Audacity Forum

Yup, it's a compromise - and a value judgement / trade-off deciding how much "music" you lose.

Just make sure you keep the original and don't overwrite it in case you want to re-edit later

WC

If it's going to go on a proper CD that will play in a CD player you will need to make sure that you export at 44100 Kz 16-bit WAVs (part of the Red Book standard for CD's). You will need a proper CD burner program, your PC may well have one already installed - there are free ones available. And the...

If it's going to go on a proper CD that will play in a CD player you will need to make sure that you export at 44100 Kz 16-bit WAVs (part of the Red Book standard for CD's). You will need a proper CD burner program, your PC may well have one already installed - there are free ones available. And the...

yes, just select the bits you don't want by clicking and dragging and press the Delete key or Ctrl+K

And you wiillprobaly want to put a small fade-in at the beginning and a fade-out at the end - just select a small amount of audio and use Effect >Fade In / Out

WC

For a start you don't want Sound Activated Recording on - so turn it off. Secondly upgrade to the latest 2.0 release which has some bug fixes that were in the 1.3.x Beta series - you can get it from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ And then work through this set of tutorials from the 2.0 manu...

When you use the Envelope Tool it does not alter the audio data. The volume envelope takes effect during playback by adjusting the playback level as it plays, but the actual recorded audio data is unchanged. Just for clarity here Steve: am I right in assuming that the enveloped audio data is change...

As PGA says WDS is the more modern implemention of an "Audio Host" for Windows machines (1995 versus 1991 - so neither are that "modern") - one of its key advantages over MME is that it can ususally deliver lower latency. IIRC I don't think taht WDS will run with some older sound...

This page from the Wiki may help: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Making_Ringtones

WC

If you change the opening setting to reference the work instead of copying it, it might open faster. Yes, but it still has to render the waveform and for a large imported file that can also take a while and consume resources. You should however be able to start work on sections that have already be...

... as I prefer older country music ... In which case keep an eye out on WFMU (NJ radio station and broadcast on t'interweb) as occasionally they get country singer Laura Cantrell back for a guest slot of her "Radio Thrift Shop" - there was one a couple of weeks ago. And IIRC WFMU are sti...