Using Audacity whilst not connected to the internet

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I’ve down loaded Audacity and have been using it effectively. I usually work with audacity on my laptop in a strong wi-fi signal area. I now want to do some recording in a shed at the bottom of my garden where there is no wi-fi signal at all. Will Audacity work in this area or does the installed program have to be sending and receiving data via the internet to function.

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Yes, it works without the Internet or a network connection.

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Thanks DVDdoug - most helpful

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There is a long version of that. It is recommended that you do production on the computer’s internal drives.

If you are sharing real-time file management on internet drives such as iCloud, Google Drive, etc, then no, it’s going to stop working when the internet connection stops.

However,

Internet drives can be unstable and cause Audacity production problems and are not recommended.

This is where you tell us what you’re recording and with what.

Koz

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The latest version of Audacity has a button to share your work on “audio .com” … Sharing audio online - Audacity Support
That feature is only going to work if you have an internet connection.

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Ah. Got it.

Note: This may take a few minutes depending on how fast your computer is, how fast your internet connection is, and how long your audio is.

This just saves you the bother of exporting your work as a sound file, connecting, and shoveling it to the other party. It’s not a license to do live production on-line.

The problem has always been that Audacity had no way to test a connection. Audacity always assumes it can do the most critical, delicate, and important jobs on whatever drive it can see. My stupid joke is trying to do live music overdubbing with an on-line drive in Schenectady.

Not happening. But that one’s obvious. The worst ones are the productions that almost work and you can’t immediately tell what’s broken.

On-line suppliers are skilled at making their offerings appear like an internal drive.

Koz

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Thanks Trebor - most helpful

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I just read an email from “audio. com” showing their 3 week old YouTube video has 273 views … https://youtu.be/-rBOZ9Bi4rk
That’s over 12 views per day. :astonished:

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