Audacity Forum

so I dont have a mixer now and I'm trying to avoid getting one. The 2 inputs, instrument (which will be a guitar or an electric banjo) and aux, which might be a digital track recorder playing pre-loaded samples, will, ideally, both be going through the effects loop while they are both playing (that ...

So you have an instrument (what?) and an "Aux" output (from what?)
These will then go through effects, or not, depending on the "switch" settings?
What happens then? They go into a Mixer and then into an amplifier > Speakers?

bigears wrote:I have Audacity 1.2.6 (free version)

All genuine versions of Audacity are free http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=general&i=free

The recommended version of Audacity for Vista is 1.3.13 http://audacityteam.org/download/

You can also use MP3 audio files with Picasa Movie Maker. ( http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/an ... swer=19496 )

To export audio in MP3 format from Audacity you need to install "Lame" http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

Trebor, Thank you so much for your reply, that will certainly help, when you say : "[ Unlike other Audacity effects "Bassboost" does clip if the signal goes beyond +/- 1 ]" Would you mind to explain what "GOING BEYOND +/- 1 implies? ...

I am new to audacity and have win7 and the latest win audacity installed. It's dangerous to use fluffy phrases like that. Numbers are good. It's possible to download Audacity from the wrong place and actually have the wrong version. Current version is 1.3.13. We don't want to hear that you have &qu...

... to manipulate the instrument line in with a midi bank of synthesizers. Like I said, I am new with most of this and on a rather small budget. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks in advance

In 1.2.6 what is OGG Export Setup found under "Format tab"? Right now OGG Quality = 5. I see it has a slider to move in either direction. What is this and what is best setting for making Audio CD's?

Currently exporting as Wav (16 bit PCM)

Thank you for help.

... that I'd recommend it....) The build without autosave is here , if Peter and DickN would like to try it. it might give an idea how much it might help if not every single change of state was saved. It's just the .exe, so extract it to your 1.3.13 installation folder and run it instead of the installed ...

Same here. Worked fine when I installed it 2 days ago, then all tonight it's been recording fine, but the playback is riddled with LOUD pops and clicks. I uninstalled/reinstalled and that didn't help. Pretty frustrated.