Audacity

Aaron,

> *       I do not know what the file format of the help file is and I am not
> able to open it

You can access the online help from within Audacity - it's in the "Help"
menu.

> *       When I use the program the play and record buttons many times do not
> work. That is, when I press them, nothing happens
> *       The program has a tendency to lock up my computer
> *       When it is recording often it "skips", is silent, then keeps
> recording
> *       When it records, I have to wait awhile after I have finished cause
> if not, and I press stop, it will cut the wave short

Unfortunately these other problems are bugs in Audacity.

> *       Let's say I am trying to record harmony. I record one track. Then I
> record another track while listening to the first. If I play them back, the
> second track starts later than the first and they are off time.

This is not a bug; you're hearing the actual delay between the time
Audacity
tells your computer to play a sound and when it actually comes out of
your
speakers.

You can fix this by using the time-shift tool (the left-right arrows).

> My computer uses win 98 but I am not sure of the processor speed. Do you
> have any suggestions? What is my processor is slower than 300Mhz. How much
> RAM do I need? I have 64 mb.

We're working on the bugs you mentioned; hopefully we'll have them
fixed soon.  Using a faster computer would solve the "skipping" problem
you mentioned, but everything else is our fault.

- Dominic

I am experiencing breaks and skips when I play an mp3, and when I try to =
edit one, I'll cut out too much.  Isn't there anything that can enable =
you to be more precise?

                               Gary King.

On Feb 15, Gary King wrote:

> I am experiencing breaks and skips when I play an mp3, [...]

Can you let us know what operating system and processor you have?  It may
be that Audacity is not fast enough to play without skipping on slower
hardware.

> [...] and when I try to edit one, I'll cut out too much.  Isn't there
> anything that can enable you to be more precise?

One way to select precise regions in Audacity is to do a rough selection,
then zoom in on the edge of the selection and use shift-click to make
small changes to the boundary.  Also, the undo/redo code in Audacity 0.98b
for Windows (released yesterday!) has some slight changes that should make
it easier to undo and try again if the first selection wasn't right.  If
you are using MacOS or Unix, this updated code will be in version 0.99.

In the long term we want to add better controls for breaking a track into
precise segments, using movable "markers" to set locations for editing.

When opening files which have been recorded and saved in audacity we are
getting a 'not a valid Win 32 application, message.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks.

=CA=E0=EA =F9=E0=F1 =EF=EE=EC=ED=FE - 22 =D4=E5=E2=F0=E0=EB=FC 2002 14:06=
, =E8 Paul Clabon =EF=E8=F8=E5=F2:
> When opening files which have been recorded and saved in audacity we
> are getting a 'not a valid Win 32 application, message.
> Any suggestions?
> Many thanks.

How are you trying to open them?

--=20
[dan@... ~]$ ls -l /dev/brains
ls: /dev/brains: No such file or directory

Audacity creates two types of files:

1. Audacity project files (".aup" files) - these can only
   be opened from within Audacity.

2. Standard sound files (".wav", ".aif", etc.) - these can
   be opened by many sound programs.

Either way, if the sound files don't open when you double-click
on them, just open the application you want to use to play or
edit them (like Audacity, or Windows Media Player, etc.), and
then drag the sound to the program window and drop it there.

- Dominic

Paul Clabon wrote:
> 
> When opening files which have been recorded and saved in audacity we are
> getting a 'not a valid Win 32 application, message.
> Any suggestions?
> Many thanks.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Audacity-help mailing list
> Audacity-help@...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-help

=CA=E0=EA =F9=E0=F1 =EF=EE=EC=ED=FE - 22 =D4=E5=E2=F0=E0=EB=FC 2002 20:49=
, =E8 Dominic Mazzoni =EF=E8=F8=E5=F2:
> Either way, if the sound files don't open when you double-click
> on them, just open the application you want to use to play or
> edit them (like Audacity, or Windows Media Player, etc.), and
> then drag the sound to the program window and drop it there.

Or try file->open in that application.

Just a funny thing to remember. I've broken Windows 95 once so badly,=20
that drag'n'drup just stopped working! E.g. even no icons on desktop=20
were draggable. And a plain on-top windows install didn't helped :)

Sorry for o/t.

--=20
[dan@... ~]$ ls -l /dev/brains
ls: /dev/brains: No such file or directory

Hi :
I have never been able to hear mp3.   It always sounded gooplish so I =
assume that the encoders
are needed.    I'm running Win98se with the media player 6.4 [ don't =
want the newer versions]
The wav and midi files sounds are super,    Hope you can help.....Thanks =
!   Roy

I need some instructions on downloading the Mp3 encoders and where to =
put them.  Do I download
all of these ?
     lame-3_88BetaDLL.zip=20
     lame-3_87BetaDLL.zip=20
     lame-3_86BetaDLL.zip=20
     lame-3_85BetaDLL.zip=20
     lame-3_84BetaDLL.zip=20
     lame-3_83BetaDLL.zip=20
     lame-3_81BetaDLL.zip=20
    =20

The LAME encoder will help you create mp3 files; it has nothing
to do with listening to mp3 files you already have.

Audacity can already open mp3 files; does this work?

If you want to make your own mp3 files, just download the
latest version of lame (3.88), unzip it (using WinZip),
and put it anywhere you want.  You can put it in your
Audacity folder.  The first time Audacity creates an mp3,
it will ask you to find LAME.  After you've told it the
first time, it will remember.

- Dominic


Roy Denman wrote:
> Hi :
> 
> I have never been able to hear mp3.   It always sounded gooplish so I 
> assume that the encoders
> 
> are needed.    I'm running Win98se with the media player 6.4 [ don't 
> want the newer versions]
> 
> The wav and midi files sounds are super,    Hope you can help.....Thanks 
> !   Roy
> 
>  
> 
> I need some instructions on downloading the Mp3 encoders and _where to 
> put them_.  Do I download
> 
> all of these ?
> lame-3_88BetaDLL.zip 
> <http://www.maindex.com/lame/beta/Win32-DLL/lame-3_88BetaDLL.zip>
> lame-3_87BetaDLL.zip 
> <http://www.maindex.com/lame/beta/Win32-DLL/lame-3_87BetaDLL.zip>
> lame-3_86BetaDLL.zip 
> <http://www.maindex.com/lame/beta/Win32-DLL/lame-3_86BetaDLL.zip>
> lame-3_85BetaDLL.zip 
> <http://www.maindex.com/lame/beta/Win32-DLL/lame-3_85BetaDLL.zip>
> lame-3_84BetaDLL.zip 
> <http://www.maindex.com/lame/beta/Win32-DLL/lame-3_84BetaDLL.zip>
> lame-3_83BetaDLL.zip 
> <http://www.maindex.com/lame/beta/Win32-DLL/lame-3_83BetaDLL.zip>
> lame-3_81BetaDLL.zip 
> <http://www.maindex.com/lame/beta/Win32-DLL/lame-3_81BetaDLL.zip>
>

Is there a way I can use audacity to record a "33 1/3" LP into my compute=
r to put on a CD?

Thanks.........

Rick Powell

Tenebraerick64@... more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer download =
: http://explorer.msn.com

Как щас помню - Sunday 31 March 2002 01:55, и Rick Powell пишет:
> Is there a way I can use audacity to record a "33 1/3" LP into my
> computer to put on a CD?

Yes, with a reasonable amount of hardware (and software drivers).

First, search http://www.kernel.org for the kernel patch for 'external 
LP audio device'. You better get one for 2.4 kernel series, 'coz analog 
audio devices support is rather buggy in older ones.

Be sure to study README shipped with that; then apply patch with:

gzip -cd lp-linux-xx.gz | patch -p0

where xx is LP patch version.

Now, configure kernel as usual, and don't forget to enable 'external LP 
audio device support' in Multimedia Devices section when you 'make 
menuconfig'. You can either compile it as module or kernel built-in.

Compile your new kernel:

make dep; make clean; make bzImage && make modules && make 
modules_install

Voila! Now just grab your kernel image and copy it to /boot with a 
reasonable name, like bzImage-2.4.18-lp-patch.bz2, add a LILO entry for 
it and run lilo.

Reboot with your new kernel and you got LP support in audacity (at least 
CVS version should work, I suppose).

>
> Thanks.........

Good luck!

>
> Rick Powell
>
> Tenebraerick64@... more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer
> download : http://explorer.msn.com

Sure I'll grab it!

-- 
[dan@... ~]$ ls -l /dev/brains
ls: /dev/brains: No such file or directory

P.S. Happy fool's day :)

Ha ha ha!

I wonder if you could get MSN Explorer to run using Wine?  :)

Happy 4/1,
Dominic

Daniil V. Kolpakov wrote:
>>Is there a way I can use audacity to record a "33 1/3" LP into my
>>computer to put on a CD
> 
> Voila! Now just grab your kernel image and copy it to /boot with a 
> reasonable name, like bzImage-2.4.18-lp-patch.bz2, add a LILO entry for 
> it and run lilo.
> 
> Reboot with your new kernel and you got LP support in audacity (at least 
> CVS version should work, I suppose).
>
>>Tenebraerick64@... more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer
>>download : http://explorer.msn.com
> 
> Sure I'll grab it!
> 
> P.S. Happy fool's day  [:)]

Hello,

I'm hoping that you might be able to give me a bit of help in getting strated with audacity.  I have the program on my machine but I cannot seem to import music.  I have tried using a compact disc, selecting import audio and raw data; neither work.  What am I doing wrong?  I get an error message saying that the file is too small to analyze.  Is there anything I can do?  Thank you so much if you get this and are willing to give me a hand.  I really want to get using the program.

 

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with audacity.  I have the program on my machine but I cannot seem to import
music.  I have tried using a compact disc, selecting import audio and raw data;
neither work.  What am I doing wrong?  I get an error message saying that the
file is too small to analyze.  Is there anything I can do?  Thank you so much if
you get this and are willing to give me a hand.  I really want to get using the
program. 
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the system. There is a replacement of the CD File System, but it's nowhere as
good, secure or fast as Exact Audio Copy or CDex.

Jump to http://www.exactaudiocopy.de and grab the most secure ripper available.
It's non-crippled postcardware.

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On Jul 30, Kevin Handke wrote:

> Ok, when I import an mp3. file, i would like to know how to remove some
> of the words that the artist is saying without removing the sound, like
> just taking out a word with the song goes on, i just want the word out....

You can select the words you want to remove and use the "Delete" command to
remove them.  However, this will also delete the background music behind the
words.  If you want, you can replace the deleted portion with a copied clip
from another part of the song, or you could instead use various effects to
cover up or distort the words.

Another thing to try is using the FFT filter effect to remove certain
frequencies from a selected audio clip.  The filter works much like the
graphical equalizer on a stereo -- if you drag parts of the line down to
the bottom of the window, the corresponding frequencies will be quieted.
It make take some experimenting to find the settings that will best eliminate
a particular voice.

In general, an audio recording does not contain enough information to separate
one voice from other sounds in the background.  There are some tricks you can
use if you are working with a stereo file.  If the speaking is on only one
channel, you can eliminate that channel.  If it is in the center channel, you
can select one of the channels and use the "invert" effect, then select both
channels and use "quick mix" to combine them.  This may succeed in eliminating
the center stereo channel.

You wrote:
------------
I was woundering if i could get some help on using Audacity,
Ok, when I import an mp3. file, i would like to know how to remove some of the
words that the artist is saying without removing the sound, like just taking out
a word with the song goes on, i just want the word out....
Could you explain to me how to do this?
------------

Since Matt already nailed it, here's a little help for the cut/replace option,
which I think will require least luck :).

Select the words. Then do a SPLIT (CTRL+Y).

Now look for a piece that resembles the background music from the unwated words
section the best. The same instruments and harmonies are the best here of
course, but similar harmonies might do as well.

Then select the part that might replace the stuff and DUPLICATE (CTRL+D) it.
MUTE that duplicate.

When you edit the replacement later on, you can always alternate between your
edited version and the orignal that way. Just MUTE the one you don't want to
hear.

Now use the timeshift tool to shift it over to the spot where you SPLIT away the
words.
Alternatly, COPY(CTRL+C) the replacement part, create a new audio track(menu ->
Project/New Audio Track), place the cursor in the new track, somewhere near the
SPLIT away words and PASTE(CTRL+V).

Now shift it around untill you're halfway happy with the timing.

Now use the envelop tool to fade the edges of the replacement and the edges of
the original track. This is a critical part too. It make take time to get it
right.

 Take care
  Tony

I am starting to use your software. Please can you tell me if it is =
possible to download your help instead of gong on line.
we do not have a broadband connection and use  dialup.
hilly Nachman

The help is available inside Audacity by selecting "Online Help"
from the Help menu.

