Audacity Forum

I read that the higher amplitude, the higher the energy of the sound wave? Audio, when it is inside a computer, is just binary numbers (a sequence of "on" and "off" states). When played via a sound card and out through an amplifier and speakers, "sound" is created. If ...

I think Audacity playback is mono or stereo. It can export multi-track files. That's correct. Multi-channel export is enabled by enabling the "Advanced Mixing Options" in Preferences: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/advanced_mixing_options.html You could export a multi-track file from...

I had the FFmpeg library before the update and was able to export audio to AMR (it was also included in the File Type dropdown whenever I'd export audio). As far as I'm aware, Audacity has never had built-in support for exporting AMR format, but on macOS, Audacity supports the Apple QuickTime API, ...

DVDdoug wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:22 pm

Automatic changes in volume sound like Windows "enhancements" which should be turned-OFF.

I agree with DVDdoug.

basketkase84 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:35 pm

Hi, I am having the exact same problem.

If it's "the exact same problem", then I suggest that you use the exact same workaround.

Turn off "Sound Activated Recording" (in "Transport menu > Transport options").

The issue has now been resolved. The abundance of adverts was due to a new "feature" by Google, which automatically pushes adverts to websites that run Google Ads. The Audacity website runs a couple of Google Ads, which help to cover costs. The Ads that we are signed up for are clearly mar...

wouldn't that be the norm when recording vocals with any mic? Normally yes, but with a few notable exceptions such as " beatboxing ". I was just adding that pop blast tends to be a more serious problem with large diaphragm microphones. It can be worse still for ribbon mics, because the ri...

just curious what would happen if I was to generate the 400 Hz tone and then click on select all and after that generate pink noise If there is a selection in one or more audio tracks, the "Generate" effects replace the selection with the newly generated sound. would that have cancelled o...

Did you get Audacity via the Audacity website? https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ This version is "signed" and should run correctly (on first run, you may need to confirm that you want to run the application as it was downloaded from the Internet). Unofficial versions of Audacity m...