Audacity Forum

Most if not all of the points in that SOS article are covered in that long topic on the forum. (Reading the forum post is free )

The reason nobody's jumped on this is we can't figure out what you're trying to do. I'm feeling lucky so I'll have a guess :D My guess is that you (brelize ) have tried speeding up the playback using the "playback speed" slider next to the green arrow. That control does not actually chang...

That confused me too when I first saw it. The "humps" will still be in the same place (and are easier to "read" now there is a grid) - it's just the amplitude scale that is different. This was discussed on the developers mailing list and received an answer that I don't understand...

It appears that you have Jack running.

In Audacity Edit menu > Preferences > Devices, select "Host: Jack"
Playback and recording devices should then automatically be set to "System".

Use a file format converter (such as the free "SUPER" by erightsoft) to convert from MPeg4 video to WAV (audio only).
You will then be able to import the WAV file into Audacity.

See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

I think it's a bug in Windows Media Player.
Play the file (in Windows Media Player) and the length should then display correctly in WMP and burn to CD.

What folder do I put the file in? If Audacity 1.3 is installed in the default location: c:Program FilesAudacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)Plug-Ins Will it show up in the Effects menu afterward? Yes, when you restart Audacity it will be listed "below the line" in the "Effect" menu. The n...

I have Vista and use the latest version of Audacity AND I have selected 2 (Stereo) in the Recording section of the Devices section and it STILL doesn't record in Stereo. Have you set Windows to record stereo in the Control Panel? http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_the_Cont...

Trebor wrote: [Uses this Freesound]

That's a tough one - too much background noise.
I'm still working out what some of the settings do (there's no instructions for Postfish) so Postfish is probably capable of better even with as tough a sample as this.