Audacity Forum

Yes leahc, Audacity is a good program for recording, but this topic is an ongoing attempt to sort out cherrystarxx's problem. Have a browse of the forum, and of the "Tips" and "Tutorials" links at the top of the page. Download and install Audacity 1.3.9 (much better than the old ...

I prefer Freeverb to G-verb, but both are capable of decent results with a bit of tweaking. I would definitely recommend applying "wet" reverb to a duplicate of the track, then mixing the original (dry) track with the reverb (wet) track, rather than trying to guess the wet/dry mix. I find ...

Edit menu > Preferences > Quality tab. Set "Sample Rate" to 44100. Edit menu > Preferences > File Formats. Set "Uncompressed Export Format" to "WAV (Microsoft PCM 16 bit)" Some (free) programs (for Windows) that you may like to try: Foobar2000 - an excellent audio playe...

If you are using a USB turntable, look underneath it and see if there is a volume control.

So this is a microphone with a little round plug that plugs into your sound card?

If so, check that you are plugged into a "Microphone" input and not a "Line" input.

Do you know what sort of sound card you are using?

Yes Vista (and Windows 7) have a completely different sound system to previous Windows versions. I liked the sound system on XP, but not at all on Vista. Sometimes you can activate more inputs in the manner described here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Windows_Vista_OS#Using_the_Contr...

I was just trying to copy and paste a mono track onto a stereo track Upgrade to Audacity 1.3.9 (or wait a few weeks and upgrade to Audacity 2.0). (Audacity 1.2 is ancient and lacks many useful features that are now available). In Audacity 1.3.x you just move your audio clips along the time line (wi...

I don't think it's the specification of your computer - I have an old 500 MHz Pentium III that runs Audacity fine to more than 10 tracks. I do have a proper PCI sound card though - if you're using either on-board sound or USB sound then the performance may well be worse. (it is also a very clean mac...

It would probably be easiest to upgrade your operating system - Warty is no longer supported by Ubuntu, so I can't even suggest getting the official Ubuntu Warty version of Audacity. Building Audacity from source is also going to be problematic without internet access. Perhaps your best bet would be...

The technical name for this effect would be: "Semi-parametric equalizer with optional normalisation". ("noramalization" in some parts of the world). In the Spectrum Analizer, you may see a peak, (or trough) that you want to adjust so as to achieve a more even frequency response. ...