Audacity Forum

It's happening because the start of your track is not a zero crossing point. When you press "Z", if the selection is not at a zero crossing point, Audacity will try to find a nearby zero crossing point with a preference for an earlier rising crossing point. In the case of the start of the ...

I presume that you had Audacity set to record from "Stereo Mix"?
Is that option still available?

Connect the USB cable before you open Audacity. Allow Windows a few moments to recognise and connect to the device (it should be listed in the "Safely remove hardware icon" list). When you launch Audacity the USB device should be listed as a recording device. Set the Playback device as you...

The possible options are described in the link that Koz provided.

1. Render (export) your mix as 32-bit WAV.* 2. Open (import) the mixed WAV file and use the Amplify effect to set the New Peak Amplitude to 0dB (or slightly below 0dB). 3. Now, after adjusting the levels, render again to your final MP3 format. I agree that the most likely cause is that although the...

Audacity cannot sync with other programs. You need to start it recording then start the playback of the other software. There will be some leading silence at the beginning of the recording but that can be trimmed off later. To synchronise the recording with sequencers (on Windows) you would probably...

Just as a point of interest, this is the code for the mock-up compressor.

There are some limitations to what can be done with Nyquist plug-ins, particularly in terms of the user interface. It is not possible to display a graph like the Audacity Compressor does - it's limited to just sliders, text input boxes and drop down menus (see the three types of "widgets" ...

Here's a possible starting point for developing a Nyquist plug-in : Create a stereo track and select part of it (it does not matter how much as long as there is a selection in a stereo track). From the Effect menu click on "Nyquist Prompt". Copy and paste this code into the text box and cl...

When you click on the name of the track and the drop down menu appears you should see the following options: Mono Left Channel Right Channel Make Stereo Track Split Stereo Track Split Stereo to Mono Some of these will be greyed out and others will be in black. Which options are greyed out and which ...