Audacity Forum

Windows 8.1, Audacity 2.0.5 I need a new computer and I was able to find a new,2014 laptop with audio stereo mix and Beats Audio. I understand that Beats Audio has a negative effect on Audacity's recordings. The salesperson enabled on turned on the audio stereo mix and disabled or turned off the Be...

It works the same on all OS'es now, as stated in the Manual. On any OS, you can SHIFT-click or right-click to zoom out, or middle-click to zoom normal. I've made a note to update those status bar messages after 2.0.6. I see no need for a different message except (possibly) for zoom out on Mac for a...

It's prefect thanks. I have one more question you might be able to help me out. I have and High quality recording of thunder and rain and i want it to sound like your hearing from inside of a cave. so if your in a cave and there is a thunder storm out side and you can hear the thunder from inside t...

I am very pleased to say that my Audacity is back at work, fully operational, and I can't say exactly why... (Maybe the sound input cable connection, that I unplugged and plugged again a few times?). In case you aren't doing so, when you record the tapes in Audacity, choose the device you use for c...

I am connecting my Casio headphonephone output directly to my laptop microphone input [...] don't need to record anything That will probably give you distorted sound, but if you want to try, turn on Transport > Software Playthrough in Audacity, choose the mic input in Device Toolbar then click in t...

That screen shot I posted earlier via email was after a drag and drop attempt. That error said it was an AAC file. So as per my previous post in this topic, you need to either install FFmpeg or convert the file to WAV in iTunes. I downloaded and installed that FFLame thing, but I could never confir...

I do want to have the titles for the songs. Just using File>Export doesn't give the titles. And using File>Export Multiple places each song and its title in a separate file. With hundreds of songs in different genres, this becomes very inconvenient to access what you're looking for. What I'd like i...

I know only two uses of right mouse in Audacity for Windows, for zooming out in the vertical rulers, and with the magnifier tool. You can also right-click in Meter Toolbar or over a label. see comments in ToolsToolBar.cpp suggest that this tool is very different on the other operating systems. You ...

I'm trying to make it sound like you are in hearing thunder while inside of a cave but I need help! If you want to make an effect where the pitch reduces, try Effect > Sliding Time Scale / Pitch Shift... . If you want reverb, see Effect > Reverb... . If you want to increase or decrease how loud cer...

Windows XP Please be careful with Windows XP. Microsoft are no longer officially supporting it, so it will be unpatched against any new security vulnerabilities that appear. Make sure you have XP Service Pack 3. You can still download Service Pack 3 from Microsoft if necessary: http://support.micro...