Audacity Forum

Garage At Large wrote:Can someone walk me through the steps to TAG a .wav file?

Standard WAV files do not support tags. There are variations on the WAV format (such as BWF) but these are not fully supported by Audacity.

Garage At Large wrote:Is there a way to get the bpm of a newly converted vinyl to digital file?

Please explain.

Make sure that you have pressed "Stop" and not just "Pause".

I think that you need a more recent version of wxWidgets than the one available through the Intrepid repository. You should use the wxwidgets repository: http://wiki.wxpython.org/InstallingOnUbuntuOrDebian Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) has Audacity 1.3.7. I would suggest trying that version. If you wish to b...

Have a look in your home folder. There should be a hidden file called ".audacity-data" Have an look in that folder and see if there is a file called "audacity.cfg" If there is, delete (or rename) it. The "audacity.cfg" file stores the Audacity Preferences. If that file ...

Lets go for the simple stuff then ;) You have a "tower" computer and it has several audio sockets on it. One socket will be a headphone output (for sound coming OUT of the computer). One will be a microphone input (for sound coming from a MICROPHONE, IN to the computer). You may also have ...

And when using the Amplify don't just accept the default to amplify fully to 0db - choke it back to -6db or so I don't agree (but it is good that we have room for different opinions) ;) We are talking specifically about amplifying (normalising) immediately prior to Exporting and burning to CD. Whil...

coonsanders wrote:hi
i looked in the effects option there is no repair tool listed....is it in the bata one?/

lenny

Yes.
The 1.3 version has very many improvements over the old 1.2.6 version. All of the regular forum writers now recommend the 1.3 version.

The filter functions in Nyquist, such as the low-pass, high-pass and notch filters are based on a biquad filter:
http://audacity-forum.de/download/edgar ... l#index560
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biquad_filter

It does indeed look impressive, and there have been occasions where I would have found such software very useful, but I notice that the demo is extracting notes from a chord from a track of one instrument, so it still requires a multitrack recording. Being able to pick out individual parts from a mu...

Make sure that you have Windows drivers installed (WDM) - Audacity does not work with ASIO drivers.

Which version of Audacity are you using?