Audacity Forum

You need to split the stereo track. In the track control box click on the downward pointing black triangle . You will see a slection Split Stereo Track - click on this and you will get to single tracks which you can manipulate individually. Once you've completed the edits you can remake them into a ...

You can apply RIAA equalisation in Audacity through the Effects menu, but only after recording. However it is generally thought to be MUCH better to do the RIAA in hardware via a pre-amp prior to recording - rather than doing it in software. From looking at the specs of the iMic on t'interweb it doe...

RDB,

you can try forgetting about the USB connection and plug the RCA leads to your computer's soundcard via the Line-in. You will need a cable to go RCA to mini-jack.

WC

Is there a way to set the beta version to stop capturing when it has 60 sec. of quiet? Or when the tape clicks off? Not when the silence occurs - but you should be able to use the timer record facility in 1.3 to terminate recording after a specified time. Simply go to Tracks>Timer Record and you wi...

<Well you must have better hearing than I. > or possibly just better speakers and headphones :) <Is there a linear relationship between bitrate and file size?> I think probably not. I think that it's like many things in life a law of diminishing returns applies. When I first got an iPod I experiment...

kozikowski wrote:Can we assume you mean no gap on the music CD? Standard Red Book Music CD specifications put a 2-second gap between music selections.
Koz

Even commerciallly produced CD's break this Red Book rule when appropriate - e.g. Sgt. Pepper

WC

Hi WC, I guess my system (windows me) doesn't give bitrates. However I downloaded a little app. which told me what you had suspected i.e. that the unedited mp3 was indeed 64 kbits/s. So, I guess that explains the increase in file size. Questions. 1) I can't tell the difference between the 128 bitra...

In Windows Explorer, right click the MP3 files and look at Properties ...... In Properties click on the summary tab - and if it's showin "Simple" display - then click on the "Advanced" button. In the "Audio" section (you may need to use the vertical scroll bar to scroll...

In Windows Explorer, right click the MP3 files and look at Properties, or just hover your cursor over the MP3 filename.

WC

Go to Edit>Preferences>Interface and uncheck "Quit Audacity upon closing last window" - and that should fix this for you

WC