Audacity Forum

... be possible to make much, if any improvement to the sound of that recording. The type of damage is permanent and not repairable. We may be able to help you to make a better recording. How did you record it? Please describe the set-up, both the equipment and the method, with lots of detail. Too ...

... drivers were partly broken, and that the new drivers are also partly broken, but in a different way. I don't think that we are going to be able to help much. What I would do is to revert to a clean install of the official drivers for your machine. (boot into Safe Mode to remove all existing audio ...

This worked a treat, thank you so much for your help.

... 2.0.4, they were exported to Mp3 files and sound great on my ipod. These earlier files wont now open either. I'm completely stuck, hope you can help. It could be a problem with your Audacity temporary folder. Please try reinstalling Audacity but half way through installation, choose the option ...

... maxed out! Could somebody please tell me how to boost the volume of Skype in my recordings, or even boost the sound of the Audio in Audacity? ANY help would be MUCH appreciated! Thanks, Jesse. [Windows 7 - Audacity 2.4.0]

As an experiment once I borrowed an electric guitar and measured its pickup output signal with me hogging down on some chords. The signal level was just below HiFi Line Level. They're very close cousins of each other.
You generally can't plug a guitar into Mic-In. That doesn't work. Koz

I cannot install the latest Audacity getting this message:

"Current process failed; code 740
The requested operation requires elevation"

I am using Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Thanks for your help

... thing. I opened up a new project and the same thing again. What can I do to fix this? I have tried everything and nothing but headaches. Please help!

... a podcast and one of the performers kept getting louder and swamping the others. How do I fix that in Audacity ?" You don't. Compressors will help, but that segment will always sound funny. The performance must be shot already close to normal. We kill a lot of podcasts which ignore that point. ...

I can't listen to your files right now, 'cause 'm at work. but for some reason the quality of the recordings dont seem great even by audacity standards Your choice of recording software doesn't affect quality. Audaciy is just capturing the digital audio stream and routing it to your hard drive. Also...