Audacity Forum

... do you type when you save the file name for the project? Can you just save it called as project.aup or similar then rename it in Finder? Does Help > Show Log... top right of Audacity show errors when you try to save? If so, what do the errors say exactly? Gale

... Can you recommend a good alternative to Audacity that will run on Chromebook or Android (since I also have a very old tablet, too)? Thanks for any help.

... Most of the popping sound comes from straight in front. SetRMS and Limiter do a bang-up job of setting RMS (loudness) and Peak with no other help. I need to drop out for a second. Koz

Thanks for your help, again. To boost RMS, is it better to use the compressor, the leveler or the limiter? I noticed the leveler yields a lower noise floor, but at what cost? To answer your question, moving the lip mic away from your ...

Windows sound settings has a sound meter to help you diagnose problems. Does that meter bounce when you talk?

Koz

I believe it does that if you have greatly mismatched tracks on the timeline. The time display is lying to you. The actual export should work OK.

Koz

... sound like chipmunks? We don't include any of those effects you mention. We have explained how to use Sliding Time Scale / Pitch Shift. We can't help you because you are not giving us an understandable explanation of what you want to do, and you refuse to tell us what effect you are using. Frankly ...

I've attempted to solve this myself since last night, and I have run out of ideas. Running Audacity 2.1.2 on Windows 10. Installed it via .exe file over a year ago. Have been using it as my primary workstation for podcasting and for recording my band with my focusrite iTrack Solo. I have had zero is...

... conflict, because Audacity also searches folders in your system PATH when looking for FFmepg or LAME. Do you have the current Audacity 2.1.2? See Help > About Audacity... . If you have the current version, Audacity should definitely look first for FFmpeg in <your Program Files folder>\FFmpeg for ...

... should I leave the defaults? My Control Panel Sounds still shows Stereo Mix as default device, and the Line In as unavailable. Hope someone can help me sort through this...thanks for what y'all do! "Line-in not recognised" is not a known Audacity issue. Where exactly do you see that? ...