Audacity Forum

Why adding the mic pre-amp makes a difference I have no idea. I guess they must be amplifying the signal in software - in which case you should get the same result if you record into Audacity with it set to "line level", and then Amplify or Normalise the very quiet recording up to a reaso...

OK. Let's see how that goes... http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/100Hz_Rumble.txt I think this only works in Audacity 1.3. Koz A high pass filter set to 24dB per octave, cut-off frequency = 100Hz will produce a very similar effect. In Audacity 1.3.6 go to Effects > Filter > High Pass Filter (the &...

Is it an especially long selection with many tracks on screen? No, just a 30 second track, about 10 seconds selected, and only one track. (also the same with more tracks, mono or stereo tracks). Having reread your post, I think that you mean the same as what is happening on my computer. I assumed t...

If you care to post your version of such a feature in the "Feature request section, I'll add my vote to it.

Many sound cards are set up to use ASIO drivers, but will also work with Windows drivers. The Windows drivers are usually included on the installation disk, but may not be installed automatically. You may need to install the Windows drivers manually - check in your sound card manual. Just a bit abou...

but when recording with playback through the sound card, you can't hear yourself while recording. You can hear the other tracks - why do you need to hear yourself through the headphones? A lot of professionals use just one headphone (or a pair of headphones adjusted so that only one side is over an...

Most laptops have a microphone input, not a line input. Microphone inputs are several thousand times too sensitive for a tape output (your problem exactly). Some laptops have the facility to switch from microphone input to line input, but even if they do the quality is generally rather poor. The bes...

A half second delay is considerably more than just "latency". Latency is measured in milliseconds, not seconds. There must be something else going on. I know this is not an expensive piece of hardware, but you should not be getting latency anywhere near that amount. Here's what Griffin hav...

Not to say otherwise, but I actually CAN have both versions open at the same time... Ok, so it let you, but I wouldn't recommend running them at the same time. Although it is sometimes possible to run more than one instance of Audacity at a time, it is also a very easy way to crash your computer. W...

bfinegan wrote:i got a loud static/ feedback noise

Can you describe the noise.
"static" would tend to imply a crackly fuzzy sound, whereas "feedback" would imply a loud constant tone like a horn. There are other kinds of bad sounds that you could be getting, such as high pitched whistles.