Audacity Forum

If you want to use the built-in microphone, you have to select it in Audacity's Device Toolbar . If you do not see the built-in microphone in Device Toolbar, this means it is disabled in Windows "Sound". To fix that, follow the instructions at http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolba...

Thanks for the responses and suggestions. I got rid of the really distorted ones, but hoping to salvage the ones that only barely touched the "red" sometimes.

Gale,
I will try the duplicating trick. Thanks!

If there are tracks that sound noticeably distorted, forget them and concentrate on the others. If a track sounds obviously distorted then it is almost certainly beyond repair. Some are so bad, I figured there was nothing that could be done for them. There are others that are not really distorted j...

Some recordings show in Audacity it only one track. I noticed there is a "Stereo to Mono" but could not find the opposite. Is there anyway to separate into stereo tracks? If the track is mono you can't usefully make it "stereo" except by using trickery on it. If it is mono it wi...

Why "Community Forum" though? To emphasise that this is not intended for Audacity support questions. If people want help using the Audacity software they should ask on the Help forum relevant to their operating system . But that's just confusing IMO, Steve. I thought we agreed ...

Hello, guys. Title is clear.
I need to change samplerate of more than 700 OGG files. I need to converto from 16 kHz to 44.1 kHz.
Is there a way? Can you help me, please?

If there are tracks that sound noticeably distorted, forget them and concentrate on the others. If a track sounds obviously distorted then it is almost certainly beyond repair.

btw I have an ASUS F75A laptop, and it is supposed to have an integrated microphone. That means it's built in and does not require an external mic, right?

... level and try to repair the ones that are overdriven. I have figured out how to amplify and how to use the normalise and click removal. I need help on if there is a solution to the "being recorded too hot" problem and if I can fix it or make it better. Also, some recordings show in ...

... selected in audacity, not sure. But, something is not working properly right now and I'm too technologically incompetent to figure it out. Any help?