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by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:21 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Default settings?
Replies: 10
Views: 2231

Re: Default settings?

That's odd - but my setup is abit odd too.

I do have a.cfg file - only one inspite of the fact that I have two Audacity user accounts on my PC - I have posted a follow-up query to Richard Ash on the other thread that you found.

WC
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:18 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: Set audacity to default settings
Replies: 9
Views: 9708

Re: Set audacity to default settings

.... the per-user configuration file: Windows: Documents and Settings<user name>Application DataAudacityaudacity.cfg Richard, some clarification here please. I have Audacity accessed from two different user names on Windows XP home. But there only appears to be one .cfg file on the pc - the user th...
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:49 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Mixing Tutorial - General Methods
Replies: 18
Views: 5219

Re: Mixing Tutorial - General Methods

though if you're recording to 24 or 32-bit, then it's not really that necessary to record as loud as you can. Andy, can you elucidate on this a bit please. Does it mean that if you are recording/editing in 32 bit then you can record at a low safe level well below clipping - and then amplify/normali...
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:24 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: What's a good setting for Spectograms?
Replies: 2
Views: 1728

Re: What's a good setting for Spectograms?

Thanks for this insight Andy - and for the prompt response - most hepful and insighful. All working sweetly for me again now. Slower running is not a problem as I detect the genearal location of the clicks with my ears, with Audacity running in waveform - then zoom in and shift to spectrum view to i...
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:25 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Inserting Track breaks
Replies: 6
Views: 6476

Re: Inserting Track breaks

CORRECTION :oops: You can add labels while Audacity is recording - I just tested it on 1.2 and 1.3 You may not want to though as recording is a very compute and disc intensive process anyway - also if you edit bits out later then the labels will not move in line with the edited tracks. You may, for...
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:03 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Inserting Track breaks
Replies: 6
Views: 6476

Re: Inserting Track breaks

You can only do this after you have finished recording - similarly the effects can only be applied after recording, not during. Such dynamic functionality would take much more compute power - and a lot more programming effort from those kind people who donate their time for free to bring us this gre...
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:56 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Default settings?
Replies: 10
Views: 2231

Re: Default settings?

Lynn Unistalling and reinstalling will not work as Audacity leaves behind you prefences file - so when you re-install, it just picks up your old preferences again - as you found out. Part of the problem is that there is no un-install functionality for Audacity. IIRC there are other posyings on the f...
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:41 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Can't change volume
Replies: 4
Views: 999

Re: Can't change volume

If you do need to replace your soundcard, I would recommend you consider and external card - the Behringer UCA202 and the Edirol UA-1EX both get mentioned favourably on these forums (I use the Edirol very successfully for LP/tape transcriptions). The Behringer is cheaper - the Edirol has more functi...
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:29 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audacity playing the same track twice - but not repeatable
Replies: 4
Views: 1574

Audacity playing the same track twice - but not repeatable

saI came this morning to a recording made yesterday evening off-air from FM radio using the timer record function - procect file saved and Audacity and PC closed down. When I played it Audacity played the track twice about 1/2 second apart - sonding like a track echo. The wave forms looked normal th...
by waxcylinder
Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:15 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Inserting Track breaks
Replies: 6
Views: 6476

Re: Inserting Track breaks

All you need to do is to place a label at each track break - use the Ctrl-B shortcut - and don't forget to place a label right at the beginning for the first track. Then use Audacity's Export Multiple command (available from the File drop-down) to export a multiple set of WAVs, MP3s or whatever. The...