AUDACITY SOUND WAVES LOOKING WEIRD

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GG Allin669
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AUDACITY SOUND WAVES LOOKING WEIRD

Post by GG Allin669 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:19 pm

So i'm completely new to audacity and already have been having crashing/freezing problems on Ubuntu 18.04.4. So when i first downloaded it the soundwaves looked fine but i don't know if i accidently did something to change them and now it's horrible to look at cuz it all just look like a mess. Ive tried zoom in but it doesn't seem to help. It all just seems to blurr together likr s huge mess hah.
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Re: AUDACITY SOUND WAVES LOOKING WEIRD

Post by steve » Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:34 pm

GG Allin669 wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:19 pm
 now it's horrible to look at cuz it all just look like a mess
What do you expect that audio to look like?
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Re: AUDACITY SOUND WAVES LOOKING WEIRD

Post by GG Allin669 » Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:21 am

steve wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:34 pm
GG Allin669 wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:19 pm
 now it's horrible to look at cuz it all just look like a mess
What do you expect that audio to look like?
Not just like a straight line cuz i know im not playing like that should happen i think. So more like this -
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Re: AUDACITY SOUND WAVES LOOKING WEIRD

Post by steve » Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:59 pm

My guess is that (in your first post), the first track is a click track, and the other two tracks are distorted due to signal overload somewhere in your setup.
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