Audacity Forum

DJFreez, are you recording from a USB device such as a USB turntable?

You could try resetting Audacity Preferences as described here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audac ... defaults_2

When I record from vinyl and do "export multiple" Audacity puts the track numbers in to tags and file names just as I like. The problem is when I record the second side of the album it starts over at track 1. Is there any way to set the starting track number so I end up with a continuous ...

So long as you don't go over 0dB, that's correct (and it is deliberately made difficult to amplify above 0 dB)

Do you still have the Audacity Project? (both the AUP file and the _data folder)
Does it play correctly?

Try making a recording and then use the Amplify effect - it may just be that you are recording really quietly.

See here for selecting inputs and setting the volume level from within the Windows Control Panel: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

1) you should use Audacity 1.3.12 with Vista
2) You need to enable a recording input in the Windows Control Panel.

(some information about selecting inputs in the Control panel: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel )

The default setting, as I recall is to make the loudest single peak in the performance be 0 -- just before clipping. or just at the point of clipping, depending on which way you look at it. One note of caution is that encoding into a compressed format such as MP3 can output at a slightly higher pea...

one more: http://lifehacker.com/5564085/how-to-silence-vuvuzela-horns-with-an-eq-filter?skyline=true&s=i That's quite an impressive demo - and could be done with free software (but for Audacity, not in real time). i would love to see some folks sue FIFA for damage to their hearing It's not FIFA...

I note that you can choose from a list of common extensions in the "Save As type" drop-down box, or else specify your own extension by selecting 'other uncompressed files'. I think that I see where the confusion is coming from. When you select a "file type" to export your audio,...