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by waxcylinder
Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:01 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Shepard Tone in Audacity?
Replies: 16
Views: 7922

Re: Shepard Tone in Audacity?

"Better late than never" - as me ol' mum used to say

Thanks for the feedback - glad it worked for you.

WC
by waxcylinder
Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:57 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: [Solved] VST delay handling broken/nonexisting in Audacity!
Replies: 15
Views: 1675

Re: VST delay handling broken/nonexisting in Audacity!

Hmpf, for some reason this forum neither allows me to edit my own post nor to send you a person message :? And that's because you in "moderation" until we can trust you. Sorry but we had to implement this for new members as we were getting mountains of spam some of it unpleasant and some ...
by waxcylinder
Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:52 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Complete Layman Needs Help Removing Hiss and Clicks
Replies: 3
Views: 518

Re: Complete Layman Needs Help Removing Hiss and Clicks

With clicks you can get "miracles" - have a look at this sticky thread on an app called ClickRepair: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 4&start=30

WC
by waxcylinder
Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:36 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: error while opening sound device
Replies: 1
Views: 567

Re: error while opening sound device

Try having a look at this FAQ in the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... und_device

WC
by waxcylinder
Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:23 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: How Do I Stretch the View of Audio File
Replies: 1
Views: 309

Re: How Do I Stretch the View of Audio File

Use the zoom tools in the Edit Toolbar - see this page in the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ed ... tml#zoomin

WC
by waxcylinder
Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:54 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Undo ECHO effect
Replies: 2
Views: 857

Re: Undo ECHO effect

Almost certainly not - it's like trying to take the banana out of a banana milkshake. Your learning from this should be to make a backup copy of the raw recording before you start playing with adding effects, then you can always go back and start over. You can always add an effect, listen in Audacit...
by waxcylinder
Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:53 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Undoing Compressor
Replies: 10
Views: 2798

Re: Undoing Compressor

I've tried to use it as a limiter, but it didn't work. The SC4 does not have "lookahead", so sudden peaks will often "slip through". Could you counteract that by reversing the audio and then using SC4, and re-reversing Brian Davies uses a similar technique in ClickRepair to avoi...
by waxcylinder
Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:07 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: CD track sections
Replies: 4
Views: 740

Re: CD track sections

Eddiehelp wrote:I could find no info about it in the program. :)
The developers work hard to make the program's functionality as "discoverable" as possible.

However Audacity is now a fairly complex and rich application - so it pays to read the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/ :)

WC
by waxcylinder
Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:44 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: DISABLED OR TURNED OFF BEATS AUDIO
Replies: 3
Views: 1053

Re: DISABLED OR TURNED OFF BEATS AUDIO

Quite common with soundcards these days - the Realtek in my Tosh laptop has a "helpful" "SRS Premium Sound enhancements" supplied with it - which really need to be turned off for it work properly with Audacity (or to play my iTunes library properly) (it's basically adding control...
by waxcylinder
Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:35 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: import and edit files from itunes
Replies: 18
Views: 2543

Re: import and edit files from itunes

This sounds like I'll be changing the IMPORT settings in ITunes, rather than EXPORT. That is the method to change the file type conversion option when you right-click a song in iTunes. It is called "Import" by iTunes because it also determines the format that iTunes rips a CD to. If you d...