Audacity Forum

Have you recently plugged in any USB audio devices (like a USB Turntable)? If so, those tend to set themselves as your default audio device without telling you. In any case, the first thing to do is check that Audacity is still set up right. Look in the Edit -> Preferences -> Audio I/O menu, and mak...

(I get saving errors often) Ok, this is scary. There's something seriously wrong with your computer if it's having trouble saving files. Especially if it's more than one program having the same problem. The most likely culprit is a bad hard drive. The first thing I'd do is turn off the computer and...

First, put the lame_enc.dll file wherever you want to keep it permanently. Then find Audacity's config file. Mine is here: C:Documents and SettingsAndyLApplication DataAudacity Note that my username AndyL is one of the folders. Yours will certainly be in a different spot, you might have to go huntin...

No, buy a mic pre-amp. This one costs $40: ART Tube MP

You can plug your mic into that, and then plug the output of the pre-amp into your Line In. Then set Audacity to record from the Line In.

Don't paste it. Leave that new clip in it's own track, and use the Time Shift Tool* to move the new track into place. Then when you export, make sure you send both the original track and the new track to whatever channel you need it to be on. When you do this, the length will be identical (provided ...

Phantom power is 48 volts, usually. MiltonNash brings up some good points. You can't plug a real microphone* into the Mic In port on a sound card. Those ports are meant to be used with computer mics (technically called Electret Condenser Mics). * - Do you have a real microphone? If it uses an XLR pl...

If all you're doing is recording something -> amplifying it (and other light editing) -> and exporting, then go ahead and set Audacity's default sample format to 16. On the other hand, if you're not saving anything as an Audacity project, then it doesn't matter what Audacity's default sample format ...

daniel,

It sounds like a sound card driver problem. Both setting preferences and re-starting Audacity require Audacity to talk to your sound card.

Poke around your OS's driver software and see if something is set wrong. This one could be tough to fix.

The problem is that you're creating discontinuous waveforms at the borders of each edit. This is because the borders of your selected audio are not at zero-crossings. There's an easy fix, every time you highlight something that you want to edit, press 'z', then use the effect. Pressing 'z' shifts th...

1) Open the long file. 2) Press (<<) to rewind all the way, then press [ctrl]+b to place the first label, give this label the same name you want to give the final file. 3) Now, using the cursor tool (the default tool in Audacity) place and name a label at each point you want to split the audio up. 4...