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Effect > Amplify... shows you the peak amplitude. Look in the first box ("Amplification dB") and take the opposite sign of what it says.

So if it says 1 dB, then the peak of the audio is -1 dB.


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Dell Studio 1555 In other words it only has a mic input: https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-studio-1555-15-6-core-2-duo-t6500-4-gb-ram-320-gb-hdd/specs/ . So if you aim to record the audio outputs of the drum kit you want a USB interface with a stereo line in such as http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wi...

How do I download the local Quick Help and Manual. If you obtained the EXE installer of Audacity 2.1.2 from http://www.audacityteam.org/download/ , you already have the Manual and Quick Help on your computer. Open them from the "Help" menu top right of Audacity. If you obtained the ZIP of...

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Do you think this would do the trick? http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Scarlet2i2SG2 If you want to spend that much and need the headphones, that should be OK. A USB mic would be much cheaper. It really depends whether you ever want to record two inputs at the same time, for example separate ...

You might have to look at your USB soundcard to see what sample rate that is set to. Or if there are no settings on the card or in its control panel, open Windows Sound , Recording tab, right-click the soundcard, choose "Properties", click the "Advanced" tab then look at the &quo...

Thanks, that works! Not so obvious, maybe a candidate for future improvement/change? We do have a Manual that might have told you http://manual.audacityteam.org/ . To search it you can bookmark this https://www.google.co.uk/search?&q=toolbars+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmanual.audacityteam.org - just c...

I open Chrome, then go a website w/ some music files, click on download, it saves it to my hard drive, then I drag and drop it into the drive of my player. I guess it is that transfer that does somthing to the file... You could try moving the downloaded file from the bad Dell to the good Dell, then...

So to import this file directly into Audacity, I suggest you use File > Import > Audio..., and in the "File type" list, choose "QuickTime" files. I tested. Audacity does not recognize a QT file under .aif nor .aifc and refuses the importation. But, having changed the file with Q...

Trebor wrote:Usually it's a husband thinking the recording of noise is evidence that their wife is cheating.

And that is another example of a recording for legal purposes that we won't touch.

If you are concerned, go to law enforcement and give them the undoctored recording.


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