Audacity Forum

you should probably post on one of our Linux forums. They will be far better to answer questions about cfg-path-lib-pkg files and compiling techniques. Unfortunately the Linux forums are generally a bit quiet - we could do with a Linux guru as a regular forum contributor, but we don't seem to have ...

Ohdear wrote:In this case it is songs on an old CD from the early '90 that I want as files on my PC.

Ohdear wrote:The songs comes from an old LP

So is this a CD that someone made from an old LP record?
Does the CD play correctly in a CD player?
Does the CD play correctly on your computer?

gordee wrote:Another question? Where is the "reverb" effect? Do I need other plug-ins for that?

See here: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=GVerb

What are you recording? If you are recording from a computer microphone, then you should record in mono (one channel).

In some Linux distributions, Audacity is available without MP3 support in the normal repository, and available with MP3 support in a "restricted" repository (for software that may not be copyright free in all countries). This is quite common for software that supports the MP3 format.

Win98SE was basically a fancy Win3.1, Not really. Win98SE was a fully 32 bit OS, whereas 3.1 was a hybrid 16/32 bit OS. Win98SE used the FAT32 file system whereas 3.1 used FAT16. Win98SE supports USB and UDMA, which 3.1 did not. Win98SE supports Win32 API, whereas 3.1 only supported Win16 API. Win9...

dual layer Memorex external CD/DVD RW burner that came with Nero software The full version of Nero can do it, but you probably have a cut-down version (probably Nero Express) and I don't know if that will include burning audio DVD's or not. You'll have to find the disk and have a look. Note that as...

Al3x wrote:How do you add a time track?

You need Audacity 1.3.x (currently 1.3.6)
"Tracks" menu > "Add New" > "Time Track"

so setting dither to "None" is all I needed to do. That is not normally recommended - "dither" is designed to improve the sound quality when reducing the bit depth. What format are you exporting as? "Shaped" dithering will usually be less noticeable than other options,...