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An iPhone sized Dead Cat... Dead Kitten?

I've seen BBC news reporters with "dead baby kittens" on their Lavaliers

Peter

These articles from the Audacity Wiki may be of use to you: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recording_from_Cassette and http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Cassette_Deck_Magnetization And this workflow tutorial from the Audacity Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/sample_workflow_for_tape_dig...

steve wrote:The release manager pulled the Windows beta (I'm not sure why) ...

I think he was working on replacing it with a Beta-2 but ended up with build problems - and as a result we "lost" Beta-1

WC

after loading the Walkie-talkie preset you can then tweak the controls.

See: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/distortion.html

I can't give you any advice on how to unsharpen it - I'm no expert with this effect

WC

Try the Audacity Distortion effect

1) Select your audio
2) Effect > Distortion
3) click the Manage button
4) choose Factory Presets
5) choose Walkie-Talkie
6) use the Apply button (or preview first with the Start Playback button)

and note that other distortion presets are available

WC

Hello! I am a beginner with Audacity, but I am going to use it much, because I am making an electronic piece. Is Paulstretch the only way to change length of a passage? Are there other stretches? Of course, there is "change tempo" ... The other effects that affect time are Change Speed an...

Can a midi file be opened with Audacity? I didn't try it yet. In 2.1.3 (and earlier) you can import MIDI - but you can't play it. BUT in the upcoming 2.2.0 release we have added MIDI playback - we did also have MIDI stretching but that had to be temporarily removed for 2.2.0 as it was somewhat bugg...

Thanks for the feedback - and thanks for donation

WC

Well, emboldened by tmtomh's post, I set about upgrading my Sierra 10.12.6 Sierra Macbook Pro (used for Audacity QA testing) to 10.13 High Sierra. I have successfully run both the released 2.1.3 released version of Audacity and the latest 2.2.0 alpha nightly - both run just fine. Testing included re...

For what it's worth, I upgraded my MacBook Air to High Sierra a few days ago, without even considering Audacity compatibility. I did this because my Air is my secondary Audacity machine - my primary audio-editing Mac remains on Sierra for now. Anyway, I can't comment on recording with Audacity, but...