happens?