Audacity Forum

I don't think it's really a matter of "scope and budget", but rather a matter of the type of tool it is. Comparing a real-time DAW with a sample editor is like comparing Photo Shop with Microsoft Word. Even though both may end up with output from the printer, they are different types of ap...

I use Google Chrome not Linux. Your profile says that you are using Windows 8 / 8.1. The error message that you reported is a Windows error message. "Google Chrome" is a web browser. Do you mean "Google Chrome OS"? If so, how did you get Audacity to run (Audacity does not suppor...

for "Audacity" to quit and continue the shutdown, click Continue You should always ensure that running applications are closed before shutting down the computer. The problem that you see is because you told the computer to shut down while Audacity was still running. Note that on Mac, clos...

Do you have an idea why those "blocks" might appear in his tracks? The audio data in an Audacity projects is stored in blocks. The blocks are usually around 1 MB (about 6 seconds at 44100 Hz sample rate). The problem that you describe will occur if a sample value in the data block is a Na...

Does Fedora use Wayland?

Would downloading this likely add all the remaining missing files It will update the Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable. I don't know what else, if anything, is missing from your laptop. You should probably start thinking about replacing your operating system soon. Mainstream support for Windows ...

They sound identical because they are harmonically identical (even though the waveforms look quite different).

You need to update Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable. You can get it from Microsoft here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads You need the "x86: vc_redist.x86.exe" version (because Audacity is a 32-bit app). Also, ensure that you have...

frank1985 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:37 pm

I didn't download it anywhere, it comes with Audacity.

I can assure you that it doesn't.
The full list of effects that are included by default: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/ind ... yzers.html

It's virtually impossible to determine what a waveform will sound like just from looking at the waveform.

As an illustration, consider these two waveforms:


What do you expect will be the difference in the two sounds?
Type your reply before listening to the two sounds.