Audacity Forum

Who would we need to talk to about changing the way libsndfile works? See here: http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/bugs.html I'd guess that you would need to subscribe to the libsndfile-devel mailing list. Ensure that you refer to this FAQ http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/FAQ.html#Q011 as part ...

For Vista you should be using Audacity 1.3.12 and not the old 1.2.6 version, so you should definitely upgrade asap. http://audacityteam.org/download/ However, I suspect that the problem is due to settings in the Realtek mixer/control panel. Check thoroughly in there that all RealTek effects are turn...

RCA port to microphone jack The RCA socket is "line level". Microphone signals are about 1000x smaller than line level. Some laptop PCs have dual function sockets that can work as either a microphone input or a stereo line input, but most laptops have only a microphone input. If your lapt...

The recommended version of Audacity for Windows 7, Vista and for Mac OS X 10.6 is Audacity 1.3.12. I would personally also recommend Audacity 1.3.12 for all other platforms. http://audacityteam.org/download/ Audacity 1.3.12 is far more resilient against crashing and has highly effective (even if not...

What happens if you unplug the microphone during playback?

What are you recording?
How are you recording it?
What equipment are you using?
How is the equipment connected together?
How are you listening to the recording?

mederi wrote: I would like to discuss my some ideas about improvement of Auto Duck effect by Markus Meyer as I am not fully satisfied with it yet. Should I do it under a new forum topic?

Yes, please start a new forum topic.

It looks like the signal going into the sound card is still much too "hot" (too high a level) for the audio input. Try turning down the output from your mixing desk (turn up the speakers/headphone volume if necessary). If you record a bit too quiet you can always increase the volume after ...

The only thing that I can think of in Audacity that might cause this sort of problem is if you have "Software Playthrough" enabled. The setting is somewhere in Preferences but I can't remember exactly where. "Edit menu > Preferences". Software Playthrough should be disabled. By t...

When i said bass boost, i meant the "gain" option near the recording. Where? In Audacity? In the RealTek Mixer? In the Windows Control Panel? Somewhere else? I'm trying to get a clear mental picture of your set-up to try and see what's wrong with it, but the picture is very fuzzy at the m...