Audacity Forum

blue13 wrote:Thank you for your help. I'm sorry that I made you guys think about a problem that looks like it turned out to be so simple.

Thank you for sharing the outcome, it may well help out others with related problems.
Glad you've got it fixed.

You can use Audacity, but just as you point out that you need a skilled and accomplished singer, sound engineering is not just a matter of pressing a button. Making good recordings takes time and experience. When I say that you need expensive equipment, the studio in which that vocal was recorded wo...

Record or import some audio. Press the "play" button The audio will play. ok so far? Press the "stop" button (NOT the "pause" button). The audio will stop playing. still ok? Left click on the track and drag the mouse across the track to select some audio data There is n...

Audacity for Windows is an ".exe" file that installs the program.

You use very expensive equipment, and lots of post processing (Eq. multi-band compression, limiting, over-dubbing, etc.)

You need to post on the correct board - Windows, Linux or Mac / 1.2.x or 1.3.x

If you have applied the effect to a specific track, saved the project and closed Audacity, then sorry to say that you probably can't. While the Audacity project is open, you can use "undo", but if Audacity has been closed this option will not be available. For future reference, it is usual...

Soundcards generally use their own clock to time the sample rate and keep it at a consistent speed. It sounds like the clock on your sound card is playing up. Do you have an alternative sound card to try?

You need to have some audio data selected in order to use the "silence finder".
Clicking on the block at the left hand end of a track will select the track - you can then use the "silence finder".

kieranmullen wrote:hello,

What is the best way to rip audio from a DVD using a PC?

KieranMullen

"Digitally" - see the Doom9 forum for details.