Audacity Forum

The recommended version for Vista is Audacity 1.3.13.

http://audacityteam.org/download/

The recommended setting are set by default:

Play/Record using RAM: OFF (not selected)
Minimum Free memory is not relevant when Play/Record using RAM is OFF.

I use Audacity with this setting on a number of XP computers including an old 500 MHz Pentium III.

You don't need to save that setting. Just select "Rescan for VST Effects" and restart Audacity. If GSnap does not appear in the Effect menu after the restart, check that you have 1) Extracted the .DLL file and not just tried to use a ZIP file. 2) That you have put the .DLL file in the righ...

MP3 compression always reduces the sound quality because some of the audio information is discarded in order to achieve smaller file size. The greater the compression level, the smaller the file size but the more information is discarded and the worse the sound quality is. This loss of sound quality...

mgjack wrote:Now i have but some files which the metadata can be viewed in explorer when I get to the export save box it is clear.

What format are these files?
How are you viewing the metadata in explorer?

I've never used one but the Lexicon should have decent recording quality, but an important feature that it has missing is that it does not have "phantom power" available, which means that if you wish to upgrade your microphone in the future then you will probably need to get a new preamp. ...

Which version of Audacity is that?
What are you recording?

Does "aplay" work?
To test, open a terminal window and navigate to the same directory as a known good WAV file, then type:

Audacity only works with uncompressed audio date. To make an MP3 file you need to install LAME http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3 To create any type of ordinary audio file you need to Export (File menu). Once you have LAME installed you will be able to Export an MP3 file. Note...

Same answer as Koz, but different description: The normal "waveform" view uses a linear vertical scale (-1 to +1) The "waveform (dB)" view uses a logarithmic scale. The bottom end (minimum level) in this view is set in Preferences (Edit menu > Preferences > Interface) to a value ...