Audacity Forum

tonesnio wrote: Will audacity record stereo through an RCA cable into a stereo jack plugged into the mic in, (or is it a mono mic input)?

It's most likely to be a mono input - you really need a line-in - but I don't think laptops carry those.

WC

[quote="salopian"]Pretty dumb mistake[quote]

No, just one that we all make - at least once ......

Glad to have helped.

WC

Your "shriek" removal will be very similar to click/pop removal. Personally I have never had much joy with the click removal effect in Audacity - so what I have done is to remove them manually. Version 1.3 of Audacity is much better for this as the developers have added a new "Repair" effect - this ...

Hey, you've obviously got the wrong radio - a decent FM tuner with good speakers coupled with a good strong FM signal - and then it doesn't sound like that at all ..... ;) Seriously though, there have been other posts about this on the form, I remember reading them a while back, try Search ing for t...

Almost certainly you have labelled the fifth track with a label that contains a special character that is not allowed in windows filenames (like / etc) - simplify your labels to alphanumeric and try again. You can always edit the MP3 tags later - if you are exporting to MP3.

WC

Yes you can use Audacity at gigs - but then you would need a laptop rather than a small MD recorder, and this is not as rugger (or unobtrusive). Better may be to consider one of the portable digital recorders that are now on the market. Personally I am never overly satisfied with live sound recorded...

It is likely that your old turntable may be higher quality than the USB decks that are available - most of them are a little lightweiht (and so you can get a bit of wow&flutter). You should not just connect your deck straight to your soundcard - unless the deck has its own in-built pre-amp. You woul...

I would probably import them into Audacity - as that is where you plan to edit them - and then export them in the form that you need for subsequent use.

WC

What you get in that dropdown is entirely dependent on the souncard and its driver software. Normally it only hets greyed out if you have a USB device *like an ION turntable or similar) plugged - as there is then only a single path, and hence no options. Microphone - sorry I can't comment on this, e...

Try listening to the recorded noise floor on Electric Ladyland (vinyl) - where Jimi has the amp turned up to 12 not 11 .....

WC