You can also download it here:

   http://audacity.sourceforge.net/audacity-manual-1.0.0-A.zip

- Dominic

Hilly Nachman wrote:
> I am starting to use your software. Please can you tell me if it is 
> possible to download your help instead of gong on line.
> we do not have a broadband connection and use  dialup.
> hilly Nachman

Hello !

I have downloaded your freeware Audacity. Thank you !
For the wave sample I have not problems but I can't play the midi files
: when I Imported them I can see them on the screen but it not possible
to play them. However my PC can read the midi files because I have other
music freeware.
Can you help me ?
Audiacity can work with midi and audio files together ?

Thank you very much for your answer.

f.marrie@...

Audacity opens MIDI files, but it is not a MIDI editor, and its MIDI features are extremely
limited. You cannot play MIDI files with Audacity.

Brian Gunlogson

--- Françoise MARRIE  <f.marrie@...> wrote:
> Hello !
> 
> I have downloaded your freeware Audacity. Thank you !
> For the wave sample I have not problems but I can't play the midi files
> : when I Imported them I can see them on the screen but it not possible
> to play them. However my PC can read the midi files because I have other
> music freeware.
> Can you help me ?
> Audiacity can work with midi and audio files together ?
> 
> Thank you very much for your answer.
> 
> f.marrie@...


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Hi
My name is STS and I am 15years old 2day
But your really good program "Audacity" will not work on my Powermac ( 8.6 )
because I don't
have "textension" !!
Help

STS

Thanx

Audacity requires Mac OS 9 or higher.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
Brian Gunlogson

--- Superstartom <superstartom@...> wrote:
> Hi
> My name is STS and I am 15years old 2day
> But your really good program "Audacity" will not work on my Powermac ( 8.6 )
> because I don't
> have "textension" !!
> Help
> 
> STS
> 
> Thanx


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Salut ; je ne sais pas si on peut vous =E9crire en fran=E7ais ou pas ! mais
j'esp=E8re que oui ; voil=E0 audacity me plait beaucoup mais je ne sais pas
comment je fait pour le son sort de ma carte sons DJ 001; merci de m'aider =
.

Hi
I have some tunes which are wma type,and i wish to copy them to cd.Will =
the audacity program help me to do this?,as i am a complete novice with =
creating cds and there seems to be so many different programs around =
it's difficult to know which one is the most successful.
Yours Sincerely,

Lynne Ramsell.

Lynne Ramsell wrote:

> Hi
> I have some tunes which are wma type,and i wish to copy them to 
> cd.Will the audacity program help me to do this?,as i am a complete 
> novice with creating cds and there seems to be so many different 
> programs around it's difficult to know which one is the most successful.
> Yours Sincerely,
>  
> Lynne Ramsell.

Hi Lynne,

If you have music files that are 'wma' type, then the WMA stands for 
Windows Media Audio.  That file type isn't currently supported by 
Audacity, as it is owned by Microsoft.  

However, if you have a PC that's running Windows XP, then your computer 
almost certainly has a program called Windows Media Player on it.  To 
find Windows Media Player, go to your start menu and look under 'All 
Programs->Accessories' or  'All Programs-Accessories->Entertainment'  

Windows Media Player should be in one of the two locations above.  If it 
is, then you should be able to load the 'wma' sound files into Windows 
Media Player, and Windows Media Player should give you an option (on the 
left side of the screen) to copy the tunes onto a CD.

If you're running an older version of Windows, then you may still be 
able to get the latest version of Windows Media Player from 
 http://www.windowsupdate.com

However, if you have a slow connection to the internet, this last option 
may take a considerable amount of time.

Let me know if this helps,

Mark

Hi,
Many thanks for Audacity 1.0 which I was able to learn to use... even as =
an old dummy. I've now burned my first CD with teaching material. You =
really blessed me and saved my sanity.

I have two incredibly simple questions:

1. I had trouble recording several tracks at the same volume with my =
microphone, so when I put the tracks together there was a difference of =
sound level. I tried to use theenvelope to change the volume, but could =
only make the louder one "too soft". When I tried to increase the =
Amplitude on the soft track, I found it created lots of distortion. How =
can I simply increase the volume on a too-soft recording so I can match =
it to another track at the same volume?

2. I'm used to recording to old fashioned cassette recorders. You know: =
record, rewind, play, pause, re-record, and repeat everytime I make a =
mistake or need a break. I've worked out that I can accomplish the same =
with multiple tracks, but it seemed a bit laborious. Am I being too old =
fashioned to wonder why you only provided 3 buttons and not the 5 you'd =
find on an old fashioned cassette player? I guess you had to start =
somewhere, which is fine!

You're a real blessing,
Tim

bartimee wrote:
> Hi,
> Many thanks for Audacity 1.0 which I was able to learn to use... even as 
> an old dummy. I've now burned my first CD with teaching material. 
> You really blessed me and saved my sanity.
>  
> I have two incredibly simple questions:
>  
> 1. I had trouble recording several tracks at the same volume with my 
> microphone, so when I put the tracks together there was a difference of 
> sound level. I tried to use theenvelope to change the volume, but could 
> only make the louder one "too soft". When I tried to increase the 
> Amplitude on the soft track, I found it created lots of distortion. How 
> can I simply increase the volume on a too-soft recording so I can match 
> it to another track at the same volume?

It's not easy.  The typical problem is that one track might be
softer on average, but at its loudest parts it's just as loud
as another track.  When you increaes its volume, the loud parts
get distorted.

In the future, we hope to have Audacity automate this process a
little.

In the meantime, one trick you can use is to use the Envelope to
make the loud parts quieter, then raise the volume of everything.

Doing this automatically is called "compression", because it
compresses the dynamic range.  Audacity doesn't have automatic
compression support yet.  (The term is confusing because the
word "compression" also refers to making a computer file smaller
by exploiting patterns, for example "zipping" a file.  They're
unrelated.)

> 2. I'm used to recording to old fashioned cassette recorders. You know: 
> record, rewind, play, pause, re-record, and repeat everytime I make a 
> mistake or need a break. I've worked out that I can accomplish the same 
> with multiple tracks, but it seemed a bit laborious. Am I being too old 
> fashioned to wonder why you only provided 3 buttons and not the 5 you'd 
> find on an old fashioned cassette player? I guess you had to start 
> somewhere, which is fine!

The beta version has rewind and FF buttons, plus pause and a lot more.
Feel free to give it a try, though you should probably keep 1.0 around
while we're still working out the kinks.

- Dominic

> You're a real blessing,
> Tim
>

Hello i downloaded your beta ver. for Mac osx and when i try to play what   I 
record the program quits on its own. Please let me know what i can do to 
prevent this thanks


marco

I am trying to convert midi files into Wav files. I am importing the =
midi file and then exporting them as Wav files but can hear no sound. =
Can you give me a crash course on how to convert midi files into Wav =
files.
Many thanks

Kerry

JSK760@... wrote:
> Hello i downloaded your beta ver. for Mac osx and when i try to play 
> what  I record the program quits on its own. Please let me know what i 
> can do to prevent this thanks

can you tell me exactly what Mac OS X version, like 10.2.6 or 10.1.5?

Also, what Mac and/or what sound card do you use?  It could be a
compatibility problem.

- Dominic

> 
> marco

Sorry, can't do this in Audacity - at least not directly.

MIDI files need to be synthesized.  If you like they way they sound
using a MIDI player, you can try to play using a MIDI player, then
record from your wave out using Audacity.

- Dominic

Kerry Evenden wrote:
> I am trying to convert midi files into Wav files. I am importing the 
> midi file and then exporting them as Wav files but can hear no sound. 
> Can you give me a crash course on how to convert midi files into Wav files.
> Many thanks
>  
> Kerry

Hello, first to congratulate you for your great software. =20
 =20
I write you for if you can help me, I am compiling for windows the =
version 1.3 and when opening up in visual c+ 6.0 the file workspace =
"audacity.dsw" he/she doesn't appear me anything. =20
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If I open the "audacity.dsw" of the version 1.0 if they appear me the =
files, but when compiling me these errors they appear: =20
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I am quite lost. If please you can help me a little me. =20
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Greetings and thank you. =20
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Xisco Pieras




--------------------Configuration: Audacity - Win32 Release =
DLL--------------------
Compiling...
sndheader.c
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(146) : error C2065: =
'int32_t' : undeclared identifier
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2061: =
syntax error : identifier 'revlong'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2059: =
syntax error : ';'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2146: =
syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'l'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2061: =
syntax error : identifier 'l'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2059: =
syntax error : ')'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(160) : error C2449: found =
'{' at file scope (missing function header?)
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(165) : error C2059: =
syntax error : '}'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2146: =
syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'l'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2081: =
'int32_t' : name in formal parameter list illegal
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2061: =
syntax error : identifier 'l'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2059: =
syntax error : ';'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2059: =
syntax error : ')'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(207) : error C2449: found =
'{' at file scope (missing function header?)
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(210) : error C2059: =
syntax error : '}'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(219) : warning C4013: =
'writelong' undefined; assuming extern returning int
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(219) : warning C4013: =
'revlong' undefined; assuming extern returning int
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(225) : warning C4013: =
'writeshort' undefined; assuming extern returning int
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(487) : error C2059: =
syntax error : ')'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(490) : error C2065: =
'hdr_size' : undeclared identifier
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(491) : error C2065: =
'trash' : undeclared identifier
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(493) : error C2065: =
'rate' : undeclared identifier
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(565) : error C2059: =
syntax error : 'else'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(722) : error C2059: =
syntax error : 'else'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(805) : error C2059: =
syntax error : 'else'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(814) : error C2059: =
syntax error : 'if'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(820) : error C2059: =
syntax error : 'return'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(821) : error C2059: =
syntax error : '}'
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(877) : warning C4013: =
'write_zeros' undefined; assuming extern returning int
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(890) : error C2059: =
syntax error : ')'
Generating Code...
Compiling...
LoadVSTWin.cpp
C:\WXWINDOWS_2.4.0\INCLUDE\wx/msw/toplevel.h(96) : error C2059: syntax =
error : 'constant'
ImportMP3.cpp
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\ImportMP3.cpp(224) : fatal error C1083: =
Cannot open include file: 'xaudio/win/include/decoder.h': No such file =
or directory
ImportOGG.cpp
C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\ImportOGG.cpp(42) : fatal error C1083: =
Cannot open include file: 'vorbis/vorbisfile.h': No such file or =
directory
Generating Code...
Error executing cl.exe.

audacity.exe - 29 error(s), 4 warning(s)

LOWE USA wrote:
> Hello, first to congratulate you for your great software. 
>  
> I write you for if you can help me, I am compiling for windows the 
> version 1.3 and when opening up in visual c+ 6.0 the file workspace 
> "audacity.dsw" he/she doesn't appear me anything. 

Please continue trying 1.1.3.

Try opening "audacity.dsp"

Also look at the file audacity\win\compile.txt - it has complete
instructions.

- Dominic


> If I open the "audacity.dsw" of the version 1.0 if they appear me the 
> files, but when compiling me these errors they appear: 
>  
> I am quite lost. If please you can help me a little me. 
>  
> Greetings and thank you. 
>  
> Xisco Pieras
>  
>  
>  
>  
> --------------------Configuration: Audacity - Win32 Release 
> DLL--------------------
> Compiling...
> sndheader.c
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(146) : error C2065: 
> 'int32_t' : undeclared identifier
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2061: 
> syntax error : identifier 'revlong'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : ';'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2146: 
> syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'l'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2061: 
> syntax error : identifier 'l'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(159) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : ')'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(160) : error C2449: found 
> '{' at file scope (missing function header?)
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(165) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : '}'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2146: 
> syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'l'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2081: 
> 'int32_t' : name in formal parameter list illegal
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2061: 
> syntax error : identifier 'l'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : ';'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(206) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : ')'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(207) : error C2449: found 
> '{' at file scope (missing function header?)
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(210) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : '}'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(219) : warning C4013: 
> 'writelong' undefined; assuming extern returning int
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(219) : warning C4013: 
> 'revlong' undefined; assuming extern returning int
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(225) : warning C4013: 
> 'writeshort' undefined; assuming extern returning int
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(487) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : ')'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(490) : error C2065: 
> 'hdr_size' : undeclared identifier
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(491) : error C2065: 
> 'trash' : undeclared identifier
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(493) : error C2065: 
> 'rate' : undeclared identifier
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(565) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : 'else'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(722) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : 'else'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(805) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : 'else'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(814) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : 'if'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(820) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : 'return'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(821) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : '}'
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(877) : warning C4013: 
> 'write_zeros' undefined; assuming extern returning int
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\snd\sndheader.c(890) : error C2059: 
> syntax error : ')'
> Generating Code...
> Compiling...
> LoadVSTWin.cpp
> C:\WXWINDOWS_2.4.0\INCLUDE\wx/msw/toplevel.h(96) : error C2059: syntax 
> error : 'constant'
> ImportMP3.cpp
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\ImportMP3.cpp(224) : fatal error C1083: 
> Cannot open include file: 'xaudio/win/include/decoder.h': No such file 
> or directory
> ImportOGG.cpp
> C:\audacity\audacity-src-1.0.0\ImportOGG.cpp(42) : fatal error C1083: 
> Cannot open include file: 'vorbis/vorbisfile.h': No such file or directory
> Generating Code...
> Error executing cl.exe.
>  
> audacity.exe - 29 error(s), 4 warning(s)
>

My disc that I just purchased and am trying to run on my Mac Power PC with 
system 9.. DOESN'T WORK!  I've tried everything.  It locks up all the time.  I 
can't even get into the preferences.  Even when I just hit record it locks up.  
I read some of the read me's and I seem to not have some of the files needed 
as well.  Like some MP3 files and such.  What next?

