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by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:48 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Recording electric guitar
Replies: 6
Views: 2216

Re: Recording electric guitar

The easiest way to record soft synths on Windows is to either use DXi or VSTi instruments and a suitable host program. Unfortunately Audacity doe not support this, so you need a program that does. Some examples: Sonar, or several other Cakewalk products. Cubase, or several other Steinberg products R...
by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:08 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Tinny/distorted playback...
Replies: 3
Views: 1080

Re: Tinny/distorted playback...

To record streaming media in Windows, make sure that you are recording from the stereo mix and not from a microphone.
by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:05 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Splitting recordings into tracks
Replies: 1
Views: 510

Re: Splitting recordings into tracks

Click or select where you would like to place a label, and choose Add Label at Selection from the Project Menu, and a Label Track will be created automatically if one doesn't already exist. Start typing immediately to enter a name for the label. When I click on the flag, it results in making another...
by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:54 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Help with channels
Replies: 3
Views: 1042

Re: Help with channels

Split the stereo track (from the drop down menu when you click on the track name)
Copy and Paste the audio from the working channel to the blank channel
On the upper track of the pair, select "Make Stereo Track" (on the same menu)
by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:46 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: isolating a voice from a song
Replies: 1
Views: 2466

Re: isolating a voice from a song

The "karaoke trick" works by cancelling out signals common to both Left and Right channels. As far as I know there is no equivalent for cancelling out all but common signals. The trouble with using Eq for isolating a voice from the music is that the frequencies of the voice overlap the fre...
by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: scribble (static?) sound in cut audio
Replies: 8
Views: 1053

Re: scribble (static?) sound in cut audio

KnockAr0und wrote: and it saved it as Matroska file.
You need to use a supported format, such as "wav"
Either select "wav" as the export format from your other program, or use a format conversion tool such as SUPER to convert the file to wav
by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:23 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: HOW DO YOU LENGTHEN A TRACK ?
Replies: 2
Views: 11593

Re: HOW DO YOU LENGTHEN A TRACK ?

Select the part that you want to repeat and use Copy and Paste from the Edit Menu.
You may also want to try "Effects->Repeat"
by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:15 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: "Mix Paste" available in Audacity?
Replies: 3
Views: 3583

Re: "Mix Paste" available in Audacity?

You don't need "Mix Paste" in Audacity. Unlike Cool Edit Pro, the multi-track view is used all the time in Audacity - so if you want two clips mixed, just paste in a new track. You can adjust the levels if you wish with the Envelope Tool. I find that v.1.3.4 handles multiple tracks and cli...
by steve
Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:36 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: Recording From Vinyl
Replies: 18
Views: 6220

Re: Recording From Vinyl

You are not going to get any help if you continue to be rude hairBall.
This forum is run by volunteers for the benefit of other Audacity users. No one is under any obligation to offer you any help or assistance, so I suggest that you address your attitude problem or take your issues elsewhere.