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(Quick reply to Koz
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ClareLondon wrote: I'm still unclear why there are even different project rates. If people always use one - what are the others for? Baffling.

Clare,

The two most commonly used 44100 is used for CDs (it is part of the Red Book standard for CDs) - 48000 produces higher quality and is party of the DVD standard - and is used if you create music DVDs for higher audio quality. And there are occasionally folks that need to use higher quality settings like 96000

ClareLondon wrote:I think I'm going to drop this project for the time being,thanks. I'm too hectically busy and am now feeling overwhelmed by not knowing what on earth anyone is talking about, to be honest. Looking in the preferences, there's many options but I don't know what one is meant to choose and why and what the best choices would be. There's lots of features, but what you're meant to do with them is anyone's guess.

Yes it is a bit of a steepish learning curve - but worth persevering. Have you had a read of the manuals - the manual for the upcoming 2.0 (and therefore for the current Beta 1.3.9) is still under development. It can be found here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... =Main_Page

Or if you're planning to stick with 1.2.6 (though I agree with Bill that 1.3.9 is the way to go right now) this page will get you the documentation: http://audacityteam.org/help/documentation

Also the Wiki is a useful source of information and tutorials: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... _Home_Page

WC

Clare,

I too record a lot offair from the BBC (including R3 - I'm listening to Charlie Gillett's World on 3 from last night right now) and I never experience anything other than true pitch and true speed.

My settings are
Project Rate 44100 Hz (bottom left hand corner)

Preferences:
Devices>Recording>Channels 2 (stereo)
Quality>Default Sample Rate 44100 Hz
Quality>Default Sample Format - I have mine set to 32-bit floating, but would recommend that you set yours to 16-bit

Those settings should enable you to connect a good FM tuner to your computer's soundcard and get good quality recordings at CD quality.

It is possible that there is a timing fault on your computer's soundcard and this may be giving the wayward pitch. In which case you may want to consider using an external soundcard (I use an Edirol UA-1EX for this). See this sticky thread for reviews of soundcards that are known to play well with Audacity: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9477

WC