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What do you have set in:
"Edit menu > Preferences > Quality"

hecate wrote:now I know how to amplify, etc. (what's the reverse, if there is one, to make things softer?).

The reverse of the "Amplify" effect is ..... the Amplify effect
The same effect, but amplify by a negative amount to make the waveform smaller (lower amplitude).

I (obviously) would not have known that. Thank you so very much for your help! You're welcome. We are doing our very best to draw users attention to the pros and cons of this feature. There is already a pop-up message about it, but many users cancel such "annoyances" before they grasp wha...

Thanks for the feedback. I've written a function that tests for the existence of a user defined path, then sets the file output path to the user defined path (only for the current Audacity session or until it is changed- it's not permanent). If the user defined path does not exist the function falls...

Yes that is intentional, but I think the plan is for it to be reintroduced. The "Device Toolbar" should now be working on all platforms so it was thought there would be no need to duplicate the same settings in "Preferences". The Device Toolbar should now be visible by default, b...

The problem is most likely a setting somewhere, but somehow we seem to be overlooking the critical one.
I use Audacity on an Acer Aspire, (but with Linux rather than Vista)
Perhaps it may be worth you going slowly through all of the posts in this topic and double checking everything.

No guarantees, but let's have a go:

• Make a new folder
• Copy the folder "zoio de lula_data" into the new folder
• Download the attached file and put it in the new folder
• See if this modified project will open
• If it does open, see if it will play

I'm writing a plug-in that outputs a file. On Windows, file names are case insensitive, so you cannot have two files with the same name in the same folder even if the case is different. "FileName" is the same as "filename". On Linux, file names are case sensitive, so "FileNa...

Do you have any sound on your computer?

With the old notch filter (currently on the Audacity web-site) it is important that you do not enter a notch frequency greater than the Nyquist frequency as it can cause data corruption. The new notch filter protects users from this by producing an appropriate error message. Other than error checkin...