Audacity Forum

The recommended version of Audacity for Windows 7 is Audacity 1.3.12 If you go to the Audacity download page http://audacityteam.org/download/ there is a link that says " best version for Windows 7 " Click on that link and it takes you to a page that gives information specific to using Aud...

When I try to start Audacity, my computer says there is already an Audacity running. It doesn't show up in the task manager. I tried deleting Audacity and reinstalling it, but that didn't help. Any suggestions The problem is most likely due to an error in the Audacity Preferences, in which case you...

The theoretical maximum frequency that can be represented with a 8 kHz sample rate is < 4 kHz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_frequency The theoretical dynamic range of 16 bit audio is around 96 dB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_bit_audio#Dynamic_range There are also other aspects to "so...

The process is basically the same as making a Podcast with music. See this tutorial: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Creating_a_simple_voice_and_music_Podcast_with_Audacity The first thing you need to be able to do is to record something with the microphone. Once you have that bit working the rest...

It depends on the zoom level. You can get a 2 tone effect due to a graphic anomaly on the screen as Koz described, but when zoomed out sufficiently I believe that it is actually drawn in two colours to indicate the peak level and the RMS level.

Audacity 1.2 is known to have problems on newer hardware. Have a go with Audacity 1.3.12

Is this related to repeating an effect? The Amplify effect is different to Normalize in that it amplifies by a fixed amount. The "target" level is calculated based on the current maximum peak, but if you re-apply the effect, then unlike the Normalize effect, the amplification amount remain...

What's your opinion of the recording? What do you think it needs?

Thanks for the recommendation (the cheque is in the post)

It is typically 2 channel, but has the same signal in both channels. The choice of Amplify vs. Normalize may still be relevant. If, for example, these are recordings from a mono record player, then the left/right channels should be identical. However, depending on the equipment and how it was set u...