Audacity Forum

sandy431 wrote:Don't have file-sharing site to use

Try "sendspace.com" or Google for "send big files free".

If you could attach a short sample (just a few seconds in WAV format) then perhaps I could suggest some settings.
I'd definitely recommend that you use Audacity 1.3.13 as the built-in compressor effect is much better than the compressor effect in 1.2.6.

npags711 wrote:The dither actually is pretty noticeable

Do you think it's "pretty noticeable" on the last sample that I posted? (440hz-80dB.wav)
(different solutions depending on your answer)

See these links:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Impo ... references
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Adva ... ng_Options

See here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects

Could you upload an example recording - preferably fairly short and in Flac format - somewhere on the Internet (such as a file sharing site) then post a link so that we can download and examine it.

Skype is a special case when it comes to recording. In order to record both your microphone and the other person, you would need to set your microphone to play through your headphones and set Audacity to record "stereo Mix". However, if you do that then Skype does not work. Skype blocks pl...

Yes you can do that, but it will probably sound terrible.
You would need to apply an extreme amount of "dynamic compression".
See these links:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Compressor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

If Jack is running, then you will need to set Audacity to use Jack. "File menu > Preferences > Devices" Set Host to "Jack" and set the Recording and Playback devices to "System". Jack support is a bit flaky in Audacity 1.3.12 (which I'm guessing is the version you have)...

lynx wrote:Is there such a function in audacity?

Not at present, though a couple of the developers have been looking at a similar idea: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Proposal_Audio_Diff

Audacity is in "feature freeze" so there will be no new features until after Audacity 2.0 has been released.