Audacity Forum

EricB wrote:Audacity 1.2.6 installed and 1.3.14

Stick with the 1.3.14 version.

Which version of Windows?
Check the settings in the Windows Control Panel to ensure that the recording level is turned up there and it is not muted.

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my question is still unanswered: 32 bit: Yea. Converting from 32-bit float to 16 bit integer is no like converting lossy formats (such as MP3). You don't loose any data when converting from 32-bit float to 16 bit integer, neither does it add distortion. For a more detailed and in-depth discussion o...

Audacity does not currently support the BWF format, so track marks are not supported.
Audacity does have "label tracks" which allow "markers" to be used within an Audacity Project. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Label_Tracks

Normally you would leave Audacity with the default of 32-bit float in the "Quality" settings. This provides higher quality processing which is of benefit if you do any "processing" (such as Fade-in, Fade-out, Amplify, Normalize, or any other effects). In most cases this will prod...

Check that you have a good input level on the Tascam.
Turn up the level until you just get an indication on the clip indicator, then back it off a short way.

To apply an effect, Audacity needs to be stopped (not in Playback, Record or Pause).
Ensure that the track that you wish to apply the effect to is selected.
To use the Noise Removal effect, the effect must have a Noise Profile before the effect can be applied.

Which version of Windows?
There is a new tutorial in the manual that talks about a similar set-up: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... Sound_Card

Windows Media Player does not support metadata in WAV files (not many programs do).

I am not trying to use my H4N as a USB interface :? Do you mean that you ARE trying to use your H4N as a USB interface? If so, ensure that your headphones are plugged into the H4N (rather than plugging them into the computer's normal sound card). Set Audacity to both record from, and play back thro...