Audacity Forum

I may have been in error about the iMic. It does look like it's only got 1 input. Does it have a switch to toggle between Mic and Line level? You should probably have the iMic set to Mic level. But even then, then iMic website has something interesting to say: I’ve plugged in my $150 mic and it does...

Anybody know of a nice smooth equalization setting I can use to equalize an entire audio project? Not likely. Broad universal changes to files from different sources will usually either be too subtle to make a real difference, or affect the good sounds in ways you don't want. If you're putting toge...

I had neglected to mention I had copied the files to a new folder. Evidently, I got some minor file corruption. That is terrifying to me. I'm glad you got your project back, but I highly recommend backing up that data now. Your hard drive or your hard drive bus (on the motherboard) might be on the ...

Trust us, we know all about the poor state of the $50 - $100 class of sound cards, especially for recording purposes.

Wow, I can't find any really useful info on that mic. It seems to be the kind of mic you would plug into a camcorder or something like that, but I can't really get any concrete info from the manufacturer. I could go on a rant here about the state of the non-professional microphone world, but I'll ju...

Are you saying that you can record a track and while you're listening back to it it sounds fine for the first minute or so before suddenly speeding up? Or are there two tracks you've recorded at different times and the second one speeds up relative to the first? Or are you listening to something whi...

Just as a test, try zooming way out before you start recording so that Audacity doesn't have to redraw the whole screen while it's recording. Sometimes that helps people.

I'd plug that tape player through the mixer, it'll be able to amplify the signal well enough (I hope). You can also amplify the track after it's recorded. Highlight the whole thing* and click Effects -> Amplify and use the default value to amplify to max. * - Click anywhere that isn't a slider on th...

Hey, another Andy. Cool. It sounds like a soundcard hardware or driver problem. I'm not sure what a 512 v card is, is that your soundcard? You didn't mention what OS you're using, but I assume it's Vista. The biggest problem plaguing Vista audio is lack of well-written drivers. You will almost certa...

We also need to know which plug you're using to plug those mics into.

If they're professional mics, then you won't be able to plug them directly into either of those inputs. You'll need a mic pre-amp to boost the signal to Line Level and plug the pre-amp into the Line In.