Audacity Forum

The proportional relationship between any two adjacent pitches in a normal scale (12 tone equal temperament) is the 12th root of 2. There's various ways that this may be calculated in Nyquist, but one easy method is: (expt 2 (/ 12.0)) (note that we need 12.0 as a float so as to avoid division by zer...

I notice that in most of your functions you have set a variable in the final line. This is not necessary as functions return the last value. For example, if we have a simple function that adds two numbers: (defun add (x y) (setq z (+ x y))) (print (add 3 5)) ; prints 8 The variable "z" is ...

Do you have Soundflower installed?

When you record from "Stereo Mix" you will record everything that is playing through your sound card. This is good for recording sounds that are playing through your web browser, but the down-side is that it is very easy to create "feedback" loops where unwanted signal paths are ...

When I saved/attached and sent via email, the following error report popped up:WAV format {1}.wav is not a valid WIN32 application. That's not a problem with Audacity, it's a problem with your computer. Your computer is trying to run the files as if they are programs, but obviously they are not pro...

It is highly recommended that you upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12 (If I recall correctly Audacity 1.2.x record in mono by default, whereas 1.3.12 records in stereo by default).
http://audacityteam.org/download/

You may also find this tutorial useful: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/USB_turntables

The "Pause" button (or "P") will pause playback at the current playback location, but editing (and most other functions) is not possible in "Pause mode". To edit/process audio playback must be stopped, not just paused. As waxcylinder says you can change the "keyboa...

It is highly recommended that you upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12 as the old 1.2.6 version has very limited support for file types and does not support iTunes (AAC encoded) files. Also install ffmpeg. http://audacityteam.org/download/ http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Pl...

i tested it on a 10min. clip and when i exported the clip after applying effects it worked but the output file is unplayable and is of length 12 sec. Did it play correctly in Audacity? What format did you export it as? The exported file is unplayable in what program? Does the exported file play cor...

ditzel wrote:I have a Shure wireless lavalier

That's a mono microphone, so it can only record mono.