Audacity Forum

If you are recording with a USB device, the problem may be this:
Why have I lost sound after connecting a USB device on Windows?

The current version of Audacity is 2.4.2: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ When I open the Graphic EQ to use on a file, it doesn't let me adjust it during preview We refer to "adjusting during preview" as "Real-time preview". This is a relatively new feature for Audacit...

Try setting both Recording and Playback in the Device Toolbar to either "default" or "Pulse" ("Pulse" is the default on virtually all mainstream Linux distros), then use "Pulse Audio Volume Control" ("pavucontrol" - may be called "Audio Mixer&qu...

If you update to the current Audacity 2.4.2, it has a built-in RMS Normalize effect: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/lou ... ation.html

Which version of Audacity were you using previously?
Did you have crash problems with that version?
Are you doing the same sort of things in Audacity as previously?
Other than normal macOS updates and updating Audacity, has anything else changed?

I had a working v2.3.1 version of Audacity, on ubuntu 16.04.06 (x64). I guess that you must have got that from a PPA. Look on the web page of that PPA to see if they still offer the 2.3.1 version for download. If they do, then: 1. Uninstall Audacity 2. Remove the PPA from your sources 3. Manually i...

To isolate sounds in the center:

GordonDelgado wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:06 am

The "tools" toolbar I have hidden, to prevent my klutzing the buttons.

If you "Never" use envelopes, then you can disable the ("F2") shortcut in Keyboard Preferences.

bfrazer wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:04 am

Now it has to be exported to an MP3 file and I won't work (greyed out)

Which version of Audacity are you using? (look in "Audacity menu > About Audacity").

rowan842 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 22, 2020 4:07 pm

We are hoping you can help to make this file work again.

Unfortunately, unless you have a good backup, you're out of luck. All four .AUP files are damaged beyond repair. Also, the .AUP file is only one part of a project - there should also be a "_data" folder containing the audio data.