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Is it a function of the number of characters - adding "%" or "d" as a format decider is less complex than adding "dB"? "dB" is not much more complex than "d", but anything more than numbers is complex. Numbers and strings are different data types. I...

Topic moved to "Recording Equipment".

If this is for voice recording, a USB headset mic may be worth considering. Because a headset mic is very close to your mouth (usually best positioned just to the corner of the mouth so that you are not blowing on it), it will pick up more of your voice and less of other sounds. The sound quality of...

To make a selection, click and drag across the waveform (not the timeline). http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/audacity_selection.html In Audacity there is just one reason to click in the timeline and that is to start playback from the click position (or if you drag across the timeline, to play th...

Unfortunately, this forum doesn't allow me to pm you as apparently I am *not* privileged to compose (huh??! o_O). Sadly, when we did allow new forum users to send PMs, the feature was abused by a few individuals that thought it appropriate to send spam and viruses to other users via PMs, so we have...

hamco wrote: "unable to open target file for writing"

That means that you are trying to write the files somewhere that it is not possible to write.
Check that the location that you are trying to export the files to is a folder that exists and you have write permissions for that location.

Topic merged.

Could you copy and paste the output from the Audacity "Help menu > Audio Device Info..."

kozikowski wrote:Yamaha G1 appears to be a golf cart.

Or a grand piano (not very portable).

bonelick wrote:And is there any desicion, how can I hear the previously recorded tracks during recording new one?

That should be enabled in Audacity by default.
"Transport menu > Overdub" needs to be enabled (selected).

Do you know if OpenSUSE uses PluseAudio as the default sound system?

'How about moving the posts that concern a "Pro Fade In" effect to a seperate topic? I I can do that later, but I think that it is highly relevant to this discussion. If there is no "one size fits all" fade in effect for music, then I think that it becomes essential that this pl...