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by waxcylinder
Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:49 am
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: Distortion Level - Clipping: red indicators absent
Replies: 9
Views: 1603

Re: Distortion Level - Clipping: red indicators absent

You do have Show Clipping turned on still, right? (Accessed via View > Show Clipping).

Can't vouch for MAC, but I justed in my Windows XP PC and the clipping indicators still work fine in 1.3.8

WC
by waxcylinder
Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:27 am
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: AAC & MP3 on Mac using 1.3.8
Replies: 10
Views: 2700

Re: AAC & MP3 on Mac using 1.3.8

Any way, I was excited to see that 1.3.8 is supposed to export AAC. Logically who else would want to do that besides someone with a modern Mac? Who? Someone like me who runs a couple of Windows PCs and has iTunes on them and uses those libraries to feed his iPods! And I am not alone in doing this -...
by waxcylinder
Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:57 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Exporting to MP3
Replies: 4
Views: 385

Re: Exporting to MP3

:oops: - me blushing.

Just glad I've been able to help

WC
by waxcylinder
Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:31 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Exporting to MP3
Replies: 4
Views: 385

Re: Exporting to MP3

WAV is uncompressed Audio and is lossless i.e. no audio data is thrown away. MP3 is a lossy compressed format, so some audio data is deliberately thrown away - but this enables the equivalent file to be much smaller by a factor of 10 or more typically (depending on MP3 bitrate used). 128 (the Audaci...
by waxcylinder
Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:29 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: File Size
Replies: 4
Views: 270

Re: File Size

Windows elf reporting for duty ... I just had a look at a WAV file I exported yesterday of a track that is just over 2 minutes long - and it weighs in at 23.7Mb - so I would expect a typical 3 minute WAV to be about the 30Mb you report. You have a couple of choices Export to MP3 rather than WAV - t...
by waxcylinder
Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:20 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: help please
Replies: 6
Views: 449

Re: help please

And you have got the pre-amp set to deliver a line-level output? Otherwise it will not pass the signal through the RIAA equalization circuitry. Some of these pre-amps have settings that enable you to switch between phono/line. Can you give some more details of the setup you have - TT, preamp soundca...
by waxcylinder
Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:15 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: EXTERNAL SOUND CARD ADVICE BEFORE PURCHASE
Replies: 8
Views: 1288

Re: EXTERNAL SOUND CARD ADVICE BEFORE PURCHASE

IWaxcylinder had posted a link from earlier this year with info on various sound cards. The link described various cards, but there wasn't one that everyone agreed was the best. I need a reliable sound card with a usb connection to my laptop, and audio jacks to plug into my cassettes audio out jack...
by waxcylinder
Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:32 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Desktop enhancement
Replies: 3
Views: 577

Re: Desktop enhancement

Example: I have my meter bars record/replay much larger than the default, they are sretched across the whole screen (much more useful like that) - achieved by click & drag. This setting is retained betwenn Audacity sessions and between 1.3.x to 1.3.x+1 upgrades. I believe you can drag the other ...