Audacity Forum

We seem to have crossed posts somehow :? Am I correct in assuming that even if the mixer is not connected to anything the "clip" section should still pick up my voice going into the microphone and light up accordingly? The meters should light up. The word "clip" near to the phant...

Although metadata is not part of the WAV specification, it is not specifically prohibited and some metadata information can be included in WAV files. However, very few programs support metadata information in WAV files and will not display such information. Audacity supports "Artist, track titl...

The AT2020 microphone does require phantom power.
The Xenyx 1002B has a phantom power switch next to the LED meters.

Now i want to add background music File menu > Import > Audio I want to control the volume at which it plays at different times and how the music gradually fades in and out (at different volume levels) to the speaking portion. You can do this manually using the "Envelope Tool". The Envelo...

I can record onto an arbitrary position on the third track by clicking on the third track to set the cursor position and then clicking the record button with the shift key held down. Trouble is, this seems to be restricted to starting the recording from a point after the last recorded portion of th...

The first candidate for excessive speed variation is a build up of tape residue on the pinch roller (the little black rubber roller than pinches the tape against a metal spindle). The spindle and pinch roller can be cleaned with a little alcohol on a lint-free cloth. Take care not to get alcohol on ...

When I on stereo mix and just play record record and record Should the volume really increase that HUGE?! With the settings shown in the screen shot that you posted, you have playback volume for everything set to maximum. You also have all inputs enabled for recording and the recording level set at...

What do you mean by "buying a voice recorder"? This is a regular event. We do it twice a week. So if there is hardware/software that we should invest in, that is a possibility. I use a Zoom H2 portable recorder. With a 2 GB memory card it will record about 3 hours of stereo CD quality aud...

Thank you for the three very informative posts R_G_B. Unfortunately, you may still then need to compile a private version of Audacity with ASIO to get the 24-bit recording capability (or use an ASIO-capable program like Sonar LE which is supplied with the UA-1G device). It may be worth mentioning he...

When you have finished editing that track, press the up arrow at the bottom of the Track Panel to collapse it to its previous height To clarify, collapsing a track (either with the up arrow at the bottom of the Track Panel or "View > Collapse All Tracks") will collapse the track(s) to the...