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... of my music and would like to know if Audacity has completely ruined my files or if there is a way to convert them to their original state? Please help! I like using Audacity for what I use it for but am afraid to upload any more music on my computer for fear of it becoming compromised as well.

... that it fullfills the above criteria. It is not possible to select a part of the background noise to compare it to another part. Thanks for the help

... need to update Audacity to the latest 2.0.5 ( http://audacityteam.org/download/mac ) and to set up iMic in Apple Audio MIDI Setup. This page may help: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/User:BillWharrie/OSX_and_USB_input_devices#setup . Excuse us, but if you are visually impaired it is much better ...

... it scanning the AU data files that Audacity writes when recording, which always poses a risk of creating skips in the recording. Post the log from Help > Show Log... in Audacity if the recorded waves get silenced again. Please see here for how to attach files: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64936 ...

I have made the mistake of upgrading to 2.0.5
I have downloaded and installed LAME.
I cannot export to MP3 OR ANY OTHER format. I cannot find audacity.cfg (not even with search).
What, exactly, is the problem and the solution.
I get no help from the FAQ's.
Running Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Thanks for your help As I understood and tested the contrast tool, it will compare 2 sections (eg one with speech versus one with noise). However my purpose is to caracterize only the background noise which is a 4 talker babble (rms; ...

Dear Gale,

That solved the problem

Thanks so much for you help. Much appreciated

Regards,
Wee Siong

Do you have the piano plugged into the same power outlet as the computer? That's usually desirable to help with noise problems. Many people use a power strip and plug everything into that. See if you can improve the noise if you move the piano power to that strip. OK, another ...

While you have Audacity open, Help > About Audacity.
Koz

Gale,

Maybe you don´t speak spanish, but it was clear enough and I followed your advice. And yes, Audacity runs perfectly just from the Audacity file. If I move the icon to Applications (according to the instructions...) it doesn´t work. So, many thanks for you reply and help.
Thumbs up!
Regards.

K.