Audacity Forum

If you downloaded audacity 1.3.13 (latest beta) from audacity website, then it should include the manual. On Audacity if you go to the Help menu and select "Manual" doesn't it open the manual in your web browser?

... the labels to adjust their position by dragging See this page in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Label_Tracks This tutorial may help too: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Splitting_a_recording_into_separate_tracks WC

... find any references to this issue anywhere but, being 64 and needing to go to Specsavers, RoFL, maybe I've missed the vital clue? Anyone out there help an old fart, please?? Best regards :oops:

Hi I am using Audacity Beta 1.3 ( unicode ) currently. My operating system is Windows XP home, SP3. I have spent an hour trying to download the help manual to Audacity and make it an integral part of the programme. However, the zipped help manual does not show up under the HELP drop down menu ...

Which Audacity version (Help menu -> About) and linux distribution are you using?

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I know it's not exactly what you're asking for, but would the Silence Finder help with your task?

It looks like it would, thanks. I've switched to a different editor, but will keep this info for the future.

... surprised if you turned the headphone output down that it would still distort. Do you have Software Playthrough or Overdub enabled? If so, does it help if you turn them off? If you set the line-in as Default device in the Recording tab of "Sound" in Windows Control Panel, then record ...

I'm not quite sure what you are trying to accomplish. You said "there is slight sound decrease in the middle and then the mix picks up again". I assumed you meant the overall loudness goes down. That's what you could use the envelope tool to adjust. You don't use the envelope tool to adjus...

after the wave peaks have been tweaked with the points, do you apply compression and then use the limiter plugin? sorry if this is a silly question..

... will open in 1.3.13, but once you make changes and save it as a 1.3 project, 1.2 will no longer be able to open it. Amplify and Normalize will not help with raising the overall loudness of the mix, nor will they deal with the decrease in volume in the middle. You could try using the Envelope Tool: ...