Audacity Forum

Update Audacity to the current version (Audacity 2.4.2 https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/) Use the "Audacity Windows Installer" version. During the installation, select the option to "Reset Preferences". Updating and resetting Preferences may be sufficient to fix the ...

Which version of Audacity do you have (Look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

Huntsman2 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:21 pm

Anyone mastered how to get the metadata tags back into multiple files?

I use EasyTAG when I need metadata.
MP3Tag seems to be a popular option for Windows users.

OK, since Stereo Mix does not appear to be working, try the "WASAPI loopback" method instead.
See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tut ... ndows.html

john1565 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:54 pm

I enabled this and then it appeared as an option in Audacity.

Did you also check that the recording level was turned up for that device?

And if you select "Windows WASAPI" instead of "MME" ? .... I'm going with "MME + Stereo Mix" for now because it appears that was working previously for John. The options I have in Recording Device Settings are: Microsoft Sound Mapper, Microphone, Line (Dell AC511 USB) ...

I was trying to do kind of a similar thing, by creating a "preset" A preset will also work, but the displayed "Percent Change" will still only show 3 decimal places, and you have to be careful not to adjust anything after selecting the preset. The Macro approach has the advantag...

As with other controls in Audacity, the percentage change is calculated to more than 10 decimal places precision, but obviously it would be ridiculous to display so many decimal places in every control. A simple way to access the full precision of the Change Speed effect is to create a Macro contain...

My settings are: MME, Microsoft Sound , 2 (Stereo) , Microsoft Sound If you click on the Recording device and Playback device settings, I expect they will say "Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input" and "Microsoft Sound Mapper - Output". "Microsoft Sound Mapper" is not a real...

john1565 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:33 am

the playback sounds like it was recorded in a bucket at the end of a pipe.

Perhaps you are recording from the laptop microphone. Check your settings in the Device Toolbar.