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by steve
Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:39 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recording VCR Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 2200

Re: Recording VCR Audio

Luis2 wrote:Yeah except there's this static sound in the video in the background.
If that is a low level noise, it may just be noise from the tape.
by steve
Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:37 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: No USB Codec sound
Replies: 8
Views: 1241

Re: No USB Codec sound

How are your speakers connected to your computer? They are connected to the line out port of the sound card with a splitter cable provided by the computer manufacturer. Near the bottom of the "Transport" menu, select "Software Playthrough". Then go to "Edit menu > Preferenc...
by steve
Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:32 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: guitar usb no sound
Replies: 9
Views: 3876

Re: guitar usb no sound

Unless your USB cable includes a headphone socket it is not possible to monitor the guitar input without a delay. The reason for this is that there is no direct physical connection between the USB cable and your sound card, so sound going in through the USB cable can only be routed to the ordinary s...
by steve
Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Downloading VST plug ins
Replies: 10
Views: 1247

Re: Downloading VST plug ins

Thanks for the feedback hamsterwuv, EloiseXD "Program Files (x86)" is only on 64 bit versions of Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate edition. Which version of Windows do you have? Which VST effect are you trying to install? What is the full path to the Audacity plug-ins folde...
by steve
Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:38 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audacity-created mp3 changed back to AUP
Replies: 4
Views: 392

Re: Audacity-created mp3 changed back to AUP

There is always some degree of sound quality loss when encoding audio in MP3 format (it is a " lossy " compression format). The amount of sound quality loss depends on how much the audio is compressed, but there is always some loss with MP3. For lossless export, use WAV format (or AIFF or ...
by steve
Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:36 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: recording truncating
Replies: 2
Views: 544

Re: recording truncating

kozikowski wrote:Audacity will not save a sound file. Do not move or damage any of those project fragments.

Open the show in Audacity and Export WAV or MP3 to get a real sound file of the whole show.
See here for the full story: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/File_Management_Tips
by steve
Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:34 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: No USB Codec sound
Replies: 8
Views: 1241

Re: No USB Codec sound

How are your speakers connected to your computer?
by steve
Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:24 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Downloading VST plug ins
Replies: 10
Views: 1247

Re: Downloading VST plug ins

hamsterwuv wrote:I did save the VST in the plug ins folder
What is the full path to the Audacity plug-ins folder on your computer?
(for example: C:Program FilesAudacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)Plug-Ins)

What is/are the file name(s) of the VST plug-in that you have put into that folder?
by steve
Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:19 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recording VCR Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 2200

Re: Recording VCR Audio

But then I realized that the Dazzle hasn't been configured yet as a USB audio device, so I used wizard to configure it. No wonder the Dazzle was not appearing in my audio list in windows movie maker or control panel. Now it is: http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee91 ... 1293743309 Super, that's wh...
by steve
Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:15 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: guitar usb no sound
Replies: 9
Views: 3876

Re: guitar usb no sound

Can we clarify what the problem is. 1) Do you listen through headphones plugged into the headphone socket (Realtek) of your computer? 2) With the ALESSIS USB GUITAR CABLE connected, are you able to play music with Windows Media Player and hear it play? 3) If you generate a tone in Audacity (Generate...