-Matt

SWMINISTRY@... wrote:

> My disc that I just purchased and am trying to run on my Mac Power PC
> with system 9.. DOESN'T WORK!  I've tried everything.  It locks up all
> the time.  I can't even get into the preferences.  Even when I just
> hit record it locks up.  I read some of the read me's and I seem to
> not have some of the files needed as well.  Like some MP3 files and
> such.  What next?

You can try downloading latest stable version (1.0) or beta version
(1.1.1) of Audacity from this page:

  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6235

More information is at the Audacity web site:

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Unfortunately, later versions of Audacity are not available for MacOS 9.
None of the developers currently use MacOS 9, so we aren't able to
provide good support for OS 9 users.

If Audacity won't run on your machine correctly, you may want to ask for
a refund for the CD you purchased.

Hi...,

I want to extract a section of an audio file from my HD. No problem =
doing playback and recording.
But after saving the new project on whatever directory it becomes =
impossible to open it because software Himno.aup  is requested as a =
condition to open a "File AUP', and I don't have this software.
What should I do?
Thanks,

Glauco

plb wrote:

> I want to extract a section of an audio file from my HD. No problem
> doing playback and recording.  But after saving the new project on
> whatever directory it becomes impossible to open it because software
> Himno.aup  is requested as a condition to open a "File AUP', and I
> don't have this software.

"Himno.aup" is an Audacity project.  You can open it in Audacity using
the Open command in the File menu.

In Audacity you can use the Export command in the File menu to create a
normal sound file.

Dears,
I try to use Audacity 1.1 for renew old music. I save File (e.g.
aa1.aup) and close the program. After that I open Audacity and I want
to open aa1.aup.  It is impossible and Message appears: Error: not
well-formed at line 4.
What does it mean ?
Please help me.=20
=20
My best New Year Greetings
=20
Zygmunt Kwa=B6nicki

Zygmunt Kwa=B6nicki wrote:

> I try to use Audacity 1.1 for renew old music. I save File (e.g.
> aa1.aup) and close the program. After that I open Audacity and I want
> to open aa1.aup.  It is impossible and Message appears: Error: not
> well-formed at line 4.

This is caused by a bug in Audacity 1.1.  This is fixed in Audacity
1.2.0-pre3:

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

The bug occurs when Audacity 1.1 saves to a file or folder with certain
non-English characters in its name.  You can repair the broken AUP file
by opening it in a text editor and changing the file/folder name at line
4.  You may need to move or rename the project file and folder, to match
the new name you choose.

If you would like help repairing the file, please send us a copy of the
project file (AUP file only, not the data folder).

Dear Matt,
=20
Thank You for Your very quick answer.  It is O.K.
=20
Zygmunt Kwa=B6nicki
=20

Hi, I need to know if audacity will slow down or speed up tempos without =
changing the key of a song, will allow me to change the key without =
changing the tempo, and remove vocals. Thanks, Terry

Hello, my name is Luiz Fernando. I=B4m from Brazil and have just =
downloaded Audacity.

First of all, I=B4d like to congratulate you for this wonderful =
software. It=B4s very easy to get what you want from it. Thanks!!

But, I have a little problem:=20
I recorded myself playing a guitar. That was great. However,  I recorded =
de 2nd track (my voice) and when both tracks were playing together, the =
second started after the first track. But I recorded the second track =
listening to the first.

Can you help me ?

Looking Forward for an answer,

Luiz Fernando.

=20
Dear Matt,
=20
I would like to refer to Your last help and I send You my next question.

I had to stop my work intending to renew my old music, recorded on black
vinyl plates. It is caused that I have no time.
I stopped my work in state as follow:=20
When I cancelled Polish native characters (as You advised) project files
started work correctly. But new problem occurs.
Audacity 1.1 records on both stereo channels the same signal (music).
Input signal is stereo and it is unquestionable because I have vinyl
test plate and channels are audible clearly in speakers. I tried to
solve this problem by revising properties of audio controller.
Unfortunately without success.
=20
My computer is equipped in WINDOWS XP Home and controller
NVIDIARnFORCETAudio ver. 5.10.2856.0
=20
If You could help me I would be very happy.
=20
My best greetings
=20
Zygmunt Kwa=B6nicki
=20
=20
=20
=20

This is a known bug with all versions of audacity after 1.0.0 (not
affected) prior to 1.2 pre3 (when the bug was fixed) it causes samples to
get shuffled between stereo channels, s a mixed up mess ends up in both.
The current pre-release version (1.2pre3) is avaliable at
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/beta.php

Please note that sourceforge are experienceing server problems, so this
may be tempoarily unavaliable.

Richard Ash


On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, [iso-8859-2] Zygmunt Kwa=B6nicki wrote:

> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:52:49 +0100
> From: "[iso-8859-2] Zygmunt Kwa=B6nicki" <futurekids-radom@...>
> To: Matt Brubeck <audacity-help@...>
> Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>
>
> Dear Matt,
>
> I would like to refer to Your last help and I send You my next question.
>
> I had to stop my work intending to renew my old music, recorded on black
> vinyl plates. It is caused that I have no time.
> I stopped my work in state as follow:
> When I cancelled Polish native characters (as You advised) project files
> started work correctly. But new problem occurs.
> Audacity 1.1 records on both stereo channels the same signal (music).
> Input signal is stereo and it is unquestionable because I have vinyl
> test plate and channels are audible clearly in speakers. I tried to
> solve this problem by revising properties of audio controller.
> Unfortunately without success.
>
> My computer is equipped in WINDOWS XP Home and controller
> NVIDIARnFORCETAudio ver. 5.10.2856.0
>
> If You could help me I would be very happy.
>
> My best greetings
>
> Zygmunt Kwa=B6nicki
>
>
>
>
>

The Change Pitch effect on the Effect Menu in the current pre-release
(1.2pre3) provides the key change facility you are looking for.

Audacity does not have a built-in voice-removal effect, but our FAQ
explains how to remove vocals from certain stereo recordings:

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/faq.php#a2


Richard Ash

On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 03:27, Terry Snyder wrote:
> Hi, I need to know if audacity will slow down or speed up tempos
> without changing the key of a song, will allow me to change the key
> without changing the tempo, and remove vocals. Thanks, Terry

I am probably a little dense but don't know how to convert the audio =
file that audacity generates with an .auf extension to an mpeg file.  =
Nothing I have recognizes the .auf extension.  Thank you.  Ron Sprenger

Use File > Export as MP3, with the LAME encoder library installed, to
create an mpeg I layer 3 audio file. The .aup (audacity project) is a
custom file format that only audacity uses, but allow us to save
multiple seperate tracks, settings, etc.

Richard Ash


We do not directly host or develop the LAME library. It's home page
fordevelopment is at 
http://lame.sourceforge.net/
but does not host runnable programs, only source code.

There are numerous places hosting compiled binaries (including the dll
you need). http://mitiok.free.fr/has links to a number,
includinghttp://www.xs4all.nl/~bn/mitiok/lame-3.95.1.zip(in case the
site is on the blink, although it works at the moment).

Any of these zip files should contain the dll you are looking for,
lame-enc.dll which you can extract and then use with audacity

Download the the .zip file , and open it in a utility like winzip, or
windows explorer in newer versions of windows.

Take the lame-enc.dll file and extract (uncompress) it to a directory on
you hard drive.
The directory where you installed Audacity would be a good idea. This is
probably C:\Program Files\Audacity or similar.

Open Audacity and go to File > Preferences.

Go to the 'File Formats' tab

In the bottom of the window there is a section tabled 'MP3 Export
Setup'.

Click on the link tabled 'Find Library'

This will ask you if you want to locate 'lame-enc.dll'. Click 'yes'

In the dialogue box, go to the folder where you put the lame-enc.dll
file earlier, and select it.

Click OK

You should now be able to export files to the mp3 format.


On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 02:15, Ron Sprenger wrote:
> I am probably a little dense but don't know how to convert the audio
> file that audacity generates with an .auf extension to an mpeg file. 
> Nothing I have recognizes the .auf extension.  Thank you.  Ron
> Sprenger

Dear Audacity,

How do I take out a skip in an MP3 format song?
The song has a momentary skip in it.

Thank you.

Gaines

Hey people!
I've downloaded your Audacity software from download.com page.
I saw that it offered a lot of stuff for free while other people have been offering the same thing for money.
It is a really excellent idea and it has all the necessary functions for an audio production.
After I had installed it, Audacity opened normally and it could open existing audio files.
Then I tried to record something through microphone or through line-in, it was OK, it did it, but when I tried to edit those sounds it crashed my PC several times, and finally my screen became blue with message:
"An exception 0E has occured at 0028:C001545A in VxD. This was called from 0028:C024C5D5 in VxD---"
The computer suggested me to press any key to continue, and when I did it, the screen became blue again and said "A fatal exception 0D has occured at 03BC:0E17006D.." and so on.
I would really love your project become success, and since I'm not a computer expert (but just an ordinary user), I would like to know if the problem was my PC or your software.
Thanks!
Miki.
 
P.S.
 
I saw you offer several language packs within the Audacity. Can you please make a version in Bosnian too?


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On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 00:52, Gaines Griffin wrote:
> How do I take out a skip in an MP3 format song?

Select the skip section, and then hit delete to remove it. If this
causes an audible click, then zoom in on the join and use the draw
(pencil) tool to move the adjacent samples to smooth the joint out.

Richard Ash

I am trying to split a long audio track into shorter tracks, I followed 
all of your instructions on this. but in the edit menu the "split" 
option remains greyed out no matter what I do
can you point me in the right direction?

I need help with trying to add msuic to me speaking with it.It will not let 
me add any effects either.

Uni MatrixZero wrote:

> I am trying to split a long audio track into shorter tracks, I
> followed all of your instructions on this. but in the edit menu the
> "split" option remains greyed out no matter what I do can you point me
> in the right direction?

First select part of a track by highlighting it with the Selection tool.
Then you can use the Split command to move it into a separate track.

If this doesn't help, please let us know what version of Audacity you
are using, and what operating system.

Thanks for the reply!
I already figured it out with help from your excellent online manual
I guess I'm dumb, because it is very easy
Great App!

On 20-apr-04, at 19:44, Matt Brubeck wrote:

> Uni MatrixZero wrote:
>
>> I am trying to split a long audio track into shorter tracks, I
>> followed all of your instructions on this. but in the edit menu the
>> "split" option remains greyed out no matter what I do can you point me
>> in the right direction?
>
> First select part of a track by highlighting it with the Selection 
> tool.
> Then you can use the Split command to move it into a separate track.
>
> If this doesn't help, please let us know what version of Audacity you
> are using, and what operating system.
>

Actress901@... wrote:

> I need help with trying to add msuic to me speaking with it.

You can add a music file to your project by using the "Import Audio"
command to open a WAV or MP3 file.

Can you give more details of what your goal is, and what problems you
are having?

> It will not let me add any effects either.

First selected some audio, using the Selection tool or the "Select All"
command.  Then you can apply effects to the highlighted area.

All I am trying to do is edit a verse out of a song from an audio CD.  I
want to be able to place the cursor in a specific location, rather than have
to listen to the song from the beginning each time.  For example, I listen
up to a place I want to edit and hit pause.  I want to move the cursor bit
by bit until I get to the spot I want to edit.

How do I do this?

Thanks.

tjs22655 wrote:

> All I am trying to do is edit a verse out of a song from an audio CD.
> I want to be able to place the cursor in a specific location, rather
> than have to listen to the song from the beginning each time.  For
> example, I listen up to a place I want to edit and hit pause.  I want
> to move the cursor bit by bit until I get to the spot I want to edit.

You can simply click anywhere in the track to place the cursor there.
Or click and drag to highlight a small section, and press "Play" to hear
only the selected part.

