Audacity Forum

I'm new to this, so- please help! I have Windows 7 OS, Audacity 2.0, installed from .exe (if I remember correctly). I've voiced thousands of radio/tv spots, in professional studios, but this is the first time I'm using Audacity. I want ...

... the track) and the level when playing all tracks together. See here for more information about the meters: http://manual.audacityteam.org/manual/help/manual/man/meter_toolbar.html (there are some special case exceptions to this rule, but we can come back to that later if you're interested. For ...

... will users use the data? Simple alternation without additional characters may be better for further analysis. Will adding L/R or line breaks be a help or a hindrance? It would help me to scan visually without software analysis. The relevant help screen has seven spare lines, and I think only one ...

... that the tracks are the same sample rate as the project rate, look in the Selection Toolbar. I don't know what the maximum is until I read the Help screens. That's why I decided to throw an error for too big a number rather than silently limiting the number. It makes the limit more easily discoverable. ...

... Windows 7, Audacity 2.0. Can someone tell me what I might be doing wrong, or maybe let me know what other information you might need to help? It's for a wedding and it's this Saturday so I'm getting nervous. Thanks so much!

Audacity has only limited support for VST effects. Not all effects are supported, but you do need to follow the instructions carefully.
Did you tell Audacity to rescan the effects? http://manual.audacityteam.org/manual/h ... ST_Effects

... -85 or so. There's room for improvement here IMO - a peak completely between pixel columns should show up in the adjacent columns. Screenshots may help. Are those separate or the same issue? I see a spike on a grid line overlaying the line. And is this an issue only when horizontal dragging? I ...

Then you select the Presonus device in the Device Toolbar an start recording.
When you do that, do you see any indication of sound in the recording meter?
Does the cursor move across a new track in Audacity?
Is there a wiggly blue waveform appear?

Gale, Thanks for your help. I followed your recommendation and fixed the problem. Somehow, the default sample rate for playback for "Speakers and Headphones" in Windows got set to 48000 Hz. I changed it back to 44100 Hz, then ...

Hi, Well after spending over an hour on this and reinstalling Audacity just to figure out what was going on ... the Windows Sounds had stopped. The issue appears to be the IDT software that is not accepting the settings and does not appear to like a flow through of the sounds from the turntable dire...