Audacity Forum

When was the last time you hard restarted your machine? Windows has a soft restart now which doesn't reset all its systems. Not that one. Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button. Then, while keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart. Note that you can also use the Shif...

Did you choose the option "Reset Preferences" half way through the installation process?

What playback and recording device are you using? If it's a USB device, is the cable tight at both ends?


Gale

Use Device Toolbar to choose the recording device that you are speaking or singing into. If you don't see that device, open Windows Sound and enable the device you are speaking or singing into. Then restart Audacity. If you need more help please give us the make and model number of the microphone an...

I record the conversations on skype in stereo. When i drag it to Audacity there are 2 voice files: mine is the top and my guests are the second. The second voice files slips back a second or two. Are we saying that it slips back because the person hasn't spoken yet, and audacity makes it start when...

The first part of it says, 'Import all of the tracks for the compilation into Audacity.' How do we do this, w/ all tracks in one Window? When I've imported them before (I've only been using Audacity for about a week), they come in as if they're back tracks to be mixed together. Is there a way to se...

Under DirectSound on Vista and later, even with Exclusive Mode on, Windows will always upconvert to 32-bit float before Audacity even gets the audio. DirectSound (and MME) are emulated on top of WASAPI on those versions of Windows. Ok. So, is there any way to determine which filters/transforms/algo...

I'm concerned that something is adjusting the actual values in the signal. Do not use Windows if this matter concerns you. Of course with specific USB devices that have custom USB drivers it is possible there will be no scaling if the drivers are written that way. You cannot guarantee no scaling wi...

What is the make and model number of the mic and how does it connect to the computer? It is that mic for which you have to look at all the options in Windows Sound. If the mic connects to the built-in sound card, also look in the sound card's own control panel (in the Windows Control Panel). If the ...

You could try the plugin ReplayGain. See Installing Nyquist plug-ins on Mac.


Gale

I am not an audio engineer, but assuming the woman's voice is the problem I think the engineers would have answered by now if there was anything you could do.

I would recommend 44100 Hz sample rate next time though.



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