Audacity Forum

Burt wrote:You have been most patient with me

You're welcome Burt. Sorry we've not been able to find a clear resolution to the problem.

Burt wrote: understand that there are four(4) versions of Windows 7

I don't think that makes any difference.

When I export to MP3, the quality is distorted, i.e., girgles in sustained tones. MP3 is a "lossy" compression format http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossy_compression There is always some degree of sound quality loss when encoding as MP3 How do I upgrade to a later version? Download Audacit...

A good way to eliminate Audacity from the equation is to make a test recording using Windows Sound Recorder (I presume Sound Recorder is still included in Windows 7?) It may not be possible to test the sound card as it is probably built into the motherboard. You could try looking for updated drivers...

For all three you will probably want to remove most of the bass and most of the high treble. You can do that with the Equalizer effect. Try recording some crackling noise of a real radio that is not tuned to any station and mix that in with your "radio" recording. Generate "White nois...

You could put Audacity 1.3.12 onto a USB thumb drive, which (provided that you can use USB thumb drives at school) will allow you to run 1.3.12 To use Audacity 1.3.12 as a portable application: 1. Extract the Audacity .zip or .dmg download to a USB stick or similar 2. Create a folder called "Po...

Assuming that the same recording source (the Kenwood) and the same lead still work on XP (have you checked that it still works?) then it may be either dirty contacts on the sound card socket, or a faulty sound card. I think we may have run out of other options, but perhaps someone else will spot som...

The .ZIP version does not contain the help file. This is deliberate and reduces the download file size.
For automatic installation of the help file you need to use the .EXE version.

The help file can also be installed manually: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... the_Manual

Do I have to Rebuild Audacity every time I make some changes in even a single file. It depends what changes you make. Many minor changes will not affect the build configuration, so it may be OK to miss out the ./configure stage and that will speed up the build time considerably. Major changes may r...

I've had an idea about how to measure "loudness". I'll try to knock up a demo plug-in in the next week or two, but if you're still interested and don't hear from me within two weeks feel free to 'bump' this topic (post a reminder). In the mean time, if you're interested in doing a bit of r...

And you have Audacity set to record "2 channel (stereo)" in "Edit menu > Preferences > Devices", but you've not said what you are recording - a cassette player? Have you checked the leads? What sort of leads are you using? What are the plugs like on the leads (RCA, stereo mini-ja...