Audacity Forum

whykai wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:13 pm

Just installed Audacity 2.3.3 portable

Is that the official Audacity ZIP package from https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/
or is the "Portable Apps" version from https://portableapps.com/

Jebbers wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:43 pm

Apparently, if I leave this microphone to itself, it works out it's own problems!

Wow, a self-healing microphone! You could make serious money if you can make all microphones do that

The important thing about headroom is that the peak level never reaches 0 dB. The suggested peak level of -6 dB (6 dB headroom) is usually sufficient to ensure that the peak level never reaches 0 dB, though it depends what you are recording. Live music recordings can be problematic, especially with ...

If you are not using Audacity 2.3.3, update Audacity first. Audacity 2.3.3 is available via the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ Import the files that you want. They will appear one above the other. Then use the " Time Shift Tool " to arrange them, like this: Tracks...

Which version of macOS?

You may also find this page of the manual useful: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/rec ... ables.html

Retround USB cassette capture We see a lot of problems with these devices. They are made (very cheaply) in China and re-badged as various "brands", none of which are better than others. Regarding the squealing sound - that is probably due to "feedback" through the built-in micro...

As this is the only report that we've had of this problem, my guess is that it's specific to the very low spec hardware. I shall report the issue to the developers to see if they have any ideas. I'll post back if I get any information or suggestions.

I searched other forums suggesting that I go to Library > Application Support > Audacity. It looks like you got the wrong "Library" folder (macOS has two "Library" folders). Ensure that Audacity is not running (not even in the background), then: Open Finder , use the Go menu, ch...

I saw another similar report from someone using a motu ultraLite mk3 hybrid. Could you try this version of Audacity: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kq20Mje9ix_hgOW_BBFfgWrFgUsoLgu7 This version has a later version of PortAudio, which "may" resolve the problem (we won't know until ...