Audacity Forum

it is a nuisance in once respect that you have to keep turning Dither on and off - one shouldn't need to do that. Yes it's a bit of a nuisance, but it's debatable whether one should or shouldn't need to do that. Rather than get into that particular argument, there's a number of practical alternativ...

I don't think there is anything wrong - this sounds normal for a high quality sound card (though I agree it does appear a bit odd the first time you see it). What should happen is this (if this is what does happen, then everything is OK): With microphone connected to input 1 and Audacity recording 2...

Audacity 1.2.x does not support MP4 files. You could upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12 and install the optional FFMpeg : http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#installffmpeg Alternatively, you could use a file format conver...

UAC3556B is a USB chip.
What is the actual device that you are wanting to record from?

("Conexant High Defin" is the computer's internal sound card)

The USB device must be connected and recognised by Windows before you start Audacity. If you have Audacity 1.2.6 and 1.3.12, I would recommend that you use Audacity 1.3.12 as it is generally more reliable and has a great many enhancements that are not available in the old 1.2.6 version. If you 1.3.x...

Can we backtrack a few steps.

Regarding your sound system, what works and what doesn't work?

Audacity 1.2.6 suppports Windows 98, and a Beta version for Windows 98 was re-introduced with 1.3.12: Generally I recommend using Audacity 1.3.12 because of its additional features and other enhancements, but if you are using an old machine you may find that the old 1.2.6 version runs a bit quicker...

That's a shame. I'd rather not try and pursue trying to get this working with PulseAudio as it appears that PulseAudio is not running, and reconfiguring your system to use PulseAudio is likely to be quite involved, and I don't have a PCLinuxOS installation to refer to (I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 and the...

It has a rapid stop, like a computer glitch type sound almost at each strum. That's not an effect, it's a technique. The strings are damped with the strumming hand immediately after the strum. It is similar to " palm muting " except that the strings are not damped by the palm until after ...

See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... e_computer
and here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

Audacity 1.3.12 also has a feature for making timed recordings:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... sport_Menu