Use the zoom in / zoom out controls and the scrollbars if you can't see
the part of the track you are interested in.

To whoever.
                Would and could you please  help me out of a dilemma =
regarding Audacity.

                I expect the answer to be simple but at my age ( 72 ) =
some simple things are quite awesome and complicated.

                I am trying to copy tracks from my LP's and Audio Tapes =
on to CD.=20

                It would appear as though I need a program (I presume =
one of yours ) LAME 3.96. Having found it on your website  and           =
  duly downloaded it and unzipped it nothing happens !!!!!  the file =
Lame.exe just does not work ??. The icon for it looks like             =
one of the older type DOS icons.

                Am I doing something wrong.

                If its of any help I have a Athelon chip running at 2.6 =
MHz. My children purchased it ( second hand ) for to pass as =20
            they call it my ageing years    ??

               Being a pensioner I can not afford many  ( if  any) =
programs and find people like yourselves a godsend.

                I would be very appreciative of all and any help you can =
give me BUT please not to technical or complicated

                                                                         =
                           Thanking you in advance

                                                                         =
                                       Patrick M Whitty

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 03:24, Pat & Ruby wrote:
> I am trying to copy tracks from my LP's and Audio Tapes on to CD. 
>  
> It would appear as though I need a program (I presume one of yours )
> LAME 3.96.
This is not developed by us, but is used to create mp3 files. These are
in a compressed audio format, which saves disk space compared to some
other formats. They are widely used for music on the internet and
portable music players.

If you are creating audio CDs then you don't need to have mp3 support
set up, as you can use WAV files to create CDs. These can be exported by
audacity using the File > Export as WAV option.

>  Having found it on your website and duly downloaded it and unzipped
> it nothing happens !!!!!  the file Lame.exe just does not work ??. The
> icon for it looks like one of the older type DOS icons.
The lame download contains several tools based on the same code. Th eone
you have found (lame.exe) is a stand-alone encoding application, but one
that needs to be run from a command prompt (it is, as you say, as
DOS-style application). Audacity uses another file from the same zip
archive, called lame_enc.dll.

This file can be located anywhere on your computer. When you try to
export to the mp3 format for the first time, audacity will ask where the
file is located. Once you have located the file, audacity will find and
use it automatically each time you export to mp3.

If you need more information, some common answers, and detailed
instructions on the LAME program, are online at:
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/AudacityHelp.html

If this doesn't help, please feel free to ask so I can improve the
answers.

Richard Ash

Curious about exporting .mp3 or .wav files and the need for =
lame_dnc.dll.=20
Cannot find in the files downloaded. Can you direct me to the source of =
this file?

Thank you,

R.F. Wunder

1. Follow the link to LAME from our website (it's right underneath the=20=

download icon for your platform, like Windows or Mac OS X).

2. Download the latest version of LAME you see on that site, e.g.=20
lame-3.96.zip from one of the various mirrors.

3. Unzip the file

4. This will produce the file lame_enc.dll, which is what Audacity=20
wants.

- Dominic




On May 22, 2004, at 5:52 AM, <rich2111@...> wrote:
> Curious about exporting .mp3 or .wav files and the need for=20
> lame_dnc.dll.
>  Cannot find in the files downloaded. Can you direct me to the source=20=

> of this file?
> =A0
> Thank you,
> =A0
> R.F. Wunder

I downloaded your telephone recording system but I have a lot of noise. It
is about 3 to 4 times louder than my voice.
Can you help me with phone recording?  Also I would like to use my headset
for conversations.

Brian Dolata
906 Division St.
Green Bay, WI 54303
920-498-9468


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On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 22:01, Brian Dolata wrote:
> I downloaded your telephone recording system but I have a lot of noise. It
> is about 3 to 4 times louder than my voice.
> Can you help me with phone recording?  Also I would like to use my headset
> for conversations.
If you are looking for Audacity PVR, (from Audio Storage Technologies)
then you are in the wrong place, you want:
http://www.audiost.com/advr.htm

Note that despite out website being indicated by a number of makers of
telephone recording hardware we are not in any way affiliated to or
supported by these people.

Audacity is primarily an audio editor and recording package, which can
be used for recording telephone conversations with the correct hardware,
however we don't have such hardware and can't offer specific help on
setting it up correctly.

You will need to set an appropriate level for recording in audacity
using the record level slider (with a mic icon), and select the
appropriate device from the drop down list of inputs. If you are
recording from a modem, you may have to change the audio device in the
Audacity preferences (on the File menu).

Richard Ash

I've never used a program like this before and wanted to be able to play =
a cassette into my computer microphone and make a WAVE file.  Someone on =
the Quicktime discussion board gave me your website to download audacity =
program.

I downloaded it and when I went to install it is says that the files are =
corrupted.

Can you help me get a good version of this for use?

Thank you,
Cheri  Fish
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I would like to record a new track at the same time I play an existing 
one.  Currently I can not record and listen to a track.  My computer has 
the capabilities to do this, I am usin an external sound blaster sound 
device.

My recording time is running out rapidly, does it go down as the program runs? How do I get my time back to full? How do I delete the files from my hard disk? Any help will be great. Thanks.


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I want to first thank you providing a great looking product. My challenge is that after downloading your program I have not been able to use all it functions. The items in the Edit dropdown window are not highlighted is there something I am missing? Thanks in advance for all your help.

Bill
(New Jersey USA)

Bill wrote:

> I want to first thank you providing a great looking product. My
> challenge is that after downloading your program I have not been able
> to use all it functions. The items in the Edit dropdown window are not
> highlighted is there something I am missing?

You must select some audio (using the Select All command, or the
Selection tool) before you can use most commands.

Thanks for the quick response. Works great!

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Brubeck" <mbrubeck@...>
To: "Bill" <billk3@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


> Bill wrote:
> 
>> I want to first thank you providing a great looking product. My
>> challenge is that after downloading your program I have not been able
>> to use all it functions. The items in the Edit dropdown window are not
>> highlighted is there something I am missing?
> 
> You must select some audio (using the Select All command, or the
> Selection tool) before you can use most commands.

I have just learnd about your program.
Who do I generate a AV file fron a MIDI file

Regards
Bj=F6rn

Hi, I'm Josu Etxeberria, I live in the Basque Country, and I want to 
make my University final project using Audacity code. I want to 
simplify Audacity and make another audio editor "specifically" for 
street music groups, to make better their recordings without calling an 
expert. I want to make it in Euskara and Spanish, both languages used 
here. My problem is that I'm not a good programmer and I don't know how 
to do that all. I don't know what to download from the Audacity source 
code and which are all the instruments I need to start analyzing and 
working. I need some help and I want your opinion, because I have 320 
hours to make this work and I have to know if it is so difficult or it 
can be simplier, and make it.

(I'm sorry, I don't write very well in English, but I hope you'll 
understand all)

YENINOZU wrote:

> Hi, I'm Josu Etxeberria, I live in the Basque Country, and I want to
> make my University final project using Audacity code. I want to
> simplify Audacity and make another audio editor "specifically" for
> street music groups, to make better their recordings without calling
> an expert.

You should join the audacity-devel email list:

  http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel

Send a message to the list, and describe your ideas.  What parts of
Audacity do you want to simplify?  How do you want your finished program
to look and work?  We can help you figure out what to change, and show
you how to get started on it.

> I want to make it in Euskara and Spanish, both languages used here.

This web page tells how to translate Audacity:

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/translation/

> My problem is that I'm not a good programmer and I don't know how to
> do that all. I don't know what to download from the Audacity source
> code and which are all the instruments I need to start analyzing and
> working.

First, you should get the latest Audacity 1.2 code from CVS:

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/cvs.php

Audacity is written in the C++ programming language.  If you are using
Windows, you will need Microsoft Visual Studio.  For Linux and Mac OS X
you can use the free/libre "GCC" compiler.

Write to the audacity-devel list for more information.

Hi

Thank you for Audacity. It is just what I was looking for. Can you help =
me though on one thing please.

The only time it seems to me that I can edit the sound is if I first =
press STOP. That's OK, but when I restart recording on that same file, =
the sound is there OK but I cannot edit visually because there is no =
WAVE LINE visible to edit (only the sound). Is the only way around this =
to start another file and add it to the first one or is there something =
that I am doing wrong? Apart from that, I get on well with the =
programme.

Thanks again for it.

Terry
Bristol, England

Terry Hill wrote:

> The only time it seems to me that I can edit the sound is if I first
> press STOP. That's OK, but when I restart recording on that same file,
> the sound is there OK but I cannot edit visually because there is no
> WAVE LINE visible to edit (only the sound).

If you scroll down, you should be able to see the additional recording
in a new track, below the first track.

Hi Matt

Nice to hear from you and thanks for your speedy reply. Much =
appreciated. I feel embarrassed though for not spotting that one. That =
will teach me to look a bit closer!

Thanks again for the programme.

Many regards

Terry
Bristol England
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  To: Terry Hill=20
  Cc: audacity-help@...
  Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 5:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


  Terry Hill wrote:

  > The only time it seems to me that I can edit the sound is if I first
  > press STOP. That's OK, but when I restart recording on that same =
file,
  > the sound is there OK but I cannot edit visually because there is no
  > WAVE LINE visible to edit (only the sound).

  If you scroll down, you should be able to see the additional recording
  in a new track, below the first track.

I have everything hooked up properly.  I am trying to get my cassette 
recorder to play into audacity so that I can create an MP3 file.  When I 
start the recorder and the Audacity - - I can hear the sound coming thru 
but there is no audio signal coming thru.  There is a straight line where 
the sound waves would normally be.

Can you help me troubleshoot this problem?


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I have dowloaded Audacity and have gone through your tutorials. My =
reason for trying Audacity was to copy some old audio cassettes of =
family functions to my computer and then to put them on a CD which my =
computer will do if I can get them downloaded. In your website recording =
was mentioned and I expected to be directed to a way of capturing audio, =
but I cannot find a way to do that. Is my project possible with =
Audacity?  Regardless of the outcome I think this is  very worthwhile =
and I plan on putting it to good use in the near future. Thank you so =
much for the  valuable software.

mbbarrett1478 wrote:

> My reason for trying Audacity was to copy some old audio cassettes of
> family functions to my computer and then to put them on a CD which my
> computer will do if I can get them downloaded.

To do this in Auadcity, connect your tape player to your computer's
"Line In" jack.  Tell Audacity to record from Line In, then press "Play"
on the tape player.

When you're finished recording, use the "Export as WAV" command to save
a sound file that you can burn to CD.

I have an audio file in my audacity session but I am not able to use 
the playback function. So, please help me?

Thanks,  D'von

Rick Massey wrote:

> I have an audio file in my audacity session but I am not able to use
> the playback function. So, please help me?

Which operating system and version of Audacity are you using?

What happens when you try to play the file?  (e.g. There is silence,
or there is a specific error message, etc.)

I have a Mac OS X and 1.2.2 version of the audacity.  When I click the 
play function it does not play it just makes a click noise and that is 
it;  it does not at all.  All that I am trying to do is convert a audio 
file from my iTunes to a WAV file and I thought this program would do 
that for me.
On Dec 15, 2004, at 12:43 PM, Matt Brubeck wrote:

> Rick Massey wrote:
>
>> I have an audio file in my audacity session but I am not able to use
>> the playback function. So, please help me?
>
> Which operating system and version of Audacity are you using?
>
> What happens when you try to play the file?  (e.g. There is silence,
> or there is a specific error message, etc.)
>

Rick Massey wrote:

> I have a Mac OS X and 1.2.2 version of the audacity.  When I click the
> play function it does not play it just makes a click noise and that is
> it;  it does not at all.  All that I am trying to do is convert a
> audio file from my iTunes to a WAV file and I thought this program
> would do that for me.

Sorry, Audacity is not able to import iTunes Music Store files, or files
saved by iTunes in the AAC/m4a formats.

You can convert these files to WAV or AIFF by burning them to a CD, and
then using iTunes or another program to import them in the desired
format.

Ok, thanks for your help, I really appreciate your concern.
On Dec 15, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Matt Brubeck wrote:

> Rick Massey wrote:
>
>> I have a Mac OS X and 1.2.2 version of the audacity.  When I click the
>> play function it does not play it just makes a click noise and that is
>> it;  it does not at all.  All that I am trying to do is convert a
>> audio file from my iTunes to a WAV file and I thought this program
>> would do that for me.
>
> Sorry, Audacity is not able to import iTunes Music Store files, or 
> files
> saved by iTunes in the AAC/m4a formats.
>
> You can convert these files to WAV or AIFF by burning them to a CD, and
> then using iTunes or another program to import them in the desired
> format.
>

Ive downloaded and installed Audacity and need help on a couple of items.=
 I cant get the MP3 Converter to work. It says its missing the " lane_enc=
=2Edll"  It want let me Export as a MP3.  Also, After I get through recor=
ding a song through the line-in in stereo and  Export as Wav, it stores S=
EVERAL little 1MB file in the folder with the Wav file. Can you help me w=
ith these problems.   Thanks,  Otis

Otis Rabun wrote:

> Ive downloaded and installed Audacity and need help on a couple of
> items. I cant get the MP3 Converter to work. It says its missing the "
> lane_enc.dll"  It want let me Export as a MP3.

