Audacity Forum

I don't use any as I'm not a programmer, but looking to my usual sources.... The two that often get recommended for smaller projects are Geany and CodeLite. For larger projects it generally shifts to Code::Blocks, KDevelop and Anjuta. KDevelop is often preferred if using the KDE desktop, but for Gno...

Why do you think your new laptop has a "Line in" connector? Most laptops have only a "Microphone" connector (which is considerably more sensitive than a line-in connector and will overload if you feed a line level signal into it). You've posted in the Audacity 1.2 section of the ...

You can't record the piano from its USB connection because that is not an audio connection. The USB connector on the Kawai ES6 is a MIDI connector. The Kawai ES6 has LINE OUT (L / R) connectors. You should connect these to the Line In connector on your computer. If your computer is a full size PC th...

The first recommendation will be to upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12 (Audacity 1.2.6 is now ancient and has had no developer support for several years). Then you will need to fill in a few holes, for example: What version of Windows? What are you recording from? How are you recording? What sort of sound c...

nickb wrote:My recording levels appear satisfactory at best

Do you mean the recording levels on the 4 channel stereo tape recorder, or the levels on the computer copy of the recording?
Have you transferred the recording to your computer yet? If you have, how did you do that?

Why do you think that the both original and instrumental tracks should match up exactly?

When I used the older version 1.2 I could record all sounds using "Mix stereo" recording setting. And you are still using the same computer or a different computer? the same operating system? Basically I want to play my C cassette player and record i What is a "C cassette player"?

kiatlc wrote:why is 3.98.4 still experimental? Any known issues?

The current release version of LAME is 3.98.3
3.98.4 is not a "release version".
ref: http://lame.sourceforge.net/download.php

dennissems wrote:I need further instructions how to do this
I still don't get it!

You'd better explain what exactly you "don't get" then someone may be able to clarify.

Looks like you have an incorrect language selection Open Audacity and press Ctrl+P this will open the "Preferences" screen. Click on the 5th item in the menu on the left hand side (interface). On the middle selection box (language) select the language of your choice. Restart Audacity to ma...