Audacity Forum

In Audacity Edit->Preferences my choices for recoding devices are: - HDA ATI SB: ALC268 Analog (hw:0,0) - pulse - default There should also be an option for the USB device, assuming that it is supported by ALSA. Open a Terminal window and enter the text: arecord -l This should list all audio device...

Probably the most important single feature is the room. If the room is noisy or echoey then it will be near impossible to get a good recording. The quieter and the more acoustically dead the room is the better. Soft furnishings, carpets and curtains help to deaden the room acoustics. If you have a c...

Effect. Amplify. 25 dB check yes clipping The "Allow Clipping" check box should normally NOT be selected. ("clipping" is a type of distortion that you do not want). I saved it as a WAV. What is the next thing I can do to clean it up? We could probably help more if you posted an ...

A good lecturer will carefully pace their speech for best intelligibility, so I'm wondering why you want to time compress them. The reason will determine the best approach to take. The simplest approach is to use "fast forward" on your tape/cd player.

Check your sound card settings. You were probably recording from "Stereo Mix" (What U Hear) rather than directly from the microphone input.

DrTeeth wrote:It's not being in beta for yours that does it for me, it is the lack of releases. In fact, before I buy any software, I check the release dates to see if development has stalled.

You can get an idea of recent Audacity development activity here: http://code.google.com/p/audacity/updates/list

See here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 27&t=22109

If you upgrade to Audacity 1.3 (highly recommended) there is a manual included (in the "Help" menu), and there's a lot of Tutorials and other Tips available on-line (see links below this post).

..I just d/l this program, and wonder how to listen to something in a diff frequency ...I want 432 hz, i tried switching a song to it myself and couldnt hear squat, so Im assuming it must be 43200 is whats meant by 432 hz. ...although to be honest I havent the foggiest notion, wondering if someone ...

Download Audacity 1.3 from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows
Depending on your system you may need to install Audacity as an Administrator.