Audacity Forum

... suggestions in there, it might work for you... thank you for your quick response! i am actually upgrading as we speak (type) to see if that will help at all thanks again and i'll check that thread out -panda

... the device (it plugs in via usb) it gives me an error message saying the check the input device settings and project sample rate. Please, Please Help!!!

... are not. 5. When I go to "File > Export", the "Export..." button is greyed out. I really don't know what to do. Thanks for the help.

Built-in soundcards that come with most desktop computers or laptops usually suck (mostly because they lack proper shielding and they get all sort of electromagnetic interference from the other computer components). So buying a "jack type" of mic is usually a not very interesting option......

For the Audacity version number: "Help menu > About Audacity" I had 3 folders, each containing 8 subfolders (one for each student) Where were these folders? Were they on the (local) C: drive or on a network drive? If they were on a ...

Which exact version of Audacity are you using?
(look in Help menu > About Audacity)

Thanks very much for the very detailed replies guys. They are at once helpful and disconcerting, but since I am at any early stage of my ripping project I am eager to get the process right asap. My current setup is record deck --> Pro-ject preamp-->Asus Xonar ...

What kills most home recordings isn't something you can easily fix or buy. It's room noise and echoes. You can instantly tell when somebody made a YouTube recording at home because they all sound like they were recorded in a bathroom or garage, regardless of what it looks like. I made a credible rec...

... know proper gain stage, and have tried multiple methods to see if it was the dynamic level of the performance, but it wasn't so much that. Please help me, I'm desperate.

... siren is not really that loud compared to your voice and that your best chance would probably be Noise Removal . Don't be surprised if it doesn't help much because the noise is not likely to be constant. *If* you recorded in stereo and the siren happens to be in one channel more than the other, ...