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Yes, there are apps to edit the metadata on music files. And iTunes is one of those apps - I never bother with metadata in Audacity. I prefer just to export my WAVs with a filename and no other metadata - I then import them into iTunes and manage the metadata in iTunes (I usually conver the WAVs to...

As Koz says, and/or when you don't have any audio selected to operate on.

WC

You may find this set of tutorials from the 1,3 manual helpful: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... iscs_to_CD

especially this one: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Reco ... turntables

WC

I would use the amplify rther than the normalize (unless your recording chain is unbalanced L-R) - see http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Amplify_and_Normalize.

I amplify to -2.0dB as my final production step prior to exporting.

WC

I don't like the fact that the company ... And BTW there is no "company" or major corporation behind all this - it's open source software: developed, supported and documented by a bunch of folks who give up some of their spare time to workl on Audacity 8-) And I for one am extremely grate...

But before you do that, do reset the import preference as I suggested above - and ideally install 1.3.13

WC

You'll need to get them back to exactly the same location, with folders and files named as they were before. You can stop this happening in future by setting your import preferences to "safer" rather than "faster" - In 1.2.x go to Edit>Preferences>File Formats In 1.2 and all earl...

Have you been making the mix by importing audio files (in particular WAV or AIFF files)? Have you been moving. renaming or deleting those files? Or dismounted a CD that you were importing from. Have a look at this page from the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects And do your...

It looks to me as though you have a bad case of DC-offset - usually a fault with your soundcard. You can use Audacity's Normalize coommand to remove this - do this as your first edit after capture and before any other editing - see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Normalize But you would probably...

This tutorial from the 1.3 manual should help you: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Reco ... turntables

Although it says "turntables" the tutorial also applies to recording from tape devices too.

WC