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I'm making an acapella for the song 'I bet my life" by Imagine Dragons and i am trying to use the "phase cancellation" method. I have an instrumental and the regular but i cannot seem to line the two up so when i invert it it does nothing to the audio. Can someone please give me tips ...

... time (.1 sec). I've only played with a few samples, but am tremendously encouraged by what I'm hearing!! Mac OS 10.10.1 Audacity 2.1 alpha So, no help requested, just THANKS! (and a cross posting into the Narrators thread...where I perhaps others struggling with breath (not for breath 8-) , just ...

and I thought that this is called encoder because "32 bit float" is what I found at "Encoding:". "Encoding" is the technically correct word in that context, but could easily be confused "encoding and decoding" as used in connection with formats such as MP3, A...

... empty ( zero bytes) , I wasn't successful in saving this one but the previous one that was recorded the same day. I'm not sure if a crash fix will help considering I still have the program open with the empty 22 minutes on it. I had a feeling that I solution wouldn't be found for this problem considering ...

... purchase direction. Sometimes it's just developing a skillset. "You can't use that kind of microphone there. It's too noisy. Here, let me help you." Koz

Hi, Thanks for answering and especially for this really good explanation: 1.3, 2.6, 0.7, 9.5... and writing it as: 1.3000, 2.6000, 0.7000, 9.5000... As you could see, I'm not very familiar with Audacity or even with sound recording at all. :? I wanted to know whether I can change the 32 bit float (y...

If I understand you right, e.g. the 64 bit float would be too "good" and has to be converted? 64 bit float would be exactly "as good" as 32 bit float, but no better, so you would be doubling the file size for zero benefit. As an analogy, it's like having a list of numbers: 1.3, ...

Hi, thank you very much for your answer. If I understand you right, e.g. the 64 bit float would be too "good" and has to be converted? Is there any possibility to change the internally used encoder or where can I see this? (I think I don't need/want to do that but it interests me) Thank yo...

... down to use it I dont' know what settings I have wrong. Off the top - the OVERDUB setting is off in prefferences and in transport. Thanks for your help Buttonpusher

t0||ton wrote:What should I choose from those encodings to get the BEST sound quality? (NOTICE: I don't have to care about disk space or compatibility to other programs etc.)

5. 32 bit float. (because that is what Audacity is using internally, so there are no conversion losses).