Audacity Forum

calsbusiness wrote:Is there such a thing as a universal audio format for CD's?

Yes. "16 bit 44.1kHz uncompressed PCM WAV".

I don't know your CD burning software, but it must be set to record an "Audio CD", not a "Data CD".

Try muting the microphone input in your operating systems mixer application.
Microphone inputs are notorious for creating hiss.

Check in "Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O".
"Software Playthrough" should be disabled.

That seems very strange. Try playing this file, either in your browser, or your media player, and recording in Audacity. It is a test stereo file - not pretty to listen to, but very clearly stereo: http://easyspacepro.com/audacity/stereo.mp3 If that comes out as left channel twice, it will be extrem...

As the machine is brand new, the drivers should all be up to date. Yes they should be, but they may not be. It's worth checking on the computer manufacturers web-site. For some reason, some manufacturers decided to disable "Stereo Mix" and this seems to occur most often with "Sigma T...

At the present time, Vista is not a good choice of operating system for audio work. For Windows, XP is much better for several reasons, including that it is much easier to find good sound cards that will work flawlessly. For working in "Recording Technology", a good pair (the best you can ...

Does this have anything at all to do with Audacity, or is it just a weak attempt at spamming?
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Download the lame encoder from the link on the main Audacity website. Unzip it onto your hard drive - it's not particularly important where, but you need to know where you have unzipped it so that you can direct Audacity where to find it. See full instructions here: http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?...

Turntables generally require a pre-amp for 2 reasons: 1) To boost the signal level 2) To apply the correct equalization (RIAA) to make it sound right (not thin and tinny). Some turntables have a pre-amp built in, but most do not. Some mixers have a phono pre-amp (for turntables) built in, but most d...

Yes you can, although it can be a little more complicated if you are using a USB microphone. I'll assume that you are using a conventional microphone. In Audacity, go to "Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O" and select "play other tracks while recording new one". (do not select "...