Audacity Forum

The instruction manual says to select AK5371, but in the list the only choices are Microsoft Sound Mapper & Microphone AK 5371. I know it seems strange, but your turntable is the "Microphone AK 5371". When you reboot your computer with the turntable connected Windows should automatica...

I think we have a misunderstanding. There are 2 steps to this: Step 1 = download the file "audacity_1.3.5-2_i386.deb" to your desktop. Step 2 = Install Audacity. The error message that you are getting is "step 2" error message - it is indicating an installation problem. First you...

I want to know what that measure of frequency is that comes up in the Change pitch box? I suspect it might be fundamental frequency, No, it's arbitrary. For example, doubling the frequency is a pitch increase of an octave - that is the case for all frequencies. 100% increase in pitch changes 100Hz ...

As koz said, one of the limitations of USB microphones is that the microphone, pre-amp ad A/D converter are all built into the same unit. They have to able to cope with people with powerful voices singing loudly at close range, and with people with quite voices who are whispering. Internally the mic...

it shows a frequency value in Hz with a box beside it where you can change the frequency to whatever you want. But what measure of frequency is this? This is the "Change Pitch" effect. This effect will make the pitch of the selection go up or down by the amount that you set, while keeping...

I am now working on my next where I am playing just a minute of a song, blending in another song. The way I would do it: Use Audacity 1.3.6 1) Import the songs 2) Trim them to a bit longer than the required lengths (allow for cross fades) 3) Align tracks along time line 4) Trim songs to correct len...

Does this address the issue? You should not run Audacity from within the .dmg image it's distributed in. This may cause permissions problems and won't allow you to add files to Audacity's Plug-Ins folder. Always install Audacity thus: 1. Inside your Applications folder, create a folder called "...

There are various techniques that could be used, but it's difficult to guess which method will be best without actually having an example.

I don't think that the Windows mixer controls have any effect on USB microphones. This should not be a problem though. If you are recording vocals you can get pretty close to the microphone (pop shield recommended). Are there any switches on the microphone itself? (which model did you get?) If you s...

Is there an info window that tells me the time length of my file? Or is it one of the text boxes at the bottom of the main window next to the Project Rate? It's the boxes at the bottom. You can select various formats for them to display - click on the little arrow on the edge of the box. The middle...