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by waxcylinder
Fri May 15, 2009 9:36 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: "Could not open MP3 encoding library."
Replies: 5
Views: 1766

Re: "Could not open MP3 encoding library."

If you really can't get it to work (I know from reading other threads that lately there have been some conflicts bewteen Audacity and Lame versions - but I thought the developers had fixed all that) - then a suitable workaround would be to export as WAV and then find yourself a standalone WAV to MP3...
by waxcylinder
Fri May 15, 2009 9:30 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: 1.3 selected but 1.2 was downloaded
Replies: 4
Views: 918

Re: 1.3 selected but 1.2 was downloaded

The delevopers put the tree in for 1.3.6 and then reverted to the list in 1.3.7 - personally I prefer the list.

And to please us all, my understanding is the the developers are planning to make this a switchable setting, set via Preferences, for the upcoming 1.4 release.

WC
by waxcylinder
Fri May 15, 2009 9:26 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Applause
Replies: 1
Views: 227

Re: Applause

There are plenty of "live" albums arround with applause on that you could rip or record and then manipulate with Audacity. Rock and classical "live" recordings tend have different acoustics due to the differing nature of the auditoria used - Jazz records often have in intimate ap...
by waxcylinder
Thu May 14, 2009 4:57 pm
Forum: Maintaining / Improving this Forum
Topic: Processing signal from vinyl record
Replies: 1
Views: 1108

Re: Processing signal from vinyl record

This is a not-often-visited corner of the forum - it is meant for people who don't like the colours or the smileys ;) Usually only the helper-elves come here to sweep out occasionally. You are likely to get more readers/responses if you post in the appropriate section of the forum next time. For cli...
by waxcylinder
Thu May 14, 2009 3:44 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Understanding mic vol and listening while recding
Replies: 3
Views: 646

Re: Understanding mic vol and listening while recding

The mixing of in/out is most often down to mismanagement of the audio pathways - you need to get it right in both Audacity and in Windows (and windows doesn't make this easy) - and on your soundcard. Most laptops only have mic in and not a line in too (like yours) some of them can detect a line leve...
by waxcylinder
Thu May 14, 2009 2:18 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Importing a sound file - problems!
Replies: 8
Views: 1032

Re: Importing a sound file - problems!

bobzy, I have removed the swearing from your post - if you insist on continuing in this manner you will be banned from the board. This is a friendly place where women and children hang out too. I repeat my advice to you - you may think that you have a supported file type - but Audacity is telling yo...
by waxcylinder
Thu May 14, 2009 9:48 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Average tracks
Replies: 3
Views: 533

Re: Average tracks

Since you're going to all the trouble or recording twice, then aligning and then on to veraging - you might want to consider a piece of software developed by a retired Australian mathematician, Brian Davies. See this sticky thread: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1994 - it cos...
by waxcylinder
Thu May 14, 2009 9:32 am
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: Understanding mic vol and listening while recding
Replies: 3
Views: 646

Re: Understanding mic vol and listening while recding

You might want to consider getting an external soundcard - see this sticky thread: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9477

If you do get one do make sure that you get one with a gain (volume) control.

WC
by waxcylinder
Thu May 14, 2009 9:18 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Gracenotes
Replies: 4
Views: 1237

Re: Gracenotes

20% hitrate seems a bit low - but your sample size is statistically small at the moment. When converting my LPs I got around 50-60% hitrate with Gracenote "recognising" the digitized LP-to-CD. The rest I had to type in manually to iTunes - album art can often be grabbed from Amazon or Wiki...