Audacity Forum

How long is a long recording? Do you have enough disk space to record for more than a few minutes? You can open Edit > Preferences... then "Directories" to see the temporary folder that Audacity uses when you record without saving a project first. You can see the amount of disk space on th...

Please, always tell us your version of Windows (see the pink panel at the top of the page). My husband changed my mp3 icon from the standard one to the one that Audacity uses for the original Audacity file -- the headset over the sound waves (or is it a shark's mouth!?) ... I'm desperate to change i...

~/Library/Application Support/audacity on mine doesn't contain an audacity.cfg file at all? In fact, on first install, there was no 'audacity' directory in the Library.... directory. I actually had to create the audacity directory by hand so I could install the ffmpeg plugin. If Audacity could not ...

So it will be 2.1.1, then 2.1.2, then 2.1.1, right? (i.e., just the reverse of what I did on 1/14) Or did you want a comparison between 2.1.1 and 2.0.5, i.e., 2.0.5, then 2.1.1, then 2.0.5? (You did ask whether I had 2.0.6 or 2.1.0) If using 2.1.1 first is consistently quick to open history after o...

Please, always tell us your version of Audacity (all three number, see the pink panel at the top of the page). Recently, I discovered a wonderful effect in Audacity, known as Adjustable Fade. But occasionally (which pretty much means always, unless I am in a blank Audacity window), when I select por...

Was this about using Audacity for an educational purpose? Assuming not, it is best to post in the Forum board for your operating system, so I moved the topic for you. Try Transport > Sound Activated Recording (on/off) . If you need more help, please tell us your version of Audacity (see the pink pan...

Have you tried opening Finder, use Go > Go to Folder and type: ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/ Then in that "audacity" folder, delete the "audacity.cfg" settings file. If that does not help, try trashing the folder 2.1.1 is in, then install "2.1.2 RC3 (for testing)&q...

Please tell us your version of Audacity (all three numbers, see the pink panel at the top of the page). The current Audacity version with the latest bug fixes is 2.1.1 from http://audacityteam.org/download/windows . Have you recently installed Norton or a cleanup or security app? That may have delet...

Reinstalling Audacity won't reset its settings. I doubt resetting settings will help. If you want to do it, quit Audacity and delete the audacity.cfg file as described here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/preferences.html#stored . Are you switching away from Audacity before the problem comes b...

You have to select and enable the plugins in the Plug-in Manager accessed from Effect > Manage... .

See Manage Effects, Generators and Analyzers - Audacity Manual.


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