Audacity Forum

Am I expecting too much of this program? You're expecting too much of Audacity 1.2.6. It was written a very long time ago and it's not recommended for Vista or Windows 7. You can get Audacity 1.3.12 from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ I'd recommend that you uninstall Audacity 1.2.6 before ...

What sort of microphone and how is connected to your computer?

superbatone wrote:Has anyone had this problem? How do you deal with it?

See here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects

DJBeaks wrote:needed a stand-alone program for converting pitch & tempo in mp3 and AAC files.

What sort of files are they? Beat loops? Are they for use in a particular program? Why don't you know the BPM of the original files?

In Audacity 1.3.12 look in the "Effect" menu for "Compressor". That is the built-in dynamics compressor.

Thanks for your report. Could you give a detailed step-by-step method of how to produce this problem and how to verify the problem is in Audacity?
Please include details of exactly which version of Audacity you are using and what operating system.

aswantek wrote:There is no place in Windows to change the bit rate.

On Vista and Windows 7 there is, but I don't recall you saying what operating system you are using.

Seemed to work but in the opposite direction Yes I know :) I wrote: <<< A while ago I had a look at the opposite effect of speeding up audio using a simple "overlap-add" method. >>> For a slowing down effect you would need to duplicate the "segments". The tricky bit is getting t...

Would you be able to try it on a different computer?

The current beta version is 1.3.12. You can check that in "Help > About Audacity". If you have an earlier version you should update. http://audacityteam.org/download/ During Export, when you select "MP3" as the Export format, click on the "Options" button. Ensure that t...