Audacity Forum

Audacity should retain your layout automatically. The toolbars will be moved around to fit if you resize the Audacity window, but on restoring the original size the toolbars should resume their original places without you having to do anything. Is it possible then to reconfigure the default toolbars...

Which version of Audacity are you using? (look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

Were there any error messages when you opened the project? If so, what did they say?

"UnMixIt" Windows only. $79 to buy. Demo Version restrictions: limited audio duration, audio "watermark", saving is disabled. The only independent reviews that I found for this software are here: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/product-alerts-older-than-2-months/1278617-unmixit-...

It sounds like the Audacity settings files may have been partially corrupted due to the loss of power while open. I think the best bet will be to fully reset Audacity back to factory defaults, then add back any customisations. To reset Audacity, you need to shut down Audacity, then open (in the Wind...

It could be anything.

Please post a short (just a few seconds in WAV format) of a voice recording to demonstrate the problem. (See: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=72887)

Very peculiar.
The only thing I can think of is that there's an "enhancement" setting somewhere that is changing the playback sound of some apps and not others.

Once I start listening to what Audacity has recorded, the recording sounds a bit more muffled like it's had bass added to it. What is the track sample rate in Audacity? (look in the panel on the left end of the track for something like "44100Hz") What is the "Project Rate"? (low...

Audacity will automatically arrange toolbars to (attempt to) keep all docked toolbars visible. This feature cannot be turned off. You could float (un-dock) all toolbars, then you would be able to resize the main Audacity window without the toolbars moving, but I would not recommend doing this. float...

There seem to be many different implementations. They generally use frequency dependent delays. Mostly is is marketing hype.
There's some info on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_surround

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Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:14 pm

TempDir=<Secondary Drive>/Users/ghislain/Library/Application Support/audacity/SessionData -> FAIL

Does that directory exist? If so, who is the owner and what are the read/write/execute permissions?