Audacity Forum

Is everything up to date in your computer? (Windows update / anti-virus / anything else that updates itself) Updating, or even looking for updates, can cause severe but temporary slow-downs that can cause headaches for media work. The best way to avoid that is to ensure that the computer is always f...

I've tried to go through the steps, but I really don't know. Let The line that says: FFmpeg Library Version: F(55.33.100),.... indicates that FFmpeg is correctly installed. I don't have any WhatsApp file to test, so I'm having to make some educated guesses. Try renaming the file from: WhatsApp-Audi...

;version 1 is for ancient versions of Audacity. For current versions of Audacity, plug-ins should be set to ;version 4 . Also, you don't need the lines: (setf left-gain 0.5) (setf right-gain 0.5) because left-gain and right-gain are set by the controls: ;control left-gain "Left gain" floa...

============================== Default recording device number: -1 Default playback device number: -1 No devices found That strongly suggests that Audacity does not have permission to use the microphone. I know that you said that you have checked that, but I'd suggest double checking (because I can...

tlm wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:05 pm

Format : Opus

That bit is important.

Do you have "FFmpeg for Audacity" installed? (it must be the 64-bit version for Audacity 2.4.2)

Is your recording as simple as:

• 1 Rode NT1 microphone,
• plugged into Scarlett Solo,
• connected to the computer via USB,
• recording into Audacity,
• and nothing else?

bsevans5 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:28 pm

Where would I see if a label was created?

You can't miss it
First you get a warning message:

Then you get labels where the dropouts (clicks) occur:

Try uploading the problem file to this page for analysis: https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline
(your files isn't actually "uploaded" anywhere - the analysis happen in your web browser).

If it's not obvious what the problem is, copy and paste the info from that page into your reply.

bsevans5 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:49 pm

I don't ever get a notification of anything like that, but I'll uncheck the box and see.

It should normally be checked (enabled).
If it is enabled, and you are getting dropouts like this, but no labels are created, then the dropouts are occurring before the audio data reaches Audacity.

this is what i tryed Pretty close for a first attempt :) The " ;action " and " ;info " headers are no longer used, so they can be left out. I'd suggest replacing these two lines: (setf left-gain 0.5) (setf right-gain 0.8) with controls: ;control left-gain "Left gain" f...