Audacity Forum

I do need help getting the set-up right, is there a SET-UP That I can copy? What do you want to set up? I would leave the Preferences alone. The defaults are mostly good. Do you need help resetting the Preferences so that they ...

Gale Andrews thanks for trying to help so far. Could you talk me through what you just said as though I were a five year old with brain damage when you get a moment please? Or suggest somewhere I could read a walk through? I thought perhaps ...

... undefined symbol: _ZN4FLAC7Decoder4File4initERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEE This occurs, even when starting with --help, or any other command line switch. When I try to start Audacity from the Applications menu, it does open, but this is what I see: Screenshot_2016-07-09_02-17-43.png ...

In case this is helpful to someone, here's my follow-up. First, I was able to acquire a WAV file of the entire interview to work from. (Turns out Instant Seminar keeps a backup.) Then after an hour or 2 so of researching the info ...

You posted in a volunteer forum, not a help desk. It could take us collectively days to figure out what went wrong. You should think about what to do if this process doesn't work. Use your SmartPhone Personal Recorder in a quiet room. People ...

... be used for output Also available in /usr: gtk2-unicode-3.0-gtk2 gtk3-unicode-3.0 gtk3-unicode-3.1 I'm unsure how to proceed at this point. Please help? Cheers --polemon

... I did, which did nothing. Other answers in Forum did not address my problem. I'm trying to record a voiceover audition (due today!) and I need help, PLEASE! Thanks, Susan

If the analog-to-digital converter in the microphone is clipping , reducing the volume digitally after it comes into the USB port won't help eliminate the distortion. :( Right-click the Windows speaker icon, go to Recording Devices and check the properties. Make sure "Microphone Boost" ...

... the files on Windows and you could copy them to another USB drive, assuming you have more than one USB port. ' Gale Andrews thanks for trying to help so far. Could you talk me through what you just said as though I were a five year old with brain damage when you get a moment please? Or suggest ...

... if the user can figure how to use them. Including some commonly requested macros (such as this one) as "factory presets" would be a big help.