Audacity Forum

I have some wire recordings from the 40's & 50's burned to WAVE files on CD. I set the Audacity Preference to MONO and Drag the file to the Audacity Icon. It dutifully opens it. But, there are two tracks instead of one. They are exactly the same. Is there a second place I have to inform it that the ...

I seem to have missed the simplest thing... how to fast forward. How to move around within a piece to locate and mark areas I want to use. I am editing family wire recordings made in the late 40's and 50's of my family and need to jump around, locate people and then group them for different family m...

Ooops, the lead wire is coming off the speaker

Yes, I have a Sears SilverTone wire recorder(78RPM record player and AM radio). Late 1940's and working! <http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/funwithtubes/Oper_Silv_Wire.html> It has a 2 wire lead trailing out with an RCA plug on it. What I want to do is dub off my families recordings on to my Intel...