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by waxcylinder
Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:44 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: editing by selection bar
Replies: 1
Views: 735

Re: editing by selection bar

The selection tool vcan be extremely precise if you zoom in enough.

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by waxcylinder
Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:40 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Short uploads, high pitched sound, help please!
Replies: 1
Views: 424

Re: Short uploads, high pitched sound, help please!

You are almost certainly trying to import a file type that Audacity does not support . Audacity Supports WAV, MP3, OGG and FLAC in 1.3. If this is the case you have two basic options: 1. find and use some converter software to convert your file to a type that Audacity supports 2. play the file in an...
by waxcylinder
Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:36 pm
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: "Recorcing time left"
Replies: 1
Views: 1331

Re: "Recorcing time left"

It's just Audacity's estimate of the time/space left on your hard drive - don't let it get too low.

See the Audacity FAQ http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=gene ... -remaining

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by waxcylinder
Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:56 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: How do I add a new genre
Replies: 1
Views: 657

Re: How do I add a new genre

You can't edit the genre list in Audacity - however you can edit the the tag data afer the file is exported - one way is to use Windows Explorer and edit "Properties" (right click on the file-name). Another way is to use your player software - iTunes which I use is an easy way to change th...
by waxcylinder
Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:50 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: importing MP3
Replies: 4
Views: 811

Re: importing MP3

Or you can play the track in iTunes and record it into Audacity.

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by waxcylinder
Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:48 am
Forum: General Feedback and Discussion
Topic: noise with ION USB turntable
Replies: 2
Views: 2739

Re: noise with ION USB turntable

I assume that you are connectiong your ION via the digital USB connection rather than the analogue RCA cables. If so, the first thing to check is that the two RCA plugs are not shorting together (touching each other or a common conductor). If you still have noise (and BTW you don't say if get the no...
by waxcylinder
Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:56 am
Forum: Maintaining / Improving this Forum
Topic: Draft
Replies: 10
Views: 3799

Re: Draft

<<<Win98 SE>>> I wonder if WaxCylinder picked his pseudonym before he realized that he and "Water Closet" shared the same abbreviation. Although I guess the phrase is "going to the loo" now instead of going to visit the WC. Koz Actually Koz it did cross my mind, but didn't troub...
by waxcylinder
Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Copy music from reel to reel to CDs
Replies: 2
Views: 590

Re: Copy music from reel to reel to CDs

How do I get from the RCA connectors on my tape deck to the computer? Use a cable that has two RCA connectors at one end and a 3.5mm (1/8") stereo mini-jack at t'other end. The blue socket should be fine Can I use a USB port as input from the tape deck and where would I buy a connecting cable?...
by waxcylinder
Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:38 pm
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: how to change my tracks to mp3 so i can put them onto a cd
Replies: 5
Views: 1474

Re: how to change my tracks to mp3 so i can put them onto a

when burning a CD from MP3s, the burning application coverts them to wav files first... so yeah, wav is the way to go. Yes maybe - but why on earth would you want tgo go to a compressed format (MP3 ) first and then reflate to WAVs for burning to CD?? It's like taken chicken soup, dehydrating it to ...
by waxcylinder
Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:33 pm
Forum: Recording Techniques
Topic: recording vinyl
Replies: 1
Views: 752

Re: recording vinyl

Simply press the Pause button at the end of side one - flip the LP and then press Pause again to re-start recording.

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