Audacity Forum

Sometimes Mac likes to lock out /usr/local/lib except to root. Download "Lame_Library_v3.98.2_for_Audacity_on_OSX.zip" from http://lame.buanzo.org/#lameosxdl (that's where it says "ZIP version here" to right of "Lame_Library_v3.98.2_for_Audacity_on_OSX.dmg" on that page...

See here about selecting the correct playback device in Audacity after connecting a USB device http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_playback.html#usb . To hear the USB input while recording, enable Transport > Software Playthrough, but this has unavoidable delay. To listen to a track in Audacity...

I go to File > Import > Audio which brings up the file selection window as expected, and after a few seconds hangs/freezes/crashes. What file format? Try a different file, maybe a WAV or MP3. If you've installed the FFMPEG import/export library you may need to re-download and re-install it. (I had ...

I go to File > Import > Audio which brings up the file selection window as expected, and after a few seconds hangs/freezes/crashes. What file format? Try a different file, maybe a WAV or MP3. If you've installed the FFMPEG import/export library you may need to re-download and re-install it. (I had ...

I have used Audacity for years and have loved it until now. I recorded live rehearsals on my laptop. previously when I exported it worked fine... now when I export it doesn't make a .wav or .mp3 file it makes a 15] File (.15]) What kind of file is this and what is the problem It exports a ".15...

Using NVIDIA playback thru DFX into a HDMI monitor (I know - not exactly studio). What I found was the Interface Host was set to MME and when I changed to WASAPI it behaved correctly. When I used Win DirectSound it seems to behave too. OK. MME is the oldest and original Windows audio API, most comp...

Thanks for the links and research. This article http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsappdev/archive/2012/08/23/media-playback-what-you-need-to-know-about-playing-media-to-make-your-app-shine-in-windows-8.aspx does appear to imply that the audio mixer still exists in the Desktop, though it's clear that it ...

You can generate various types of tones at 480 Hz at Generate > Tone... . You are entirely responsible for whatever results any generated tones have on your body, so use at your own risk.


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What playback device are you using? We can't see because you were playing or paused when you generated the support data, so your audiodev.txt says "Stream is active ... unable to gather information". You can provide us that information more simply by pressing the yellow Stop button then ch...

Has your IT manager imposed space quotas on the drives? Have you done a S.M.A.R.T check to see if your drives are dying? Do this after launching Audacity 2.1.0 supplied by us: If the Audacity project rate bottom left is not 44100 Hz, make it so. Generate > Chirp..., 2h 00m 00s. You'll see a tone sta...