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Is a condensor microphone different than a ribbon microphone Yes they are different. A condenser microphone requires power to operate. This is usually provided by "phantom" power which is a voltage provided by the pre-amp or mixing desk and sent to the microphone through the microphone ca...

The lighter part of the red meter indicator shows the RMS level. This is not relevant for setting the recording level. The lighter blue part of the waveform shows the RMS level. This is not relevant for setting the recording level. The darker red part of the recording meter shows the peak level. Thi...

melo85 wrote:For some reason, I cannot switch the audio input from microphone to USB

Is the USB device plugged in?
Was the USB device plugged in before you opened Audacity? If not, try "Transport menu > Rescan Audio Devices".

In digital audio clipping always mean distortion. Clipping should be avoided like the plague. A good recording level is about half the track height (-6 dB). You can use "Normalize" to increase the level after you have finished recording. This guide will probably be useful: http://manual.au...

Generally best and easiest way to hear what you are playing is to use headphones in the headphone socket of the unit. When you do that are you able to hear both what you are recording and other tracks playing in Audacity (assuming that you have Audacity set to play through the UCG in the Device Too...

Labels can be added during recording using Ctrl+M ( Command+M Mac OS X). The labelled sections can be exported as separate files when the recording is Stopped (not Paused) using Export Multiple http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/export_multiple.html If you know in advance where the labels need to ...

One question at a time please, or it will be too confusing. I would like to create a project called for instance "Karaoke". To do this my raw material is made of mp3 songs and corresponding text files (on computer) which I would call "label" for instance label "La Mama"...

Gale Andrews wrote:This one viewtopic.php?p=192917#p192917 .

Thanks. Yes I quite like that one too. Are you (or anyone else, because this is not only between Gale and myself) tempted by "Adjustable-Fade-v25-GUI.ny"?

See here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... y#language

I have a nice AT2020 XLR mic that plugs into a Yamaha MG102c mixer. From there it heads into Tascam USB Audio Interface via a 1/4 inch cable. I missed that bit. The AT2020 is a condenser microphone and requires 48v phantom power. It must be plugged into a 3 pin XLR socket that has phantom power. A ...