# Audacity not recognizing AT2020

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-not-recognizing-at2020/66121>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-not-recognizing-at2020/66121 "2022-11-23T23:29:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/trebor/32/45854_2.png) [@Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Trebor)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-not-recognizing-at2020/66121/105 "2022-12-03T07:06:53Z")

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> … - Program Files (x86) v.2-3-2
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> - Program Files v.3-2-1 …

Everything in “Program Files” has been installed, rather than just extracted.  
Audacity is available as “.zip” files, (e.g. “[audacity-win-3.2.1-64bit.zip](https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/)”),  
which can be extracted into its own folder, which you create.

Such extracted Audacity versions are independent from each other,  
whereas installed versions will share the hidden audacity file, with disastrous results.

Re: [https://youtu.be/yHx3ErLE9x4](https://youtu.be/yHx3ErLE9x4).

[Transcoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcoding) by YouTube can increase sibilance.  
If you want to preemptively reduce it, the free [desibilator](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/updated-de-clicker-and-new-de-esser-for-speech/34283/199) plugin does a good job  
 ![optional de-esser settings for YouTube v=yHx3ErLE9x4.jpg](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/3X/3/c/3cfdeee7079ff412968756fdfac6c5baaeec42ad.jpeg)  
If your audience is the same vintage as John Travolta they may benefit from leaving sibilance it as is:  
[high-frequency hearing will have noticeably diminished by that age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbycusis).

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