Audacity Forum

As I suspected it wasn't a computer issue, but the incorrect options used in Audacity. After choosing Windows WASAPI for a host recorded sound quality was identical to what I captured from. OK, I'll mark the topic solved and lock it then, but if you record from other inputs of the built-in audio an...

I record from my smartphone and then convert the files to .mp3 by right-clicking and renaming them with the .mp3 extension Changing the file extension does not "convert the files". The file extension is just part of the name, and many programs (particularly on Windows) rely on that part o...

I was led here http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_windows.html. Under Vista/7/8, I noticed the comment about choosing the Windows WASAPI host, which I did. But I cannot find any setting for loopback. I do see options for mono and stereo, but that's as close...

I'm not dealing with any distortion or noise problems. It's simply a matter of quality. The only way I can describe it is that the HD sound on YouTube is rich and has lots of depth, giving me flashbacks to when I used to listen to LP's with my big tower speakers. The same HD sound recorded in Audac...

Connection problem, I have an iMac, the USB connection Companion 5 1 - When I click on an mp3 file open Audacity, audacity opens normally, my soundtrack is, I start playing, no sound output. :?: 2 - I normally opens audacity, audio import, The soundtrack opens normally, I start playing, I hear the ...

So the target is the relative one of "Audacity.App/Contents/Resources/resetPrefs.txt". Written absolutely, it is "<path to the folder containing the Audacity build or installation">/Audacity.App/Contents/Resources/resetPrefs.txt. On Linux are you saying that the resulting target...

Thanks for the helpful reply; so as I suspected there's no need to have ExportWav at all if the chain's applied to files. What made you think that? Without the ExportWAV command there will be no export, even if the Chain is applied to files. "Apply to Files... [...]Each file will be imported i...

I labeled each track with it's own name and separated them by a 4 sec silent interval. Under Split Files Based On: Labels button was checked Include audio before first label was unchecked, as there is no audio before the first label That seems OK. Make sure you just click and label at the points wh...

But when you play a song in the web browser and send the video and audio to the TV, Audacity won't record it? That would be expected because Realtek Stereo Mix can only record sound playing on the Realtek device. It can't record from the HDMI device. This answers my question. Why can't you record f...

I have encountered an error when trying to open recorded files: 'Error opening sound device.' I am not sure what this means. Everything worked perfectly yesterday and I have not knowingly altered any settings on my computer or in Audacity. Even the files that I used yesterday without difficulty yie...