Please see this page for instructions:

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/new/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

> Also, After I get through recording a song through the line-in in
> stereo and  Export as Wav, it stores SEVERAL little 1MB file in the
> folder with the Wav file. Can you help me with these problems.

This web page has some useful information:

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/new/help/faq?s=files&i=data-folder

(These pages are from an upcoming new version of our web site.  Please
let us know if you have any additional questions!)

Hi, 

When recording using stereo mix, the recording stops after about 1
minute.

For example, when trying to record BBC Radio 4 live stream. Also the
sound cuts out altogether and I have to restart the computer to get it
back.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

Crispin

Hello  Audacity was working great I was using it on the asus mother =
board belt in sound card. I just installed A E-MU sound card I went to =
record a news clip on realaudio & Windows Media and it will not record I =
hear it fine out of my speakers I have tried to changing the settings on =
 Audacity  no luck can you Help



Curtis

Hi,
Could you please tell me how you recover tempory files from Audacity.
Yours Thankfully
Natalie.

Lilhippienat@... wrote:

> Could you please tell me how you recover tempory files from Audacity.

This web page has instructions:

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=crash-recovery

To whom it may concern,
 
I have tried downloading your program several times and the program does
not appear to me to be working.
 
I have Windows XP Professional on my computer.   
 
When the program opens I cannot select an input device on the mixer tool
bar because the drop down menu is blank and inactive.
 
There is no way to select anything.  What have I done wrong?
 
Carol Winter
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I have downloaded Audacity 1.2.  I have a Mac OS 10.2.
 I am trying to import sound from a Sony minidisc
connected with a 1.8mm cable to an iMic.  The computer
recognizes the iMic.  If I set the audio input
preferences in Audacity to mono, set it to record and
press play on the minidisc, the sound recorded in
Audacity is full of static.  If I adjust the input to
stereo, and do the same sequence of steps, the
computer abruptly tells me to shut down.  This has
happened 3 times.  

Help!

How do I get the sound from my minidisc into Audacity
successfully?

Thank you,
Janice


		
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Janice Gardner said:
> I have downloaded Audacity 1.2.  I have a Mac OS 10.2.
>  I am trying to import sound from a Sony minidisc
> connected with a 1.8mm cable to an iMic.  The computer
> recognizes the iMic.  If I set the audio input
> preferences in Audacity to mono, set it to record and
> press play on the minidisc, the sound recorded in
> Audacity is full of static.  If I adjust the input to
> stereo, and do the same sequence of steps, the
> computer abruptly tells me to shut down.  This has
> happened 3 times.

You may need to follow the instructions on this page to get the iMic to
work correctly with audacity on some systems:
  http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index.pl?MacBugs

Richard Ash

Dear Audacity:

I have followed the directions in the "How do I save  my recording on an  
audio CD?" section. I save it as a wav file, 16  bit, 44100 HZ. I can burn it 
on  
the CD without a problem. However, I  can only play it in my computer  
(Gateway). When I try to play it on my  CD player I get nothing. What  am I 
doing wrong?  
Thanks.

Sebastian

Can I remove the instruments so I have a A capella audio track?

Chris de Regnier wrote:

> Can I remove the instruments so I have a A capella audio track?

Sorry, this is usually not possible.  You may be able to make the
instruments quieter by using the Equalizer effect to tone down certain
frequencies.

Bonjour,

Audacity permet-il d=92enregistrer de la musique =E0 partir d=92un =
synth=E9 ? Si oui
Comment ?Merci

Can we record music with a synth=E9 with audacity ? if yes how ? Thanks

I'm a long time SoundEdit user and with it being discontinued I thought I
would give Audacity a try ... I like it for the most part...but I use
Macromedia Director a lot and I use cue points in my audio a lot...I tried
to switch the export option in PREFERENCES to AIFF but when I click OK to
change it the software crashes.  Is there a way to fix this.

Alex Wilson

I am not very good at new things, so bear with me.  I want to use =
audacity, but how do I even get a song to load on it?  I want to use a =
CD (burned or bought) or the songs I have downloaded.  I have used one =
of the tutorials and put the bart song on there, but I have had no =
success with anything else.  How do I convert to WAV, or rip, or =
whatever else they ask me to do?
Stacey

Hello,
I am new to your software program, so I do not know all the ins-and-outs =
yet. I guess I will just tell you what I would like to do and you can =
tell me if I can do it, and if possible how (simple instructions =
please).

I would like to put together a voice-over demo CD. To do this, I would =
like to mix several tracks together. One track would be background music =
playing throughout (an MP3 file), and layered on top of this would be 12 =
to 15 tracks of my voice, playing one after the other. The transition =
from one voice track to the next should be seemless with zero noise. =
Quality is important, so any tips on how I should record and what format =
is best to have my voice tracks saved as (i.e. MP3, WAV, etc.).

Thank you very much for your time, and I look forward to your response.

Darren DeCaire

Hi I have your software and choose effects and change speed then save it  and 
it sounds good but how do I put it on a cd?

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start at the beginning each time, like tracks through a music recording? =

Example : Is there a way to start at a point half way in a speech then =
go to the last five minuets of the speech then back to the beginning?=20

Thank you for this wonderful program I will appreciate any help you can =
offer:
Eric Pelfrey

I have purchased an Imic with the view to convert some
of my old tapes and records to play on my Ipod.
There are no instructions with the Imic and I have
tried to comprehend the Audacity information but can
still get nowhere close to actually doing anything. 
Can you help me?



	

	
		
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Hi.  Can you email me the directions on how to remove vocals from  a track.  
I figured it out a while ago but have lost the email and can't  figure it out 
again.  You may email me at this AOL address.  Thanks so  much.

See "http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=editing&i=remove-vocals".


Shaggybass38@... wrote:

> /Hi.  Can you email me the directions on how to remove vocals from a 
> track.  I figured it out a while ago but have lost the email and can't 
> figure it out again.  You may email me at this AOL address.  Thanks so 
> much./

I am completely lost and I don't know what I am doing.  I am trying to figure out how to record a tape onto a cd.  Thanks.

		
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Lots of resources at "http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/".

Specifically:
    * record a tape: 
"http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=records-tapes"
    * burn CD: "http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd"

Kelly Garner wrote:

> I am completely lost and I don't know what I am doing.  I am trying to 
> figure out how to record a tape onto a cd.  Thanks.
>
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I just downloaded Audacity 1.2.3. I'm using Windows XP Media Center Edition. 
I plugged tape player from "headphone" plug into "line in" on back of 
computer. I can play tape thru computer and hear on music thru computer speakers. I 
attempt to record with Audacity 1.2.3 and it appears to be recording but unable 
to hear any music when I playback. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help.
Mike Stewart
7-2-05

Hi there

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Excuse my ignorance but what is a mirror and how should I choose one?

=20

Many thanks

=20

John

=20

=20

On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 12:17 -0400, Coulston, John wrote:
> Excuse my ignorance but what is a mirror and how should I choose one?
It is a site that has an exact copy of the main server, but is located
closer to you and is faster, so your downloads are quicker. Click an
icon in the "download" column to start your download.

Richard Ash

A mirror is a website that has a copy of Audacity for download. Find the 
one nearest you & click on the icon in the Download column.


Coulston, John wrote:

> Hi there
>
>  
>
> Excuse my ignorance but what is a mirror and how should I choose one?
>
>  
>
> Many thanks
>
>  
>
> John
>
>  
>
>  
>

If someone can help me out with the following that would be much  
appreciated.


I am having a problem with Audacity 1.2.3 and my Mac OS X 10.4.1. I  
want to use this to stitch audio together .

When I try and import audio into Audacity (.wav & .mp3) and then play  
it I get the
following message:

"Error while opening sound device. Please check output device  
settings and
the project sample rate."

The catch is I am able to play these files no problem with audacity  
on an identical mac other than my own.
mac. But they wont play on my mac.

If anyone can identify the problem or more importantly how to fix it can
they drop me a line.

Cheers

Daniel

Love your software, thanks for all the hard work.   One question that I =
have because I'm not all that familiar with filters, etc.  My recorded =
music (off old records and in both WAV and WMA formats)  have a =
"hissing" sound whenever there is an "S" in the word of the song.  Sort =
of like a sissssss.  How can I eliminate that distraction?

Also, I wanted to convert my WMA formats into WAV, but whenever I try, =
it says that Audacity does not recognize that type of format.  Will =
there be an update of your software later to recognize WMA files?


Thank you,

Jerry=20

jsinc@...

JSINC wrote:

> Love your software, thanks for all the hard work.   One question that 
> I have because I'm not all that familiar with filters, etc.  My 
> recorded music (off old records and in both WAV and WMA formats)  have 
> a "hissing" sound whenever there is an "S" in the word of the song.  
> Sort of like a sissssss.  How can I eliminate that distraction?
>  
> Also, I wanted to convert my WMA formats into WAV, but whenever I 
> try, it says that Audacity does not recognize that type of format.  
> Will there be an update of your software later to recognize WMA files?
>  
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Jerry
>  
> jsinc@... <mailto:jsinc@...>


I can't help with the sibiliants problem, but you might review the 
audacity-help archives, or the audacity-users archives, especially 
answers from Monty.

Regarding WMA, see 
"http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=wma-proprietary".

We purchased Audacity for $35.98 from Luxuriousity.com a couple of weeks 
ago.  We understood that all we needed was Windows.  We have Windows ME and 
have tried everything we know to get this thing to work.  It doesn't.  Can 
you help us?  We have tried down loading a CD onto our computer and trying 
to record onto audicity.  But when the page comes up, it doesn't have 
anything on it that the instructions call for.  Luxuriousity will not 
respond to our emails for help or return information.  Please Help!
James Canady

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Dear Sir,

What are all the prerequiste required for compiling Audocity source code?
Thanks and Regards

Varun Garg

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 11:47 +0530, Varun Garg wrote:
> What are all the prerequiste required for compiling Audocity source
> code?
http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index.pl?CompilingAudacity
wxwidgets. The rest are options.

Richard Ash

Yes My audacity is not recording like it used to.
 
I recorded a song and my mic is to low and the beat is way to loud.
 
 
I tried adjusting the levels and everything, but I think it's just audacity.
 
Anybody have any help for me
 
I think it's something to do with the input level
 
I wish it just worked like at worked last time

Whats is your system, and what is the "beat too loud" ?

Audacity couldn't be the source of your problem.
If you have adjusted  input level at maximum, the only other way (under 
Windows) is to double click on the loudspeaker icon, click on Options  
and check Advanced settings, then on the Advanced button under 
Microphone slider and check something like "Mic amp", Mic boost" or "+ 
10 dB". Or the problem comes from microphone. Check the plug, cable, and 
the microphone itself.

Christian Brochec




klone@... a écrit :

> Yes My audacity is not recording like it used to.
>
>  
>
> I recorded a song and my mic is to low and the beat is way to loud.
>
>  
>
>  
>
> I tried adjusting the levels and everything, but I think it's just 
> audacity.
>
>  
>
> Anybody have any help for me
>
>  
>
> I think it's something to do with the input level
>
>  
>
> I wish it just worked like at worked last time
>

Hi!
I have been instaled the aplication but I have problem to record. I just =
checked  the faq and ajusted the preferences but still doesn't working.
I need record a telephone call so I conected the line in an especial =
swuitch that conected the line in the Computer (like an microphone) But =
the call didn't record.
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On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 11:14 -0300, Ifran, Romina wrote:
> Hi!
> I have been instaled the aplication but I have problem to record. I
> just checked  the faq and ajusted the preferences but still doesn't
> working.

> I need record a telephone call so I conected the line in an especial
> swuitch that conected the line in the Computer (like an microphone)
> But the call didn't record.
So have you set the correct input source on the mixer toolbar (to the
mic input), and turned up the recording level.

If you have headphones / speakers connected then you should be able to
hear the audio through them, proving the phone connection is made
correctly:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=playthrough

Richard Ash

I am a big fan of audacity and it is installed on all of my family's=20
computers, but when I try to record on my newest computer the amplitude=20
doesn't go above -.5. I first I thought it was my computer or the mic., but=
=20
I did some tests and threw that out of the picture, so it is probably some=
=20
preference I messed up can you help me?

