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by steve
Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:32 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: What should normal input levels (dB) be in a quiet room?
Replies: 7
Views: 3582

Re: What should normal input levels (dB) be in a quiet room?

... pun intended) speaks for itself [!]. If you expect to always get replies within a few hours on a public forum, your expectations are too high. The helpers on this forum aim to respond to all questions within 24 hours. You've had 2 people reply within 3 hours of your above post. On many other help ...
by Black Dog Bluez
Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:24 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: What should normal input levels (dB) be in a quiet room?
Replies: 7
Views: 3582

What should normal input levels (dB) be in a quiet room?

... combined with these messed------- up!!!!! times we're all in RIGHT now. peace-out) * I switched THIS topic to this thread "HELP!!" as opposed to the feedback thread, although I think this really is negative feedback but will error on the side of caution. * My level ...
by steve
Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:06 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Does this sound like a tough piece of music to loop?
Replies: 3
Views: 608

Re: Does this sound like a tough piece of music to loop?

... times may be slightly different. The start and end of the loop should ideally be at zero crossing points: http://manual.audacityteam.org/manual/help/manual/man/edit_menu.html#zero
by steve
Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:57 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Best Way to Record Hundreds of Short Voice Files?
Replies: 2
Views: 2286

Re: Best Way to Record Hundreds of Short Voice Files?

... space bar) This will create one audio track with a label between each section. (see here about label tracks: http://manual.audacityteam.org/manual/help/manual/man/label_tracks.html ) Then use "Export Multiple" to export each section as a separate, numbered WAV file. http://manual.audacityteam.org/manual/help/manual/man/export_multiple.html
by acousticdj
Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:01 am
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: Can +5v from a smart phone mic jack damage an Aux Send?
Replies: 2
Views: 2826

Re: Can +5v from a smart phone mic jack damage an Aux Send?

Koz! :-) Thanks again for your help buddy. And sorry bout that long post lol. I've been learning a lot about low budget pro sounding podcasting lately. I'll keep my eye on the forums and try to lend advice anywhere I can. This is a great forum. You guys are doing an awesome job with it.
-adj
by waxcylinder
Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:57 am
Forum: Audacity 2.x Feedback and Reviews
Topic: INPUT LEVEL TOO HIGH
Replies: 5
Views: 6936

Re: INPUT LEVEL TOO HIGH

... - that's just reminded me to do this on my newly purchased laptop) . See the bottom of this page of the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/audacity_waveform.html WC
by ralph.ronnquist
Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:31 am
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Keyboard shortcut for "split stereo to mono"?
Replies: 5
Views: 2432

Re: Keyboard shortcut for "split stereo to mono"?

Thanks. Works fine.

And had I read the documentation more thoroughly before, I would also have found the Shift-M shortcut for the drop-down menu. But Menu key is easier.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... _menu.html
by Gale Andrews
Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:13 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Audacity unexpectedly quit
Replies: 8
Views: 4987

Re: Audacity unexpectedly quit

... It should set your temp directory to a safe default (at the moment it is probably remembering the bad location from 1.3.4 days). It won't help if permissions are messed up, but you can try resetting those if the new .cfg file does not help (Go > Utilities > Disk Utilities (or similar) ...
by acousticdj
Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:14 pm
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: Can +5v from a smart phone mic jack damage an Aux Send?
Replies: 2
Views: 2826

Can +5v from a smart phone mic jack damage an Aux Send?

I recently tried to use a computer headset microphone to record into a mixer. After getting tons of help from the guys on here, learning A LOT and spending lots of money and time, however, I decided I had reached the point of diminishing returns and had to give up. Ultimately ...
by audaqui
Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:50 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Best Way to Record Hundreds of Short Voice Files?
Replies: 2
Views: 2286

Best Way to Record Hundreds of Short Voice Files?

Hi, I have several projects -- to help my kid memorize stuff, and some things I need to memorize for work -- so I thought I'd get Audacity and tackle them. And I wonder if you could advise me on the best way to approach this, in terms of workflow. ...