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Yes it is easy - but only when you know how - and it's not intuitively obvious

I can't recall it being well documented ion the manual either - I only found out a while back from a similar posting on the forum

WC

Gale's left that there as a sticky as the advice is still current - it might help if he updated it with the latest version number to avoid confusion :) Version numbering by software developers (on most software, not just Audacity) tends to follow a few conventions: 1) The major number, the left-most...

I'll give v1.3.12 beta a try... but what is v1.3.7 that Gale Andrews refers to? 1.3.7 is five versions before 1.3.12 - that post of Gale's is a very old one now (written when 1.3.7 was "new"). 1.3.12 is thae latest and current Beta. It has proved to be a very stable relaese in real world ...

No, he means after recording. Apart from any other consideration Audacity cannot apply effects in real time. I try to record at a maximum level of -6.0 dB as this gives me a good fat signal and avoids clipping. And then as my final production step prior to export I Amplify (And I do mean the Amplify...

No matter what is said, the 1.3.12-beta is the most "Stable" version. For the love of me, I don't know why they don't change that on the Audacity Website. It's a long story, a very long story ... We have made efforts to get the labelling and descriptions changed - and they have been somew...

I like the new layout as well, but I'd move the Tutorials section above the Reference section. Thanks for that suggestion Bill. I've created a second user page with an alternative layout based on that ordering - see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/User:PeterSampson/Front_Page_Mock_Up_Version-2 ...

BTW v_c, Trebor is pretty much the expert in this field on the forum

You have what is known as "DC offset". This is most likely to be down to a fault with your souncard. You can use Audacity to correct this though. Immediately after capture, select the whole project and then click Effect > Normalize Just check on the box that says "Remove ant DC offset...

The easiest way is to click in the timeline above the tracks then the playing will start from that position in the timeline. You could also stop the playback and move the cursor the the rquired postion and press play. Or you can reset the cursor postion with the "Selection Start" in the Se...

@Bill on my Windows iTunes 10.1.1.4 I certainly get a Custom setting for my AAC imports. With AAC selected in the Import Settings>Import using box - in the Import Settings>Setting the options are: High Quality (128 kbps) (that's not wht I call high quality) , iTunes Plus (which is 256 kbps VBR), Sp...