Audacity Forum

Removing lyrics only works sometimes (often only partial removal is possible). It works more often with WAV files than with MP3s, but it's still worth a shot.
See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... al_Removal

p.s. when I opened the 'about audacity' under help it still says it is 1.3.10, am I not downloading the correct file? You probably have downloaded the correct file but not "installed" it correctly. Actually, it doesn't need "installing" - just extract the contents of the file so...

jackwv wrote:I am also staying with Audacity 1.2.6 since familiar with it and fight change.

Understood, but don't fight too hard - there's a lot of big improvements in 1.3 (and some things are a lot easier in 1.3 than in 1.2). Perhaps when Audacity 2.0 comes out will be a good time to upgrade.

Two mono tracks cancel each other out. That should not happen (unless you are doing something to make it happen). It could be that something is wired up the wrong way round. It's not uncommon for people to have one of their speakers with the wires connected the wrong way round (red and black swappe...

(it's listed as working ok in the control panel) Can you set it as the default recording and playback device in the "Windows Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices" ? (this requires that Windows drivers are installed and not just ASIO drivers) If you can, then do that and set Audacity &...

I'm afraid i don't know which version of Audacity I'm running It tells you if you look in "Help > About Audacity". I'm guessing it's an old version, so worth upgrading to the latest version available from here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Nightly_Builds read this before i...

Which version of Audacity? (Help menu > About Audacity)
What sort of computer?
What sort of microphone?
What operating system?

Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O
Set the recording to "1 channel (mono)"

Have a go with Audacity 1.3.11 from here and see if it works: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... tly_Builds

real2real wrote:Just one thing, why when I open the program and start recording, I get a second copy opened with nothing happening .

I've not heard of that before. Perhaps you are clicking too eagerly when you launch Audacity?