I assume you are Windows user.
Some microphones need a special setting with some soundcards.
 Double click on the loudspeaker of the task bar, then go to Options and 
chack "Advanced setting". Then, under microphone slider, you'll get an 
"Advanced" button. Click on it and chack +10dB, mic amp ot mic boost 
(depends on your soundcard driver).

Christian Brochec

Ben Leonard a écrit :

> I am a big fan of audacity and it is installed on all of my family's 
> computers, but when I try to record on my newest computer the 
> amplitude doesn't go above -.5. I first I thought it was my computer 
> or the mic., but I did some tests and threw that out of the picture, 
> so it is probably some preference I messed up can you help me?

I have download everything and have headphone hooked in but I can not =
get it to record.
No sound.

Any ideas to the problem? I do not have Macromedia flash installed.

Joyce Dillon
jjdillon@...

inwardboundresou@... said:
> I have download everything and have headphone hooked in but I can not get
> it to record.
> No sound.
Have you selected the correct input, unmuted it and turned the recording
level up?
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=records-tapes

> I do not have Macromedia flash installed.
Makes no difference at all.

Richard Ash

I am only able to get the microphone and stereo setting in the pull down menu. I do not have a line in or phone etc as an option. I have 1.2.3 version. Works on another system at home but not my second computer. What do I need to do. Running XP 
 
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Dear Audacity,

I am experiencing a problem with the program.  I have edited two music files 
in audacity but when I try to export them as wav ogg or mp3 I lose all the 
data.  In other words when I read the .aup file I see all the sound waves of 
the music but when I open it after exporting it as a wav ogg or mp3 the 
sound area is just blank.

Please respond simply as if I know absolutely nothing about computers.

Thank you,

Susannah

I recorded a 36 minute session that saved as 360 individual 6 second files.
How do I combine all these individual files into one individual file.
Thanks for your help!!

 

Larry Brey

Assimilation Pastor

Elevation Church

704.473.0320

 http://www.elevationchurch.org

I want to take full songs,have them stop before the end and then
incorporate sound WAV's (For Halloween) I can't even get a Halloween
song to play with your system. I either get a quick sound and nothing or
just nothing. What am I doing wrong? This can't be that hard,right?
 
I'm doing a haunted house and wanted more than just a store bought cd.
 
Hope you can help me SOON.
 
Thanx,
Patty

Sorry, I think nobody was able to get back to you in time. If you want 
to get CD tunes into Audacity, you have to rip them first 
(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=import-cd). Then you 
need to read parts of the tutorials/manual 
("http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials" and 
"http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/documentation") to get an idea 
what you need to splicing in WAVs.

YEEHAWDOGIE wrote:

> I want to take full songs,have them stop before the end and then 
> incorporate sound WAV’s (For Halloween) I can’t even get a Halloween 
> song to play with your system. I either get a quick sound and nothing 
> or just nothing. What am I doing wrong? This can’t be that hard,right?
>
> I’m doing a haunted house and wanted more than just a store bought cd.
>
> Hope you can help me SOON.
>
> Thanx,
>
> Patty
>

I am looking for a program to enable me to speak into my computer, and 
ultimately record it on a CD (I am a Hypnotherapist, and wish to record some 
of my sessions to give to my patients.)  I am complketely computer 
illiterate; does your program do this and is it SIMPLE? Please reply to 
info@....
Many thanks, Tara Economakis

Yes. See 
"http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorial_basics_4.html", and 
"http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd".

ALEXANDER ECONOMAKIS wrote:

> I am looking for a program to enable me to speak into my computer, and 
> ultimately record it on a CD (I am a Hypnotherapist, and wish to 
> record some of my sessions to give to my patients.)  I am complketely 
> computer illiterate; does your program do this and is it SIMPLE? 
> Please reply to info@....
> Many thanks, Tara Economakis
>

I downloaded Audacity last week, and didn't have any problems with editing
and exporting the files as MP3. However, I was using it today, and after
editing the MP3 file and exporting it, I noticed that the exported file is
rate is 16kHz and 32kbps, instead of the 44kHz and 128kbps I wanted (which
was the quality of the original file anyway). I went into preferences and
under Quality, I changed the Default Sample Rate to 44100Hz. However, after
exporting the file again, it still came out as 16kHz.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 16:33 -0500, dc kl wrote:
> I downloaded Audacity last week, and didn't have any problems with
> editing and exporting the files as MP3. However, I was using it today,
> and after editing the MP3 file and exporting it, I noticed that the
> exported file is rate is 16kHz and 32kbps, instead of the 44kHz and
> 128kbps I wanted (which was the quality of the original file anyway).
> I went into preferences and under Quality, I changed the Default
> Sample Rate to 44100Hz. However, after exporting the file again, it
> still came out as 16kHz. 

If you choose a very low bitrate for an MP3 export (selected on the File
Formats tab of the preferences) then LAME will resample the data to meet
that limit, even if the project rate is higher.

If you change the selected bitrate to 128kBit then you should be able to
export with a 44100Hz sample rate. This is completely independent of the
original file bitrate.

Richard Ash

I am Criminal Expert in Brazil. Through a Magazine of the Polices Federal=
 of my country, I was knowing about the software Audacity (http://www.apc=
f.org.br//index.php?option=3Dcontent&task=3Dview&id=3D2231&Itemid=3D46). =
The Federal Experts, with base in the section of computer science of them=
, created options for through hot keys, after having selected a sound pas=
sage, to advance a selection 1 seconds, 5, 30 as it fixes below. That is =
very useful in our work because we make transcription of sounds, we have =
to select part of the trail, to hear, to transcribe and later to continue=
. Only that is very difficult. Could you create these functions? It would=
 be of a lot of usefulness, for all that are experts and they need to tra=
nscribe sounds. We tried contact with the Federal Experts to obtain such =
improvements, but up to now we didn't have return.  
  
KEY OF SHORTCUT CORRESPONDING ACTION  
Ctrl + 1 =3D Turn 1 second in the point of reproduction of the material o=
f analyzed audio.  
Ctrl + 2 =3D Turn 5 seconds in the point of reproduction of the material =
of analyzed audio.  
Ctrl + 3 =3D Turn 30 seconds in the point of reproduction of the material=
 of analyzed audio.  
Ctrl + 4 =3D It moves forward 1 second in the point of reproduction of th=
e material of analyzed audio.  
Ctrl + 5 =3D It moves forward 5 seconds in the point of reproduction of t=
he material of analyzed audio.  
Ctrl + 6 =3D It moves forward 30 seconds in the point of reproduction of =
the material of analyzed audio.  
Ctrl + P =3D It pauses or it returns to the reproduction (in case it is i=
n pause) of the audio material  
Ctrl + X =3D He/she cuts out transcription text selected and it puts him/=
it in the transfer area  
Ctrl + C =3D He/she copies transcription text selected and it puts him/it=
 in the transfer area  
Ctrl + V =3D It glues text of the transfer area in the transcription edit=
or  
Table 1-shortcut Keys for transcription fonogr=E1fica  
1. the author is bachelor in Science of the Computation for UFMG in 1995 =
and master in Engineering of Software also for UFMG in 1998. He/she works=
 as Federal Criminal Expert in the Technician-scientific Section of the R=
egional Superintendency of the Federal Police in Minas Gerais since Novem=
ber of 2004.
I thank the attention in advance.
Jose Euripedes Pereira Lima - jeply@...

I recently found out about you guys from the Roland Corporation.  I downloaded the newest version of the Audacity software, but I'm having issues understanding how to work it.  All I need to do is burn my music on my Roland Workstation to a CD via my computer's burner.  Please help.
   
  Titus
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On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 14:36 -0800, Titus King Ayers wrote:
> I recently found out about you guys from the Roland Corporation.  I
> downloaded the newest version of the Audacity software, but I'm having
> issues understanding how to work it.  All I need to do is burn my
> music on my Roland Workstation to a CD via my computer's burner.
> Please help.

Audacity is an audio editor and mixer. It can record music comming into
the computer's inputs (sound card), edit it and save it to files on your
computer. It can also import files already resident on your computer to
edit.

For information on creating CDs, see:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

Audacity can't help you with downloading data from the workstation
though.

Richard Ash
>

Thank you for the help.  Is there sort of a How To guide for this program for people like me who are not technical people.  I have a pretty good ear for quality and have adjusted my music to sound studio like, but I wouldn't mind increasing my ability through manipulating Audacity's software program to make my music sound even better!  I was told that I needed to purchase a "Y" splitter cable to burn my music, running one end into my keyboards "audio output" and the splitter end into my PC's "audio input."  After that I pretty much don't know what to do, such as watching my music play into Audacity's levels or what buttons to select on audacity's screen to edit my music, and then burn it to a CD-R.
   
  Thank you once again,
   
  Titus

Richard Ash <richard@...> wrote:
  On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 14:36 -0800, Titus King Ayers wrote:
> I recently found out about you guys from the Roland Corporation. I
> downloaded the newest version of the Audacity software, but I'm having
> issues understanding how to work it. All I need to do is burn my
> music on my Roland Workstation to a CD via my computer's burner.
> Please help.

Audacity is an audio editor and mixer. It can record music comming into
the computer's inputs (sound card), edit it and save it to files on your
computer. It can also import files already resident on your computer to
edit.

For information on creating CDs, see:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

Audacity can't help you with downloading data from the workstation
though.

Richard Ash
> 

  


			
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On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 19:25 -0800, Titus King Ayers wrote:
> Thank you for the help.  Is there sort of a How To guide for this
> program for people like me who are not technical people.  I have a
> pretty good ear for quality and have adjusted my music to sound studio
> like, but I wouldn't mind increasing my ability through manipulating
> Audacity's software program to make my music sound even better!  I was
> told that I needed to purchase a "Y" splitter cable to burn my music,
> running one end into my keyboards "audio output" and the splitter end
> into my PC's "audio input."  After that I pretty much don't know what
> to do, such as watching my music play into Audacity's levels or what
> buttons to select on audacity's screen to edit my music, and then burn
> it to a CD-R.

See the FAQ:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=records-tapes
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=split
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

Richard Ash
>

Interesting application. There is a new Transcription Toolbar in 
Audacity 1.3.0 that might address some of these features. Also, in 
either version 1.2.4 or 1.3.0, see Preferences > Keyboard for the 
ability to assign keys to commands. Whatever is not addressed there, you 
can request at "http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.pl?FeatureRequests". 
Or if you end up programming them yourself, you can submit them to us 
for possible inclusion.

-Vaughan


jeply wrote:

> I am Criminal Expert in Brazil. Through a Magazine of the Polices 
> Federal of my country, I was knowing about the software Audacity 
> (http://www.apcf.org.br//index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2231&Itemid=46 
> <http://www.apcf.org.br/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2231&Itemid=46>). 
> The Federal Experts, with base in the section of computer science of 
> them, created options for through hot keys, after having selected a 
> sound passage, to advance a selection 1 seconds, 5, 30 as it fixes 
> below. That is very useful in our work because we make transcription 
> of sounds, we have to select part of the trail, to hear, to transcribe 
> and later to continue. Only that is very difficult. Could you create 
> these functions? It would be of a lot of usefulness, for all that are 
> experts and they need to transcribe sounds. We tried contact with the 
> Federal Experts to obtain such improvements, but up to now we didn't 
> have return. 
>
>  
>
> KEY OF SHORTCUT CORRESPONDING ACTION 
>
> Ctrl + 1 = Turn 1 second in the point of reproduction of the material 
> of analyzed audio. 
>
> Ctrl + 2 = Turn 5 seconds in the point of reproduction of the material 
> of analyzed audio. 
>
> Ctrl + 3 = Turn 30 seconds in the point of reproduction of the 
> material of analyzed audio. 
>
> Ctrl + 4 = It moves forward 1 second in the point of reproduction of 
> the material of analyzed audio. 
>
> Ctrl + 5 = It moves forward 5 seconds in the point of reproduction of 
> the material of analyzed audio. 
>
> Ctrl + 6 = It moves forward 30 seconds in the point of reproduction of 
> the material of analyzed audio. 
>
> Ctrl + P = It pauses or it returns to the reproduction (in case it is 
> in pause) of the audio material 
>
> Ctrl + X = He/she cuts out transcription text selected and it puts 
> him/it in the transfer area 
>
> Ctrl + C = He/she copies transcription text selected and it puts 
> him/it in the transfer area 
>
> Ctrl + V = It glues text of the transfer area in the transcription 
> editor 
>
> Table 1-shortcut Keys for transcription fonográfica 
>
> 1. the author is bachelor in Science of the Computation for UFMG in 
> 1995 and master in Engineering of Software also for UFMG in 1998. 
> He/she works as Federal Criminal Expert in the Technician-scientific 
> Section of the Regional Superintendency of the Federal Police in Minas 
> Gerais since November of 2004.
>
> I thank the attention in advance.
>
> Jose Euripedes Pereira Lima - jeply@... 
> <mailto:jeply@...>
>

Thank you sincerely for the help.  My recording no longer skips after I followed the instructions, but for some reason when I play the cd back on my stereo it sounds like its bass heavy and almost like the music is too loud and crackly at certain points in each song.  Is there a reason for this?  What's a safe level to put the "output" level at on the left side of Audacity's screen.  Thank you again.
   
