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by bgravato
Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:18 am
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: DIY homemade recording studio
Replies: 11
Views: 5581

Re: DIY homemade recording studio

notmusician wrote:ever considered ' eggcrate mattress padding'? one could get by the roll
That surely is an interesting material (I had to google for it, didn't know it...)
I wonder where I could get it and how much it would cost though...

Koz, how about those pics of your portable sound booth? ;)
by bgravato
Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:15 am
Forum: GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Topic: only .6 seconds of record
Replies: 4
Views: 978

Re: only .6 seconds of record

If you can't install the latest ubuntu package you can always compile from source...

What host/devices have you selected on Preferences -> Device? Which ones do you have available? Are you using pulseaudio?
by bgravato
Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:12 am
Forum: GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Topic: Crashed audacity 1.3.12 beta, cant recover the project
Replies: 5
Views: 1114

Re: Crashed audacity 1.3.12 beta, cant recover the project

2GB should be enough...

What has 55mb?
by bgravato
Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:10 am
Forum: GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Topic: Menu disappeared
Replies: 1
Views: 1617

Re: Menu disappeared

That might be a gnome related problem... Check this topic: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 18&t=33569
by bgravato
Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:01 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: Is Audacity what I need to...
Replies: 2
Views: 760

Re: Is Audacity what I need to...

Audacity does not handle video. For all the rest check the links provided by bill and browse the wiki for other tutorials (on the top blue banner on this page you have some links under "Click the underlined links for quick answers:")
by bgravato
Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:52 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: wav file size
Replies: 10
Views: 2247

Re: wav file size

Having paid for audacity 1.2.6 licensed for three machines is the download to 1.3 a free upgrade for three machines as well even if it is tagged beta or would audacity send me a cd of the beta version. Audacity is (and as far as I know it has always been) free software (both as in free speech and a...
by bgravato
Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:14 pm
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: Headphone recommendations wanted
Replies: 9
Views: 2600

Re: Headphone recommendations wanted

I think they call it circumaural :) You may also have open-air design (sound passes through in and out) and closed-back design (isolates sounds to some extent, in and out). I've never tried AKG's but my Sennheiser HD-595 (open-air design) are very comfortable. I tried once a pair of HD-600 of a frie...
by bgravato
Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:01 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: wav file size
Replies: 10
Views: 2247

Re: wav file size

When you save to mp3 you damage the sound, by the mp3 compression algorithm. When you convert it back to wav you'll still have the damage done by the mp3 compression and the resulting wav won't have the same quality as exporting directly to wav. Exporting to WAV should have worked, though you might ...
by bgravato
Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:55 pm
Forum: GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Topic: Can't locate plugin
Replies: 3
Views: 797

Re: Can't locate plugin

Probably. You can check which package installed a certain file with the command dpkg. For example:

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dpkg -S filename
or

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dpkg -S /path/to/filename
if the first return more than one result.