Audacity Forum

I just got a new laptop with Windows 8. I am trying to set up Audacity to record Playback the way it did on my old laptop, but it doesn't seem to be working. In Audacity, I select "Microsoft Sound Mapper" as the input, as I always have, but it seems to only record from the onboard microphone. I have...

I was just wondering if anyone has any good reverb settings that they use on vocals in a song. I've tried the ones in the Audacity Wiki. these are the settings I normally use: roomsize: 300 reverb time: 8 damping: 0.75 input bandwidth: 0.75 dry signal level: -5 early reflection level: -18 tail level...

I'm trying to shift the pitch of an audio clip slightly higher, but it shortens the clip every time. Is there any way to change pitch without affecting the length of a clip?

Yes I had, but I managed to salvage it by opening the BAK file. Thanks

I'm using Vista. Whenever I open a specific project, the programme freezes and I have to close using task manager. Consequently I cannot edit the project nor export what I have already done. Is there any way to salvage my work? This only happens with one specific project so I think the problem lies ...

I am trying to turn down the volume of playback when recording from a microphone, I tried the output volume slider but it does nothing. Thanks

stevethefiddle wrote:

skey wrote:the plugins are in C: > Program Files > Audacity > Plugins

That could be the problem - I don't think that is the default directory for Audacity 1.3.6
It should be something like:
C: Program FilesAudacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)Plug-Ins

That worked for me, thank you.

I'm using 1.3.6, and the LADSPA effects aren't showing up in the "unsorted" category.

I am having the same problem, the plugins are in C: > Program Files > Audacity > Plugins, and this is the first time I've had any version of Audacity installed on this computer.

I should have mentioned that, I have always set it to 44100Hz. Are you sure you got the file from http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/ and that you pointed Audacity to it properly (that is, "MP3 Export Setup" in the File formats preferences says LAME v3.97)? And you are setting the rate bottom left, and not ...