Audacity Forum

Open Audacity 1.2.6 and go to:
"Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O"
What options are set there?

Close Audacity 1.2.6

Open Audacity 1.3.10 and go to:
"Edit menu > Preferences > Devices"
What options are set there?
What options are available?

If you use Windows Vista or Windows 7 it is definitely recommended that you use Audacity 1.3.10 (or later). See here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=18426 and here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=16871 I would also recommend Audacity 1.3.10 or later fo...

When I record I only listen to the back ground track and not my guitar, but with headphones. OK, you have me totally confused now. :D How do you know that the recorded sound is wrong if you cannot hear the what you are recording? I mean.. While I record I only hear the background track. Afterwards ...

Hi Guys, I've set my 1.3 Beta up, and its recording streamed audio from my web browser but with terrible echo. To the point where it builds on itself to deafening levels. I can kind of get around this by having the record and wave levels really low, but then the recording is barely audible. Any hel...

The idea was to make, play and then record about 5-6 sound files in the range 500-3000 MHz I think you probably mean 500Hz to 3000Hz (100's MHz is the VHF/UHF radio frequency range - Audio frequencies are in the range 20Hz to 20kHz). Dynamic microphones and headset microphones typically have low se...

The unzipping process also installs example scripts in directory X. I really don't want to have novices messing around with files in the nyquist directory to find out where X is. Using "Start In" is only applicable to Windows as far as I know (it does not apply to Linux). I quite understa...

I'd definitely recommend upgrading to Audacity 1.3.10 - there are more Export options and they are easier to get at (they're in the "Options" of the Export screen) which makes optimising your settings very much easier. To test the settings, select a small portion of the recording and use &...

justvisiting wrote:The root file is in .wma format, which I convert to .mp3.

How did you do that?

How is the file being "delivered"? As a file download? Have you considered splitting the recording into smaller pieces?

For Audacity 1.2.x

Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O > Play other tracks while recording new one.

I am not sure what is your motivation for promoting Pulse audio. I have no vested interest in PulseAudio. It took me a while to get the hang of it, particularly as there was little documentation when it first became the default sound server in Ubuntu, and the implementation disregarded several key ...