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by whomper
Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:51 pm
Forum: Maintaining / Improving this Forum
Topic: Non-Audacity Questions
Replies: 4
Views: 1900

Re: Non-Audacity Questions

thanks for clarifying that there are so many of those non audacity general audio or even TV related questions that i thought maybe you had finally drawn the proverbial line in the sand cause you had had enough of people looking for free help on other topics. on a related note i do see some audacity ...
by whomper
Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:46 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: tiny waveform detected but playback is silent
Replies: 5
Views: 459

Re: tiny waveform detected but playback is silent

more info would help but have you increased the gain on the lambda how about in audacity and the driver settings ? have you tried the amplify effect does that work how noisy is it afterwards can you record okay through the line inputs are you recording a mouse squeak or a rock band is the mike next ...
by whomper
Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:29 pm
Forum: Maintaining / Improving this Forum
Topic: Non-Audacity Questions
Replies: 4
Views: 1900

Non-Audacity Questions

[Split from: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=36372 ] perhaps we should have a reference page for NONaudacity help homerecording.com gearslutz.com forums.recordingreview.com yada yada just post a pointer to it with an appropriate message that this is not audacity issue so look else...
by whomper
Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:18 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recovering file- I can't even find the "au" things
Replies: 16
Views: 1851

Re: Recovering file- I can't even find the "au" things

is the path to the folder where the search found them the same as the program you are using to open them thinks it should be in try changing the path in that open audacity window to wherever you found the au file snippets and in the future never rename or move anything except for this recovery (whic...
by whomper
Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:59 pm
Forum: GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Topic: Is benchmark meaningful?
Replies: 8
Views: 2609

Re: Is benchmark meaningful?

many new pcs steal ram from the pc for the video Not likely to cause a problem unless the machine is short of RAM.... pcs that steal ram for video usually are the ones that skimp on ram to start with our new family pc has 0.99G of ram!! good enough for email and word and even some small audio proje...
by whomper
Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:37 pm
Forum: GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Topic: Is benchmark meaningful?
Replies: 8
Views: 2609

Re: Is benchmark meaningful?

... I've read posts that suggest that the video card performance can also have a significant impact, though I've not been able to test this practically.... many new pcs steal ram from the pc for the video so yes the interference can be a problem but the useless stuff billyg optioned for win7 and th...
by whomper
Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:31 pm
Forum: GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Topic: Is benchmark meaningful?
Replies: 8
Views: 2609

Re: Is benchmark meaningful?

... This is laughable because in reality, it can't play a single track without skipping... Does this benchmark actually mean anything? Is it an issue of OS rather than processor? the benchmark means what it means which apparently does not relate to audio and audacity my old win98se machine runs rin...
by whomper
Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Echo with Windows 7
Replies: 4
Views: 506

Re: Echo with Windows 7

are you sure there are not more things to uncheck in win7 laptop? do you run skype or other software possibly some default biz recording settings that are causing issues did you check your sound card driver options? realtek can default to some really bad options the issue is not so much computers al...
by whomper
Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:18 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Recovering file- I can't even find the "au" things
Replies: 16
Views: 1851

Re: Recovering file- I can't even find the "au" things

how did you look for it ?

if you do start>search in windoze
for all folder/files named
*.au
windoze will find it else
nothign found then it is gone gone gone
by whomper
Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:20 pm
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: Low Input Levels Using Preamp
Replies: 6
Views: 1703

Re: Low Input Levels Using Preamp

there is a gain adjustment in audacity and you can always amplify after the recording to make it louder that is the way that such preamps and mikes are you do need to be close or have a very loud signal - eg rock band its a matter of physics how much output can you get from a mike that sounds good h...