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Thank you sincerely for the help.  My recording no longer skips after I followed the instructions, but for some reason when I play the cd back on my stereo it sounds like its bass heavy and almost like the music is too loud and crackly at certain points in each song.  Is there a reason for this?  What's a safe level to put the "output" level at on the left side of Audacity's screen.  Thank you again.
   
  Titus


		
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On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 13:08 -0800, Titus King Ayers wrote:
> Thank you sincerely for the help.  My recording no longer skips after
> I followed the instructions, but for some reason when I play the cd
> back on my stereo it sounds like its bass heavy and almost like the
> music is too loud and crackly at certain points in each song.  Is
> there a reason for this?  What's a safe level to put the "output"
> level at on the left side of Audacity's screen.  Thank you again.

You need to keep the level meters below the right hand end of the track.
If the red block at the right of the meters comes on, then the recording
has got too loud and been distorted.

As regards tone balance, be aware that you are listening to the music
through the computer speakers / headphones when you record. If they have
too little bass (common) and you turn up the bass to compensate, then it
will sound excessive on systems with better bass response. You need to
find a compromise that suits the music.

Richard Ash
>

I just recorded my voice and saved it as a WAV file.  I can play it using my music software on my PC.   However, when I transferred it to a CD and tried to play it on a CD player all I get is static.   What am I doing wrong?   Can I record a voice message with your software and then play it on a regular CD player????

I was hoping to record some information and then have it to playback while I am driving.   Any help would be appreciated.

JMCastro@...

On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 21:39 -0500, JMCastro wrote:
> I just recorded my voice and saved it as a WAV file.  I can play it
> using my music software on my PC.   However, when I transferred it to
> a CD and tried to play it on a CD player all I get is static.   What
> am I doing wrong?   Can I record a voice message with your software
> and then play it on a regular CD player????

See the FAQ - you need to burn an audio CD not a data CD:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

Richard Ash

Dear Rcichard;

Thanks for the quick reply.   I will try again...

/Joyce


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Ash" <richard@...>
To: "JMCastro" <jmcastro@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


> On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 21:39 -0500, JMCastro wrote:
>> I just recorded my voice and saved it as a WAV file.  I can play it
>> using my music software on my PC.   However, when I transferred it to
>> a CD and tried to play it on a CD player all I get is static.   What
>> am I doing wrong?   Can I record a voice message with your software
>> and then play it on a regular CD player????
> 
> See the FAQ - you need to burn an audio CD not a data CD:
>  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd
> 
> Richard Ash
>

Hi, 
  How do i take two different parts from two different songs and burn that one song onto one cd. 
  Please reply ASAP and detailed info. 
  Thanks, 
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>>>From Suraj Hinduja <surajhinduja@...>
How do i take two different parts from two different songs and burn that one
song onto one cd.  

I assume the two songs are on different tracks. Select the part from the second
song that you want to burn to cd and presss CTRL + C to copy it to clipboard.
Place your cursor in the first song where you want the selection from the second song to go and paste it in by pressing CTRL + V. Then export the song to one
track on a CD following the instructions here.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

Had you wanted to export those songs to be separate tracks on your CD, you would
first of all have followed these instructions 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=split

and then burnt to CD as per the first set of instructions above.

Gale Andrews

 


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| >>From Suraj Hinduja <surajhinduja@...>
|  I understand how to save it and burn it onto one cd but i still dont understand
|  how to make that sony from two different tracks.


Is the problem in how to select all or part of the song?  You can select all of
the second song by clicking  in the area of the mute/solo buttons. If you only
want to select some of the song , place cursor where you want to start and drag
to right to select the area you want to put on CD. Then presss CTRL + C to copy
it to clipboard. Place your cursor in the first song where you want the
selection from the second song to go and then paste it into the first song in by
pressing CTRL + V.  audacity-help@...

This gives you everything you want to export on the first track. Delete the
second track and then you can export the project as WAV or AIFF as I believe you
understand.

If you find it easier you can use the time selection tool (top left) to slide
the second song to the right at some point beyond the end of the first track,
then press CTRL + A to select both tracks before exporting. This will also
produce one track on the CD with the second song coming after the first song.

Have you got the two songs as different projects? If so you can copy the song from
the second project and paste it into the song on the other project as per the
first paragraph above.


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I was able to record one sound file, but when I went to record another =
sound the program would not let me. What did I do wrong?

Please help.

John E. Cantrell
dirtyharry1@...

Phone:  (949) 559-5780

|>>>From "John Cantrell" <dirtyharry1@...>
  | I was able to record one sound file, but when I went to record
  | another sound the program would not let me. What did I do wrong?

Are you out of disk space (Audacity says bottom left you have no
recording time left)?  If so, make some more space on your drive.
Do you have enough space to save the project as you have it so far, 
or have you saved it already (by which I mean you have an.aup file 
and a _data folder for your project)?  If so, you can exit Audacity
to remove the temporary files (which frees space) and then reopen 
the saved project or start a new one and make another recording.

If you are in doubt or you did not mean that, please write back stating 
your operating system, version of Audacity, and tell us eactly what   
you did before getting the error and what the text of the error message 
is.

Gale Andrews


 
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I have ordered downloaded and tried to run Audacity to split vocals from a  
recording for my daughter singing in a wedding. I am not a sound person at all  
the simple instructions that came with the download, did not work. Is there  
anyone or a number that I can call and get some step by step please to help me 
 out.
 
Thanks,
 
David Lay

|>>>FromDfl502@...
   | I have ordered downloaded and tried to run Audacity to split vocals
   | from a recording for my daughter singing in a wedding.the simple 
   | instructions that came with the download, did not work. Is there
   | anyone or a number that I can call and get some step by step please
   | to help me out.

Our Audacity audio editor is free open source software. Therefore if you
ordered it we're assuming you purchased a copy or variant of our free 
software from a reseller.

They are entitled to sell our software if they distribute their source 
code - see

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/license

We recommend you contact the seller directly and ask for a refund,
especially if they claimed vocal removal works on all songs, 
as it does not (see below).

If you wish to download our free product

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

we will give you free support but please bear in mind vocal removal 
only works on specific types of stereo tracks where the vocals are mixed 
in the centre,  - see   

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=editing&i=remove-vocals


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I am unable to play anything on Audacity apart for a high pitched noise or  
fuzzy sound !!!
 
Can you help.

|>>> From Hoylehines@...
    | Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:23:33 EST
    | I am unable to play anything on Audacity apart for a high=20
    | pitched noise or fuzzy sound !!!


0nfortunately I am assuming the files you have tried to import=20
are not of a type Audacity accepts. It could also be that the files
are ones you have purchased (such as the encrypted iTunes=20
stores .M4P format).=20

You can check the type of file it is by looking at the file in your=20
file manager or explorer and seeing what the last three characters are=20
at the end of the filename after the dot.  Audacity only imports .WAV,
=2EAIFF,  .OGG and.MP3 (plus unencrypted .MPEG4 audio such as .MOV=20
and M4A if you are on OS X and have our Beta program 1.3.0).=20

I have pasted in below some ways you can still get the files into
Audacity. If you have some .MP3s on your computer for example,=20
you should be able to import them OK.  To import files into Audacity,
always use the Project > Import Audio command.

If you need to write back please let us know your operating system
and the version of Audacity you are using.

Gale Andrews


**************************************************************

Solutions to getting unsupported file types into Audacity:

BURN TO CD=20

You can burn the file to an audiio CD and rip it back to WAV or
AIFF with CD extraction software freely available on the internet
like CDex or Exact Audio Copy, then import it to Audacity.=20

RECORD THE FILE=20

Play the file in a media player that supports it and record it into Audacit=
y=20
(Windows/Linux) ; or on OS X use a third party program like Audio Hijack=20
to record it and save it to AIFF. See

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=3Drecording&i=3Dstreaming

CONVERT THE FILE DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER FORMAT

Roxio Toast will let you convert protected .M4P/.AAC into AIFF without=20
burning. Just drag the file into an audio playlist and export or save as..

Also a cross-platform program is available which removes=20
iTunes encryption on purchased .M4P files and converts them to=20
=2EM4A from which conversion to other formats is possible:

http://www.hymn-project.org/

Providing it's not encrypted, you could also use a standalone audio file=20
conversion program to convert it directly to a format Audacity accepts.
For Windows and Linux I recommend dbpoweramp

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

Or if you have iTunes you can convert between .MP3, .WAV, .AIFF, .M4A
and Apple Lossless. The Windows version of iTunes can also convert=20
unencrypted WMA to other supported formats.



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Hello. I just downloaded Audacity and I am having a few problems. I open up an audio file, and when i go to play it, it plays really fast....and it sounds weird. It does not sound like the original file... in the orginal file I am talking with a few of my friends...but I dont hear that when i play it. It sounds like its just high frequency and it goes really fast. If you could help me slow down the file and actually be able to hear the real thing... it would be appreciated! Thank you.
		
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|>>> From Brent <darktiger7002@...
    | Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:14:22 -0800 (PST)
    | I open up an audio file, and when i go to play it, it plays=20
    | really fast....and it sounds weird. It does not sound like the
    | original file..when i play it. It sounds like its just high=20
    | frequency and it goes really fast.=20


0nfortunately the file you tried to import appears not to be of
a type Audacity accepts. It could also be a file you purchased
(such as the encrypted iTunes stores .M4P format). Or it=20
could be a supported type but non-standard in some way.

Audacity only imports .WAV, .AIFF, .OGG and .MP3 (plus=20
unencrypted .MPEG4 audio such as .MOV and M4A if you are=20
on OS X and have our Beta program 1.3.0).=20

Solutions:

BURN TO CD=20

You can burn the file to an audiio CD and rip it back to WAV or
AIFF with CD extraction software freely available on the internet
like CDex or Exact Audio Copy, then import it to Audacity.=20

RECORD THE FILE=20

Check the three letter extension of the file (after the filename and=20
the dot). You can then play the file in a media player that supports it=20
and record it into Audacity (Windows/Linux) ; or on OS X use a third=20
party program like Audio Hijack or Wiretap to record it and save it to=20
AIFF. See

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=3Drecording&i=3Dstreaming

* Note: turn off compression in Wiretap preferences to avoid problems
importing into Audacity. =20


CONVERT THE FILE DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER FORMAT

Roxio Toast will let you convert protected .M4P/.AAC into AIFF without=20
burning. Just drag the file into an audio playlist and export or save as..

Also a cross-platform program is available which removes=20
iTunes encryption on purchased .M4P files and converts them to=20
=2EM4A from which conversion to other formats is possible:

http://www.hymn-project.org/

Providing it's not encrypted, you could also use a standalone audio file=20
conversion program to convert it directly to a format Audacity accepts.
For Windows and Linux I recommend dbpoweramp

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

Or if you have iTunes you can convert between .MP3, .WAV, .AIFF, .M4A
and Apple Lossless. The Windows version of iTunes can also convert=20
unencrypted WMA to other supported formats.


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<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>Hi, My name is Simon and I'm using Audacity to record stories. When I read I have a problem though. There's some sort of static clicks that always appear in my readings which I can't get rid of. It's annoying and with them the reading doesn't work. I've tried both versions of Audacity, I read into a mic called MacMice and I use Windows XP on my Acer Aspire 3003 LMi lap top. I've tried different mics and being in a different room to get rid of some of the electric equipment and that didn't work. I changed a lot of different things in settings and the volume control and that doesn't work, but when I tried recording on the built in windows recording program the clicks were gone. I need to use Audacity though so how do I get rid of them?</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Best Regards</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Simon</DIV></div></html>

|>>> From "Simon Lundh" <simonlundh@...> 
    | Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:55:34 +0000  WIN XP Laptop
    | Hi, My name is Simon and I'm using Audacity to record stories. When
    | I read I have a problem though. There's some sort of static clicks that
    | always appear in my readings which I can't get rid of.  I've tried both
    | versions of Audacity,....  different mics and being in a different room
    | to get rid of some of the electric equipment and that didn't work. I 
    | changed a lot of different things in settings and the volume control and 
    | that doesn't work, but when I tried recording on the built in windows 
    | recording program the clicks were gone. I need to use Audacity though 
    | so how do I get rid of them?

