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by steve
Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:35 pm
Forum: Maintaining / Improving this Forum
Topic: Blue Forum Header
Replies: 16
Views: 4592

Re: Blue Forum Header

If people click the big icon top left they'll see hover text that the main site has "documentation". I don't think that I'm particularly stupid, but it was months before I noticed that the logo was a link. :oops: IMHO, if it doesn't poke you in the eye no one will notice it. Links need to...
by steve
Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:06 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: .Au file repair
Replies: 7
Views: 1321

Re: .Au file repair

waxcylinder wrote:in 1.3 the recovery tools are automatic on restarting Audacity after a crash.
Automatic recovery does not always work, but it is a lot more likely to work than recovery in 1.2.x
by steve
Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:03 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Average loudness and compression
Replies: 16
Views: 2854

Re: Average loudness and compression

I don't know how one would actually measure it Measuring it is a bit of a problem. One of the more simple ways to measure "loudness" is "RMS" - this is a kind of "average" level of the audio ( Root Mean Square ) This gives an indication of average power which is an app...
by steve
Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:29 pm
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: Left speaker not working
Replies: 10
Views: 4114

Re: Left speaker not working

You've tried running the RealTek speaker test and that just gives sound from one speaker? If so, check that the speakers are plugged in correctly - if that's not the problem then it is probably a faulty sound card.
by steve
Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:19 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: WMA to MP3
Replies: 12
Views: 5157

Re: WMA to MP3

One of the disadvantages of Macs, if you can afford to buy the computer they expect you to pay top dollar for everything else.
Try "Switch" - I believe there is a Mac version available. Some features become unavailable in the free version when the trial period ends.
by steve
Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:13 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Set/Change default save location in Windows 7
Replies: 10
Views: 7442

Re: Set/Change default save location in Windows 7

bprc wrote:Edit: Sorry to trouble you, but could you ask 'Ed' if this save location is remembered after a restart? I'm sure it does but figured I'd ask. Thanks.
It's likely to be a lot quicker for you to do a restart and test it yourself than for me to try and get hold of Ed again and relay messages ;)
by steve
Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:07 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recording function can't hear
Replies: 1
Views: 316

Re: Recording function can't hear

In the section Mixer Toolbar Issues in AWiki I read the following technical comment, which may be germane, but ALSA and OSS are unfamiliar concepts. Almost in the right place, but ALSA and OSS are to do with using a Linux operating system, not Windows. For recording sounds playing on your computer,...
by steve
Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:02 pm
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: need help with equipment connections
Replies: 6
Views: 1417

Re: need help with equipment connections

Audacity is not a "real time" production tool. To make karaoke recordings with Audacity, you would either: 1) Import the audio track into Audacity, then record a second track with your vocals (this procedure is described here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Creating_a_simple_voice_and_m...
by steve
Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:45 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Removing periodic clicking
Replies: 8
Views: 1159

Re: Removing periodic clicking

It would be best to fix the problem at source.
I presume that there was no audible clicking (such as a clock) while you were recording?
Tell us about your recording - what operating system, version of Audacity, type of microphone, Audacity settings.....
by steve
Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:42 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Where can I find Invert in Effect-menu?
Replies: 2
Views: 368

Re: Where can I find Invert in Effect-menu?

I'm using the dutch version so I'm looking for the "inverteren' button. It appears that it has been missed out from the translation in the Dutch 1.2.6 version. The 1.2.6 version is virtually obsolete now so I doubt that anyone will be fixing that. Is it present in the Dutch installation of Aud...