Audacity Forum

As far as I'm aware, the only "Audacity 2.3.2" version for Ubuntu, is a "snap" package and is known to have multiple problems.

Michael Kazmierski wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:45 pm

Also, NyquistIDE is not screenreader-accessible as far as I know at least with Jaws. I reckon it doesn't work with NVDA either.

"Rober Hänggi" on the audacity4blind mailing list will be able to give you some accessibility tips for using Nyquist in Audacity.

If you're not able to get Audacity to recognize FFmpeg, you would still be able to export using FFmpeg as an "external program": https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/exp ... ogram.html

Do you have a "Portable Settings" folder?

Yes, it's a "per user" setting.

FlatAssembler wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:07 pm

OK, thanks, now that I've installed it, Audacity can record sound from my microphone.

That's good.
Did you manage to get FFmpeg working?

But if I simply paste the code and change "*track*" to just "S", the plugin is also missing in 2.0.6. I swear it's a .NY file. How can that be? It also says version 3. For version 1, 2, or 3 plug-ins, use "S" to pass the selected audio to Nyquist. For version 4, use &q...

Try installing pavucontrol (it is recommended for audio work on Linux).

But I assume when using distortion effects in a guitar pedal, it's done in a way to where the clipping is manageable? This is one of the benefits of mic'ing up a guitar amp rather than "DI" (direct inject) the stomp box straight into an audio interface. Guitar amps (usually) don't have a ...