Audacity Forum

I've not tried GSnap on Catalina, but if it works at all you will need Audacity 2.3.3 (or 2.4.0 when it comes out) and the 64-bit version of GSnap.

For most purposes MME is the best option. Windows 10 provides 3 "host" options: MME (Windows Multimedia) has been around for many years, is well supported by sound card drivers, and generally very reliable. Direct Sound was commonly used in Windows XP but was later dropped and is only emul...

I have used Punch-Copy-Paste on some other areas that needed to be filled, but this particular audio has quite a few bad spots and doing them individually would take quite a while. For professional quality, "quite a while" editing is normal. People tend to be less critical of podcasts tha...

You could try the "Clip Fix" effect: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/clip_fix.html Ensure that the "Reduce amplitude to allow for restored peaks" control is set to zero and apply to damaged sections. Clip Fix will sometimes do a very good job. Other times it will sound worse ...

Which format is good, without loosing the quality of sound but it also take less space? FLAC is a lossless format, and typically about half the size of a WAV file (same quality as WAV). Lossy formats such as OGG and MP3 loose a bit of quality, but save a lot of space. High bit rates (higher than 12...

Are you able to import files? ("File menu > Import > Audio")

Thanks but I am interested in AUDIO not VIDEO. The playback quality settings in YouTube affect both video and audio. At low kbps settings, both the video and audio quality will be poor. Higher kbps settings can support better quality video and better quality audio. The default quality settings in A...

"vb-audio software" make similar products for Windows.
There is also "VAC virtual audio cable".
Please note that we are not affiliated in any way with vb-audio or VAC and do not provide support for their products.

That's normal on most Linux computers. Use the microphone level control in your Desktop audio mixer (look for a loudspeaker icon to get into the sound settings).

I'd guess that it's picking up noise from the laptop's built in microphone.