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There's a group of related feature request on the Audacity wiki * One-step way to avoid clipping on multiple tracks: (25 votes) ** Master Fader ability: (20 votes) *** Separate mixing window (like Mixer Board but with a "Master-Fader" control): (5 votes) *** Shortcut that moves all gain sl...

I'll answer with reference to Audacity 1.3.13 (the 1.2.x series is no longer being developed and lacks many features of the 1.3.x series. Audacity 1.3.13 will work well on XP, Vista and Win 7). Does audacity have a feature to allow you to do the click and hold method and make a new track with each r...

doom bar wrote: via a 2 channel mixer

What sort (make/model) of mixer?
How is the mixer connected to the computer?

As Steve points out, this is a quick way of doing a cross-fade on two clips on the same track. That is definitely the primary purpose of the cross-fade effect and is hopefully covered by the help screens. The effect can also be useful in other ways, such as for seamlessly deleting bad glitches that...

The sound card that came on the motherboard is still there though not enabled. Is it disabled in BIOS? Open the Windows Mixer and enable "Show disabled devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices" as described here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#vistacp What...

A possible solution would be for the envelope of the upper track to be applied to both channels (both visually and in effect) when making a stereo track? Kind of goes against "no problem so far" above? Agreed, but it would be much better than the current behaviour in that the behaviour co...

What happened to the "automatic half selection" option from cross-fade-H? This seems like a "regression". Why fewer fade shape options? I don't understand your comment. The only differences in the controls between version H and the final version are to the "Reduced Duration...

It appears to be a properly documented feature: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Generate_Menu

I clicked on the sound device in preferences and it says no devive found. When I installed it on Thursday I had no problems at all, am I missing something obvious ? When launched, Audacity will only "see" devices that are already connected and recognised by Windows. On Thursday I guess th...

Is this condition normal, From the number of reports on this forum it appears to be Normal for Windows 7 . In some cases it is possible to change a setting in the Windows Control Panel to tell Windows to treat the turntable as a "Line" input rather than a "Mic" input. See here f...