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by waxcylinder
Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:10 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Quality reduces when saved as MP3(newbie)
Replies: 8
Views: 824

Re: Quality reduces when saved as MP3(newbie)

Yes it does that. Audacity is working in its own internal format which is non-lossy. In contrast MP3 is a lossy format - it is designed to make smaller size playable audio files mainly for portable players which tend to have restricted storage space. The compression is achieved by deliberately throw...
by waxcylinder
Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:56 am
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: Still getting static, Mac OS 10.4.11
Replies: 19
Views: 5210

Re: Still getting static, Mac OS 10.4.11

... Lest I get kicked off by a SysAdmin for being off-topic .. I wouldn't worry too much, the forum elves are just as bad at going off-topic at times :) Seriously though, I'm glad youv'e got your recording chain working so well now. You won't regret getting ClickRepair, I had one LP that was totall...
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:12 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: Audacity interface naming question.
Replies: 56
Views: 8470

Re: Audacity interface naming question.

Edgar wrote: I think it should be removed from the Element and added as an intro div or advice div as appropriate.
+1

And Iexpanded the advice div - to tell the reader how show the names of the various items from hover-help.

Peter.
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:43 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: Audacity interface naming question.
Replies: 56
Views: 8470

Re: Audacity interface naming question.

Edgar, it looks like the into bit on that page is not actually part of the page - so I assume that it is embedded in the table of the GUI elements, like the TOC (and I've no ide whare that table is stored). I agree it should be a <div class="intro"> ... </div> and that should make it the r...
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:22 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: how do i see more info
Replies: 7
Views: 592

Re: how do i see more info

You can't expanf the Track Control Panel sideways only up and down.

To see more of the trackname click on it and select "Name ..." from the drop down

WC
by waxcylinder
Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:58 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Can't Remove Recording Feedback/Hiss
Replies: 5
Views: 1888

Re: Can't Remove Recording Feedback/Hiss

And is it a hiss, or is it actually a hum (i.e. mains hum & its harmonics)?

WC
by waxcylinder
Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:10 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: cant open files
Replies: 6
Views: 911

Re: cant open files

Yes ...
by waxcylinder
Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:07 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: Still getting static, Mac OS 10.4.11
Replies: 19
Views: 5210

Re: Still getting static, Mac OS 10.4.11

... you owe it to yourself to check out Brian Davies' ClickRepair and DeNoise tools. They have a 21-day free trial. http://www.clickrepair.net/ I second Bill there - the package costs a little but is just a little short of magical in its effectiveness, and is very easy to use. See this sticky threa...
by waxcylinder
Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:55 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: cant open files
Replies: 6
Views: 911

Re: cant open files

You can export a WAV or set of WAVs an import those into your 1.2

But otherwise no you can't open 1.3 projects in 1.2 (as you have found already).

WC