Audacity Forum

This is a "feature" on Vista & Win7. Sometimes "stereo mix" is hidden and you just ahve to un-hide and enable it, and some soundcards/drivers just don't support it at all.

See this thread for some things you can try.

I'm not sure... But there is plug-in called stats.ny If you select a short section of audio, it will give you the peak & RMS levels for your selection along with a couple of other stats. You can find a link to stats.ny here.

Realistically, there's only so much you can do. Equalization is probably going to give you the best, most natural, results. You can sometimes use filters & effects to turn a good recording into a great recording, but you usually can't turn a bad recording into a good recording.... And sometimes 'the...

Processing, such as mixing or filtering comes under Digital Signal Processing (DSP). You will probably take a DSP class before you graduate. There is a great FREE online DSP book . When it comes to mixing, I have consulted a few books for information on these subjects but none of the books say how t...

On some systems, it's diabled by default and other systems it's just not available. There is some information here [/u] [/color] on how to enable it. On desktop systems, you can hook-up a cable between line-out and line-in (plus a Y-adapter to connect the speakers too). But, most laptops only have m...

It could be anything. The only way to know where the problem is, is to try other equipment and swap things around. The turntable is an Audio Technica AT-PL50 - modest, at best. It does have a built-in preamp... What are the levels like if you use the truntable's built-in preamp instead of the TCC? Y...

I'm not on Win7 right now, but there is usually a balance control for each input as well as a master balance control. If that's not it, maybe your soundcard (or soundchip) has died. :( On WinXP, you double-click the speaker icon to bring-up the Windows mixer, and then go through the options to selec...

I've never used Audacity for this... That's a DVD file structure and the audio/video is in the VOB files. Have you tried opening the VOB files? I think Audacity (with FFMPEG) will open the audio portion of most audio/video files.... If you want the entire program, one potential problem is that the V...

Your confusion is understandable... Technically speaking, you are normalizing when you use the New Peak Amplitude option. It's just a different way of doing it. Every audio editor is a bit different... I think most audio editors have a "normalize" function with an option to maintain left-right balan...

A couple of things - If you decide to use a cable from line-out to line-in you'll also need a Y-adapter (splitter) so you can also keep your speakers (or headphones) connected to hear what you're doing. ;) And if you're using a laptop, you might only have mic-in which might overload (distort) with l...