Audacity Forum

Which plug-ins?
Which version of Audacity?

You probably need to set the sample rates in the Windows Sound settings to 44100 in both the Recording tab and the Playback tab. "Overdub" must be enabled in Audacity's Transport menu. Officially, we only support the official release version of Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org/downlo...

All I wanted to do was to cut the unneeded end of an audio file. ... The file is a MIDI file "MIDI" is not "audio". MIDI is a simple language that enables communication between devices. Typically, a MIDI file contains instructions to tell a synthesizer what notes to play. By ana...

I suspect the problem is twofold: 1) Your recording level may be too low, 2) You (incorrectly) expect absolute silence in gaps between words / sentences. It is a mistake to expect absolute silence in a recording. Professional sound engineers don't aim for absolute silence, they aim to achieve a spec...

To remove an audio track from the project, click on the [X] button in the top left corner of the track.
(this part of the Audacity manual: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/aud ... html#close)

washburn_it wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:39 pm

downloaded from Microsoft Store

Does Microsoft store provide support for their software?

The "solution" remains as before. If you want to set the balance over to one side, you need to do that in the Windows sound controls after launching Audacity. This is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. You could make a Desktop shortcut to the Windows Sound settings to make it a ...

libwxgtk3.0 has been updated to libwxbase3.0-0v5 since those instructions were written.

I shall be writing a new step-by-step guide when Audacity 2.4.0 is released (probably within the next couple of months).

"Microsoft Sound Mapper" is not a real recording device. It just points to a recording device, but usually not the one that you actually need. You should select the actual device that you are wanting to record from. Also, ensure that "software playthrough " is NOT selected in the...

TJB wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 21, 2020 4:21 pm

did as you suggested but still get the same pop up

See if this video helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYl7Vq3UDso

Whatever recording app you use, the Windows permissions need to be set correctly to fix this problem.