Audacity Forum

is my problem purely with the software? The problem is almost certainly not software. The problem is that your hardware is picking up interference from somewhere. The best approach to eliminate the problem is to locate the source of the problem , that is why the answer to this question is so import...

More information: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/ASIO_Audio_Interface

Are there Windows (WDM) drivers available for your device?

LAME and Audacity are open source, but there are copyright claims on the MP3 format (I know that sounds as crazy as having copyright claims on lined paper or a trademark claim on a letter of the alphabet, but it's a crazy world). Two links that you may find answer your questions: Short version in th...

Audacity supports "version 2 WMA" if you have a suitable version of FFMpeg installed. (see here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... Ins#ffdown )

Use "Regular Interval Labels" (Analyze menu) to add labels where you want the "splits" to be, then use "Export Multiple" to export each labelled section as a separate file.
See also: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Spli ... ate_tracks

Sorry, I don't speak Spanish,

Ubuntu 10.10 is an old version of Ubuntu and many of the programs for 10.10 are out of date. For more up to date software you should upgrade to the current version of Ubuntu (12.04). Audacity 2.0.1 is available for Ubuntu 12.04.

If you play only a very short section of a track you may notice that the very start or very end of the track may not actually come out of the speakers. I'm not sure exactly why this is, but it appears to be a peculiarity of some sound systems (possibly something to do with how the audio data is &quo...

Check in the Control Panel to see which inputs are enabled: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#vistacp Check that there are no Windows "Enhancements" enabled: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Recording#enhancements Ensure that the USB mic is selected in the Device...

anniej64 wrote: It LOOKS like the feed is going through,

You mean on the Meter Toolbar ?
As a test, try applying the "Amplify" effect to the "flat line" with default settings) to see if anything at all has recorded.

JohnColeman wrote:I saved at the same bitrate 192k

CBR, VBR, ABR?