Audacity Forum

Are you using a USB audio device?
Which Linux distro are you using?
What audio devices (sound cards) do you have in/attached to your system?
Do other audio applications work?
What have you tried so far to fix the problem?

If it's a USB turntable, have a look underneath the player to see if there is a volume control hidden there.

I've found that I can reproduce the problem on Windows XP so I've done a bit more testing. It appears that the problem is not only caused by incorrect handling of NAN samples, but by samples that are "overflowing" in some way If all of the NAN samples are deleted and the rest of the "...

Audacity's manual says to keep it at 32-Bit Float That is correct. It is generally better to keep it at 32-bit float as it improves the precision of all processing functions. The comment "it is essential that the sample rate settings match" refers to the sample rate (Hz) setting. So if th...

Personally I'd give a lot to be able to have shortcuts for fade in/out ... Probably does not really help much so may be of academic interest only. You can create a "Chain" command for the Fade effect, then create a shortcut for "Apply Chain", (but you still need to select the ch...

It seems nobody knows if Audacity converts to 32-bit float internally when doing an export. I seem to remember a discussion on the developers mailing list that mentioned that "mixing" is always done 32-bit float. When Exporting, all non-muted tracks are "mixed" (for "Export...

The download worked this time. The "noise" at 59 seconds on "Mike1" is almost certainly the cause of the problem. It is not just "noise" but is corrupt data. An analysis of the sample values indicates samples up to +700 dB and many "nan" values. A "nan&qu...

Menu items that were previously in the "Project" menu have been relocated to other menus. For example "Import Audio" is now in the "File" menu. Audacity 1.3.x has a "Tracks" menu that was not in Audacity 1.2.x. (Perhaps you are looking at documentation for the...

The "Primary Sound Capture" may be OK, but only if the UCA-202 is set as the default recording device in the Windows Control Panel . If it is not set as the default recording device then you need to select the USB option for the Recording device in Audacity Preferences. Also, Vista and Win...

I tried downloading the file yesterday, but the Zip file was corrupt.
Trying again now.