Audacity Forum

In addition to the information that Koz requested, what settings do you have in:
"Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O"
and
"edit menu > Preferences > Quality"

You have posted in the Audacity 1.2.x part of the forum. Which version of Audacity are you using? (look in "Help > About Audacity")

Which Linux distro are you using?

If you open AlsaMixer and press "F6", what options are there?

Your question is not about "Improving this Forum" (the title of this forum board). I'll move it to the Audacity 1.2.x for Windows section for now, but I would recommend that you upgrade to Audacity 1.3.13 which you can get here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ Which version of Windows ar...

when I follow the 'split track', 'invert' process everything is removed, including instrument. That happens when both left and right channels are identical - in other words it is a mono recording. Vocal removal requires a stereo recording with the vocal in the centre and the instruments off-centre....

I'm not going to do the termviewer thing, but if you describe your set-up, including what equipment you are using, how it is connected together, and details about your settings and exactly what you are doing, then I'll try to help. Don't forget to quote your Windows version and exact Audacity versio...

I've tried reproducing your steps and I'm not getting a Nyquist window. However, I'm having to guess a bit at step 4.

When I click "File > Edit Chain > Add" I am prompted to enter a name.

It is common on Vista for on-board sound cards to have their own control panel (near the Time/Date). If yours does, then try using the sound card control panel to set the default recording input, then restart Audacity and in "Edit menu > Preferences > Devices" set the record input to the l...

lediom wrote:what I need is sox

That's exactly what I was going to suggest.

You can't do "scrubbing" or "rocking to and fro", but you can make a selection (click and drag along the track) then play just that marked section by pressing the spacebar. If you click on either end of the selection, the cursor will turn into an arrow and you can adjust the star...

Could you try to describe the question more clearly.