Audacity Forum

Whatever microphone configuration you have, it is still 2 channels that you are recording.
Audacity assumes that a 2 track recording is standard L/R stereo, however, once you have recorded the two channels, you can split the stereo track and process them in any way that you want.

Audacity is an audio recording and editing tool.

Audacity does not need a huge amount of disk space for starting, but quickly uses a lot of space when you start to use it. This space must be available on a local drive as that is where Audacity stores its temporary data. I hear that it is very important on Macs that you use the correct version for ...

It's quite easy to copy envelopes (but keep backups of everything because if it's quite easy to destroy an Audacity project with manual editing). Lets say you have two tracks of audio - on track one you have a piano, and on track two you have a synth. Now lets say that you have done a bit of editing...

hgfire wrote:Once the date, timer on, timer off and select ok, Audacity crashes on Kubuntu gusty 7.10.

Same in xubuntu. Fortunately it's a feature that I never use.

Locopomo wrote:Good conversation - we pretty much agree on most points and I suggest we agree to disagree on the rest!

I think we agreed on everything
Thanks for tip on MiniHost - will give it a try.

Audacity has a lot more features than many other sound recorders, including being cross-platform and multi-track capable. It's probably because of this that Audacity is less efficient when it comes to recording than some other programs. Having said that, it's still not particularly heavy on the comp...

The suggestions about optimising your system primarily address the issue of getting audio data on and off your hard drive fast enough. This issue, broadly speaking, is relevant to all recording software. The fact that your first few tweaks have made a noticeable improvement indicates that you are we...

Recording the audio output of a soundcard playing General MIDI means you miss out on the possibility of recording, editing and rearranging the MIDI data in a sequencer. IMHO working this way kind of misses the point when armed with a controller keyboard and a PC. Very true, but it is a good (conven...

Hi - I have a similar problem. But my M-Audio Keystation 49e doesn't have a headphone jack. So is my only option an analog to USB audio adapter? To add to the reply from Locopomo; Many soundcards are capable of playing midi as they often include a synthesizer chip. Also Windows includes a General M...