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The data structure of Audacity projects is a mysterious complexity - some of the .au files contain graphics (for the wave display) as well as audio. I don't pretend to understand exactly how it works, I'm just glad that it does. I find it easiest to save individual songs or "takes" as proj...

please help me i made a beat and i put it as track one... as i played along in my headphones, i played along with the beat, and when i played it back it wasnt on time! im pretty sure this wasnt happening before and i really need help because this is my passion! i tried to clap along with the beat a...

Indeed. Today's Guardian Technology section front page article is: " Why Vista Sounds worse - changes to how the latest version of windows handles audio playback has caused unexpected quality issues for musicians and consumers alike" Readable at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/j...

Steve - after step 3 can you save what you have so I can compare mine and also around step 6 or 7? Thanks again, John Here you go John: Using Audacity 1.2.6 (Exported as mp3 for smaller files and quicker downloads) Original sample: http://easyspacepro.com/audacity/testsample.mp3 or as a wav: http:/...

From the 1.3.4 README.txt file:

"Note that Help is no longer built in, but accessible on the Web via links in Audacity."

Only after you have recorded it. Audacity does not support real time effects.

This should really be posted on the " Forum Issues " board. (any mderators want to move it?) To answer your question, click on the "User Control Panel" link at the top left of the page. Then in your user control panel select the "Overview" tab and click on "Manage ...

I think that Audacity will record at the project rate, but if you import audio, then the sample rate is kept the same and only converted for playing (not changing the actual imported data). When you Export or mix down, sample rate conversion is applied as necessary according to the project sample ra...

Audacity will create new data files as needed to cope with your edits. If there is some data in both the old and the new files that is needed for the project, both will be saved in the project. If you want to see what is actually going on, open a project file (.aup) in a text editor and have a look ...

The performance is very similar at high bit rates and some say MP2 is more resilient to data errors than MP3 (hence it's use in broadcasting). MPEG 1 layer 2 is also the standard audio format used in the Video CD and Super Video CD formats. For a comparison between MP2 and MP3: http://en.wikipedia.o...