Audacity Forum

That noise sounds like power supply interference. If your computer is a laptop the noise will probably go away if you run it on batteries.

Regarding getting sound from the turntable there are a number of suggestions here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/USB_turntables

As an example, let's say you have a 5.1 audio file. When you import that file, Audacity will import channel 1 to the first track, channel 2 to the second. and so on. By default, when exporting as a multichannel file, the channel mapper will allocate the first track to channel one, the second track t...

@froging Why do you need software playthrough enabled?

The specification for Flac files is here: http://flac.sourceforge.net/format.html#frame_header
7.1 is not defined, so you'll need to check the specifications of your home system about that.

How do you intend to play it when it's complete?

I'm assuming I could merge them all to one track at that point? You can either: select them all (Ctrl + A) then use "Mix and Render" from the Tracks menu, or: Just Export (File menu) and they will be mixed together automatically to produce one file. The advantage of the first method is th...

Do not comprehend re response to "What Koz suggested" Audacity 1.2 can be unstable on newer computers. Do you use Skype? Sometimes Skype can leave your computer in a strange state. Hum and buzz as a rule are analog problems, How loud is this noise? Have you tried recording with your lapto...

mjl-cdf wrote:Where can I get the "SVN Checkout of HEAD"? Please excuse my ignorance.

See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Developing_On_Windows

I'm not sure how up to date the instructions are, but the SVN checkout part works.

Caldrumr wrote: I am currently working on a 5.1 project.

Is this a project that you have started from scratch, or did you import an existing 5.1 file and are now editing it?
What format file do you want? AC3? OGG? WAV?

What's the exact version of Audacity you are using? (the last digits are important - check in "Help > About Audacity") Which version of Windows? Which instructions? These? http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#How_do_I_download_and_install_the_LAME_MP3_encoder.3F