I want to print an Audacity manual, a COMPLETE manual

[Niku]

kozikowski, Steve, and waxcylinder,

Thanks for your help. Of course I'd like to have a COMPLETE Audacity manual, but since is no such thing, I'm going to review what you have suggested and print what I find to be useful. Thanks again. I've been using WireTap for many years, but I can't wait any longer for them to make their program compatible with Mountain Lion. That's why I decided to try Audacity. I've had it installed for more than a year, but the dread of having to learn another system kept me from trying. Because of this, there are a number of programs I would have finished if WireTap had been made functional, and I don't want to wait any longer. Is it THAT difficult to catch up with new operating systems? I'm certainly no expert, but if everyone else manages to do it....

[kozikowski]

Is it THAT difficult to catch up with new operating systems? I'm certainly no expert, but if everyone else manages to do it....

No, they don't. You get programs for Windows and Programs for Macs and programs for linux. Very few programs operate cross platform on all three and the ones that do are emphatically not free. They have corporate staffs, design teams and actual help desks to keep up.

Most of us who like to record from Mac use Soundfower. There is a very good piece written about how.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... n_mac.html

Koz

[Niku]

Is it THAT difficult to catch up with new operating systems? I'm certainly no expert, but if everyone else manages to do it....

No, they don't. You get programs for Windows and Programs for Macs and programs for linux. Very few programs operate cross platform on all three and the ones that do are emphatically not free. They have corporate staffs, design teams and actual help desks to keep up.

Most of us who like to record from Mac use Soundfower. There is a very good piece written about how.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... n_mac.html

Koz

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One of the most common things I do is to copy songs and put them in my
iTunes library. From there, I might want to create a video with iPhoto or iMovie for posting on YouTube. You mean I need both Soundflower and Audacity to do this? I had thought that Audacity could do it all.

[Gale Andrews]

Of course I'd like to have a COMPLETE Audacity manual, but since is no such thing

There is a complete HTML Manual here http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/ .

It is included on your computer in the Audacity "help" folder if you got the DMG of Audacity. If not, you can download it (as HTML) here http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/un ... anual.html .

Did you actually try http://gaclrecords.org.uk/man.zip which is a complete PDF Manual and the only obvious solution to printing the lot? I am certainly stressing it's unofficial but if you were to give some constructive feedback about it (particularly about the page order) then it might be possible to improve the next one for 2.0.4.

It's just no good complaining it looks shoddy, because it does. I wish we had the resources to produce a professional-looking PDF, but we don't.

I'm going to review what you have suggested and print what I find to be useful.

I think that is a perfectly reasonable solution for some cases. Just print off what you are working with at the time.

I had thought that Audacity could do it all.

Audacity can only record computer playback exactly at the time that it is playing on the sound device. Macs do not allow computer playback to be recorded in that way.

Wiretap could record computer playback on Mac because it grabbed a digital copy of the audio from the program making the sound, before it got to the sound card. Audacity cannot do that.


Gale

[Niku]

Maybe it's not important for me to be unable to install version 2.0.3.

It is important that you use the latest version with the latest bug fixes, unless you have a strong reason to go back to a previous version, for example because a feature or functionality changed in the latest version.

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, Gale, but I just started to print my manual using some of the links you so kindly provided. IT'S 884 PAGES! So, I compromised my putting the PDF file in my Documents section. I prefer reading from paper, but sometimes getting what you want is just not feasible.

Regards,

Warren Jones

[Gale Andrews]

IT'S 884 PAGES! So, I compromised my putting the PDF file in my Documents section. I prefer reading from paper, but sometimes getting what you want is just not feasible.

The actual HTML Manual is almost 200 pages ("page" not being a printed page size, but however long that page is).

I see in the "unofficial" PDF Manual, even the shortest page is at least two pages, because the Wiki sidebar links are added below each page's content (which is useful or not according to your point of view) and this overflows onto another blank page that just says "Views". This is what we mean about having to script HTML to PDF conversion.

How do you manage with the other Manuals that are only 100 printable pages? Most PDF software should let you print the whole range of pages, then if your printer has an automatic sheet feed it should just do the job (up to the capacity of the sheet feed).




Gale

[Niku]

How do you manage with the other Manuals that are only 100 printable pages? Most PDF software should let you print the whole range of pages, then if your printer has an automatic sheet feed it should just do the job (up to the capacity of the sheet feed).

I took the time to write you a detailed reply, but when I clicked on PREVIEW, it disappeared. Sorry, but I don't want to go through that again.

[Gale Andrews]

when I clicked on PREVIEW, it disappeared. Sorry, but I don't want to go through that again.

I'm sorry if that happened (it shouldn't), but if you still have that browser window or tab open you should be able to use the BACK <--- button on your browser to get the text back.

Don't worry if not. I think you said you got a company to print longer Manuals for you.


Gale

[Niku]

I'm sorry if that happened (it shouldn't), but if you still have that browser window or tab open you should be able to use the BACK <--- button on your browser to get the text back.Don't worry if not. I think you said you got a company to print longer Manuals for you.
Gale

I've had Office Depot print the following binders:
1. 32-pages (one-side), 2. 74-pages (one-side), 3. 81-pages (single-side), 4. 254-pages (both sides). The two prices I remember were $10.00 and $14.00, but they gave me one for nothing, because they had given me so much trouble.