Audacity Forum

Right click on the TimeLine and deselect (uncheck) the option "Update display while playing".

I want to see the zoomed in full range from -1 to 1 dB Try "Shift + Right Click". By the way, the scale from +1 to -1 is not a dB scale, it is a linear scale. The dB scale goes from 0dB (top of the track) to -infinity dB (silence - middle of the track) to 0 dB (bottom of the track). To vi...

kdivorkjcdinyhmjkp wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:30 am

Audacity 2.4.1, Win10

I'd recommend updating to 2.4.2 as it has 41 bug fixes after 2.4.1. https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/

As this is a manual tool, the precision of the change is low and it fully depends on the eye - hand coordination plus the smoothness of the mouse (if it's jumpy, this task is more difficult). Perhaps I'm missing something here. The precision is also dependent on "track size" and "zoo...

Terrific description. Yes that's a bug. I'll log it on the bug tracker. A workaround: 1) Create a new project. 2) Record some audio or import audio that is 44.1 kHz it can be a mono or stereo track. I mostly have mono tracks. 3) Import a stereo track that was recorded at 48.0 kHz 4) Select the 48.0 ...

DavidJHunter47 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:35 pm

our actors

You have actors?
Do you also have a sound technician and a mixing desk?

DavidJHunter47 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:35 pm

as if the actor was moving across the room

How is he "moving"? Walking? On a skateboard?

It looks like you have a super-complicated audio device set-up with those virtual devices. Unless any Voicemeeter experts happen to find this post I doubt that we will be able to help you.

When recording at 16-bit, you need to be more careful than when recording at 24-bit. In the latter case you can safely allow a lot more headroom, but with 16-bit the headroom should be no more than 6 dB for optimal quality.

dombreaker wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:53 pm

i'd love to figure out why it's happening though.

Perhaps you are changing the track sample rate somehow?

Check in the Windows Sound control panel and: 1. See if "Boost" is enabled 2. See what the recording level is. If Boost is enabled, try turning it off (or reducing it if it is a slider). If the recording level is higher than 100%, turn it down to 100% (I'm not on Windows and I don't rememb...