Audacity Forum

It's not a problem, it's a "feature" of the LAME MP3 encoder (or at least the way Audacity implements it). A 96kbps file at a 44.1KHz sample rate would leave you with an average of only 2.17 bits of data per sample. That's incredibly low, even for a highly compressed MP3. Anything at that ...

It's ok, Perm. I always thought that was a strange place for it too, but that's kind of become the standard place to put the menu for program-wide settings.

I have a feeling they'll be changing the placement for the input and output device menu in a future version, we get this question a lot.

Someone else had a strange problem that was kind of similar (though not quite the same). He eventually found out it was related to his Creative X-Fi sound card. Do you have one of those? This is an odd problem that I haven't seen any descriptions of. What exactly happens when the cursor reaches 26.5...

Ahhh. Generally it can, but some of those digital voice recorders make files in a strange format that Audacity doesn't understand. And even if Audacity will load the files, it's going to take a lot of work to convert a large number of files. In any case, you'll save a lot of time if you can find an ...

If Audacity's view is zoomed in enough, the screen will have to re-draw itself every time the cursor gets all the way to the right (along with the cursor jumping back to the extreme left of the screen). But if the view is zoomed out, you might be able to capture an entire record before the screen fi...

Here's a relevant wiki page: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues You'll have to go through the Edit -> Preferences -> Audio I/O menu to select your recording and playback sources. That mixer toolbar only works if your sound card drivers are written a certain (most aren'...

You're importing a format that Audacity can't use. I think there's a way to get iTunes to convert your library to MP3 files, but I can't say for sure (they're probably AAC / MP4 / M4A files now).

Personally, that kind of production drives me crazy. But I'll stay on topic. I know Audacity 1.3.3 has an effect called Auto Duck, and I think it's supposed to do exactly what you're saying, but I don't think anyone has written up a description of how to use it. I know it requires a label track (or ...

wildshovel, you can use the Envelope tool to do that sort of thing, but the noise floor is going to rise along with the "un-fade." It won't sound pretty unless if was recorded particularly cleanly.

Again can I record at 48000Hz and 32-bit (float) and convert to MP3 and be able to play them on MP3 players? Yes, absolutely. To answer your first question, the reason a 48KHz, 32-bit wav won't burn to disc properly is the 48KHz sample rate. It's MUCH harder to convert from sample rate -> sample ra...