Audacity Forum

Hi Miriam, we're going to have to go through more questions to build up a picture of why this isn't working for you. How is your Walkman attached to the computer? Have you been able to record anything else with Audacity? Open Audacity and go to "Edit menu > Preferences > Devices", what opt...

ken1971 wrote:will i tunes take midi format

What does this have to do with your original question?

I am using Audacity 1.2.6 as my recording software. It is highly recommended that you upgrade to Audacity 1.3.13 http://audacityteam.org/download/ Audacity 1.2.6 has several known problems on modern computers. As well as not hearing anything through Audacity I cannot even hear mp3s of other music t...

Not directly a "Nyquist issue", but closely related:
Parentheses matching in Nyquist Prompt.

Some mini-disk players will allow direct file transfer between mini-disk and computer via a USB cable (like copying files from a USB memory stick only slower). If this feature is provided by your mini-disk player it will be documented in the mini-disk player manual. If USB file transfer is not avail...

even I tried all the .dll files available in.... Lame versions other than those that are specifically recommended by Audacity are unlikely to work with Audacity. It is important that the installation instructions are followed exactly. If it still fails, please state precisely at what point it faile...

You have posted in the Audacity 1.2.x part of the forum, so I presume that when you say "the most updated version" you mean Audacity 1.2.6. The 1.2.x series ceased development many years ago and is not recommended for modern computers. The recommended version is Audacity 1.3.13 http://auda...

Lief wrote:The memory problem is solved by going to edit/preferences/directories and unchecking the 'use RAM ...' option.

Ah yes, that will account for it.
Now you know why that option is off by default

The exact appearance depends on your sound card(s).

See here for taking screenshots: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... pping-tool

Metadata is per project. When importing files, the metadata will be read from the first file that is imported and that will become the metadata for the project. When you import a file into an empty project, the current project metadata (if there is any) will be replaced by the metadata that is read ...