Audacity Forum

On Windows Vista / Windows 7, the quickest way to access the mixer is to right-click over the speaker icon in the System Tray > Recording Devices. Or click Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound (if you're using "Classic View" there's a direct link to "Sound" in the ...

If you are just doing a simple "record/trim/export/burn to CD", or "record/trim/export as MP3/dump on iPlayer", then 16 bit is quite sufficient. However, if you need bit perfect copies, or if you are doing a lot of processing and mixing, then 32 bit is the way to go. While the im...

Chief Billy Blake wrote:I did get it to record without stopping when I set the Audacity software to the 16-bit, 8000 Hz selection

I presume that you have tested all higher quality combinations?

Do you have other programs running, even in the background?

... a phone ringing sound in a recording that I am trying to clean up. Please provide me any steps to take to eliminate the phone sound or a link to instructions on what to do. Thanks so much! There's probably not much you can do to fix it using Audacity's built in effects, but you may have some lu...

In the same way as ProTools saves a project file and the actual audio data is in a separate folder, Audacity does a similar thing. When you save an Audacity project you create a .AUP (Audacity Project file) and a data folder that contains the audio data for the project. For some reason some of the d...

i was just wondering if there are any known conflicts between audacity and other programs that would cause this. Yes there are. Audacity does not support all VST effects and some VST effects can prevent Audacity from opening. How to get round the problem depends on exactly which version of Audacity...

I can get as far as the metadata editor, and after that I cannot find the file again. When you get to the Metadata Editor - Click on "OK". The metadata editor can be prevented from popping up automatically by going to: Edit menu > Preferences > Import/Export and deselecting the option for...

if you dont have realtek substitute the name of your audiocodec software driver name But on many systems there is no icon for the sound driver in the control panel. RealTek drivers provide an icon in the Control Panel about 50% of the time. M-Audio provide an icon in about 80% of cases. Sigmatel, C...

i ahd to change the volume to max and sometimes unmute in 7 different places on my pc to get my mike to work with audacity As you have access to a RealTek on-board sound card and have found all the settings, how about writing a new post that gives details of where all these settings are? It would p...

32 is totally unnecessary 32 bit processing give significant quality improvements during audio processing, particularly with low level signals. By way of demonstration, try amplifying a 16 bit track by -50dB, then amplifying by +50dB. You will notice a significant deterioration in sound quality. Do...