I assume your microphone is attached to the mic port. The Windows recorder 
is limited to 60 seconds and uses the soundcard identified as default in the
Windows Control Panel. Do the clicks in  Audacity always occur within 60
seconds? Have you got more than one soundcard, and you are using a different
soundcard to record with in Audacity?  Check the recording device you are 
using  in Audacity Preferences > Audio I/O tab > Recording device. Don't use
"Microsoft Sound Mapper". 

Check your soundcard drivers are up to date with the latest ones fom the 
manufacturer of the soundcard or motherboard. Do not use Microsoft drivers 
as they are only low quality generic drivers and often give recording problems.
To update your soundcard drivers, right-click on the soundcard in Device
Manager and click "update driver". If you cannot get an appropriate 
non-Microsoft driver, seek a driver from the manufacturer's website. 

Also check the list I have pasted in of recording tips. There are many things
you can do to reduce the resources consumed when recording and to tweak
coomputer settings e.g. enable DMA on the drive which may very well help.


Gale Andrews

*****************************************************************


Here are some general tips on avoiding recording problems.  

    * Close all other programs while recording. Be aware of background virus
scanners and other system tray programs. Norton, Sophos and other anti-virus 
products scan each file as it is opened and closed by default. On a slow computer 
this scanning can affect recording as it takes too long.

    * Reduce the recording bit depth to 16 bit from 32 bit (the default). This is 
set under File > Preferences on the Quality tab. Reducing the bit depth halves 
the amount of data stored and the time taken to write it to the disk.

    *  Don't record stereo unless you have to. Stereo requires your machine to
handle twice as much data. A single instrument or solo vocal track should usually 
be recorded mono. You can position it in the stereo mix later.

    * Turn off "Auto-scroll while playing". This stops the display re-drawing as the
recording is made. Stopping this reduces the amount of processing the display uses,
freeing power for recording. This is set under File > Preferences on the Interface
tab.

    * Zoom out to the whole length you will be recording

    * Disable the recording level meter in Audacity Preferences > Interface as this 
will conserve  resources on  a slower computer 

    * Defragment your hard drive (only affects Windows users). This increases the
speed your computer can read and write information at by ensuring that files are
kept close together in a logical manner.
    
    *Windows 2000/XP users can try increasing the priority of Audacity in
Task Manager. On GNU/Linux you can run as root (back up everything 
first and not recommended unless you are on a standalone machine)         

    * Make sure DMA mode is enabled for your hard drive  -  see
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/AudacityHelp.html#DMA

   *Try to avoid interrupt sharing for your soundcard  

    * Update your hardware drivers to avoid conflicts and get better hardware
performance. Key targets are:

          o Sound Card. This is also a common cause of crashes, especially during
          recording
          o Video (Display) Card
          o Hard Drive controller - This is especially important for RAID and other
          high performance controllers.

 


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Hi.


For the life of me I could not figure out how to post.  

 

Here is my problem. I have Data files but somehow blew the aup files. Can I
reconstruct?

 

Thanks a lot for your help.

|>>> From "Jim Godfrey" <godfrey@...> 
    | Thu, 6 Apr 2006 22:13:34 -0500
    | For the life of me I could not figure out how to post.  

To post in the Forum you first have to register and then wait for, and click
on, a verification email.  

    | Here is my problem. I have Data files but somehow blew the aup files. 
    | Can I reconstruct?

The .aup files contain information on the layout of the tracks in the projects
so if you don't have them you will have to piece together the ten second chunks
of audio which Audacity has stored in the _data folders. 

You can try this program to automatically reconstruct the .au files in the 
_data folders

http://www.mesw.de/audacity/recovery/

It may be worth using your computer's find function just to check you really 
do not have the .aup files. Search for "*.aup" (without the quotes). If you saved
any projects more than once you should also  have an.aup.bak file for each 
project which will restore the project to the time before last it was saved.

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On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 22:13 -0500, Jim Godfrey wrote:
> Here is my problem. I have Data files but somehow blew the aup files.
> Can I reconstruct?
See this FAQ:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=crash-recovery

Richard Ash

Hi, i was wondering if you could help me regarding a song i wish to listen
to that i made on your Audacity software. I exported the song but then
accidentally deleted it, leaving only a folder containing the files
contained in the attatched screenshot. The problem is that i am unable /
don't have the knowledge to put these fiels together again to make the full
song.
Any help is much appreciated,
N. Adams.

|>>> From nathanael1@... 
    | Sun, 9 Apr 2006 12:21:24 +0000
    | Hi, i was wondering if you could help me regarding a song i wish tolisten 
    | to that i made on your Audacity software. I exported the songbut then
    | accidentally deleted it, leaving only a folder containing thefiles
    | contained in the attatched screenshot. 

The screenshot didn't come through as there is a limit on attachment size 
on emails sent to this address.

    | The problem is that i am unable / don't have the knowledge to put these
    | fiels together again to make the full song.  Any help is much appreciated,

Assuming you saved your project with File > Save,  you should have an .aup
file and a _data folder containing many small .au files. If you saved the project  
more than once you 'll also have an .aup.bak file which is a slightly earlier save 
of the project. You can open the.aup or .aup.bak file in Audacity with File >
Open and this will open your project and allow you to re-export it.

If you don't have the .aup or .aup bak file, you will have to piece together the
small .au files in the project's _data folder. If you never saved the project then 
the .au files are in the temporary folder specified in Preferences >Directories
and Audacity will ask you when it starts if you want to delete these temporary
files so you must answer "no".

Please see here for instructions on rejoining the small .au files in the _data or
temporary folder

http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=CrashRecovery

If the .au files are in a _data folder rather than Audacity's temporary folder 
you will need to use the following version of recovery tool rather than any of
the others mentioned in the page above

http://www.mesw.de/audacity/recovery/ 

Also please note there is a 2 GB maximum size for any WAV file created
from reconstructing the temporary files and there may be errors if this
size is exceeded. In that case you would need to split the .au files in the 
folder into two or more groups, each contaning consecutively numbered 
files, and recover each group separately.  


Gale Andrews
   

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I've tried to install the 1.2.4 version and it froze my Mac. I  
restarted my computer but now I can't control the volume using the  
keyboard and my audio is on Mono. I'm using MAC OSX 10.4.6. It seems  
Audacity made a real mess with my OS audio.

Please, let me knoow what I can do to fix it.

Regards,
Daniel

|>>> From Daniel Luna <daniel@...> 
    | Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:22:51 -0400
    | I've tried to install the 1.2.4 version and it froze my Mac. I  
    | restarted my computer but now I can't control the volume using the  
    | keyboard and my audio is on Mono. I'm using MAC OSX 10.4.6. It seems  
    | Audacity made a real mess with my OS audio.

Recent OS X updates have caused problems for Audacity but there is a 
pre-release of  1.2.5 here which should be better 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/files/audacity-macosx-1.2.5pre1.dmg

If you still have problems with the audio in other applications, go into the
Audacity Preferences and turn on the option "Do not modify audio device 
settings (such as sample rate)"  on the Audio I/O tab. Once enabled, go to 
the Apple Sound and Midi controller and set up the system sound to 44 100
or 48 000 Hz, 16 bit, stereo which should prevent conflicts.

If you wish to subscribe to receive news of new Audacity versions including 
the new full release of 1.2.5 when available please subscribe at the bottom
of this page 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 
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Dear audacity-team,
i´ve got a problem.
if i want to export a track as a mp3-file,ac tells me that i have to get an
encoder.
now i got one,but i don´t know where i must fix him or where he belongs to
to
pls help me

mfg chr.bosbach

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|>>> From "Christian Bosbach" <christian-bosbach@...
    | Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:59:34 +0200 (MEST)
    | if i want to export a track as a mp3-file,ac tells me that i have to =
get an
    |  encoder. now i got one,but i don=B4t know where i must fix him or wh=
ere=20
    |  he belongs to  to  pls help me

=20
If you already have the correct version of Lame for your system  i.e.

Windows=20
http://omega.med.yale.edu/%7Epcy5/lame-3.96.1.zip
http://www.brezza.net/lame-3.96.1.zip

http://www.gaclrecords.org.uk/lame_enc.dll
(if you only want lame_enc.dll, which is all Audacity needs)  =20

OS 8/9
http://spaghetticode.org/lame/LameLib.sit

OS X
http://spaghetticode.org/lame/LameLib-Carbon-3.91.sit

then please follow the instructions here to unzip and install Lame.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=3Dinstall&i=3Dlame-mp3

If you are on Windows and need an unzipper, use the evaluation version of=
=20
Winzip

http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm=20

=20

Gale Andrews

Hello Team.I have made a copy of my voice and saved it.Please tell me =
how to make a copy to CD.All the best...Bernie.

| From "Bernie Smith" <leonbernard@...> 
    | Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:51:32 +0100
    | Hello Team.I have made a copy of my voice and saved it.Please tell me 
    | how to make a copy to CD.

Please see this Frequently Asked Question:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

If the track you want to burn to CD contains sections which
you'd like to burn as individual CD tracks, you can place markers
where you want to divide the track and then use the "export multiple" 
command to export multiple files with different file names - see 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=split

Gale Andrews
 



 
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Hello Team.I am a newbie.I like your program.Unfortunately even after 
reading through all your help and information I am still unable to transfer 
my recording to C D.p-l-e-a-s-e give me a step by step instruction to make 
my C D.All the best ....Bernie
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Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 3:00 PM
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>
>    | From "Bernie Smith" <leonbernard@...>
>    | Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:51:32 +0100
>    | Hello Team.I have made a copy of my voice and saved it.Please tell me
>    | how to make a copy to CD.
>
> Please see this Frequently Asked Question:
>
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd
>
> If the track you want to burn to CD contains sections which
> you'd like to burn as individual CD tracks, you can place markers
> where you want to divide the track and then use the "export multiple"
> command to export multiple files with different file names - see
>
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=split
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
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| From "Bernie Smith" <leonbernard@...> 
    | Tue, 2 May 2006 10:02:49 +0100
    | Hello Team.I am a newbie.I like your program.Unfortunately even after 
    | reading through all your help and information I am still unable to transfer 
    | my recording to C D.p-l-e-a-s-e give me a step by step instruction to make 
    | my C D.All the best ....Bernie

We can't give you any more information beyond what is on the FAQ 
already noted :

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

The process as regards Audacity is simple: if you have your track on 
the screen in Audacity, 

1 set Project Rate to 44 100 Hz with the button  bottom left
2 click Edit > Preferences > File Formats > set "uncompressed
export format" to WAV 16 bit PCM or AIFF 16 bit PCM
3 If your track is mono, click Project > New Stereo Track
4 Click File > Export as WAV (if you chose AIFF in step 2, choose
  Export as AIFF)
5 then burn your WAV or AIFF to CD. We can't help you with that,
as there are hundreds of CD burners available. If you need help with 
that, you have to seek support from the supplier of the burning 
software, or on one of the many audio forums (some of which  
have guides to using the most common softwares).


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I've downloaded both versions of Audacity but I still get a whstling sound  
in the background that is most annoying. I've deleted the files and re-instaled 
 them but still to no avail. I was wondering if there was something that you  
could recommend or if anyone else has had this problem?
Many Thanks
Tristan

| From Mapleview99@... 
    | Wed, 3 May 2006 21:22:47 EDT
    | I've downloaded both versions of Audacity but I still get a whstling 
    | sound in the background that is most annoying. I've deleted the files and
    | re-instaled them but still to no avail. I was wondering if there was
    | something that you could recommend or if anyone else has 
    | had this problem?

The whistling is not likely to be due to Audacity but either a problem with 
your soundcard  or with an external device you are recording with or from 
(if you are hearing the noise when recording but not at other times). 

Without knowing what operating system you are on, or details of when 
the noise is occurring and and what/how you are recording, it's impossible 
to give more specific help. 

I'd suggest updating your soundcard drivers to the latest ones from the
manufacturer of the soundcard or motherboard (if you are on Windows, 
don't use Microsoft's low quality generic drivers). Look in your system 
audio control panel amongst the playback devices and mute all the ones 
that you do not need. 

Gale Andrews

Greetings, Sir or Ms.

I have installed Audacity 1.2.4.  Reading the  README.txt on compiling wxWidgets and/or other options tells me that the README is written for users much more literate in these matters than myself!

Please send further instructions that you think may be of help.

And since I have version 1.2.4, which wxWidget is appropriate in that I see non for that Audicity version.

Very much thanks.


J. R. Markette

On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 20:40 -0500, James Markette wrote:
> I have installed Audacity 1.2.4.  Reading the  README.txt on compiling
> wxWidgets and/or other options tells me that the README is written for
> users much more literate in these matters than myself!
Are actually trying to compile audacity from the source code, or just
run the program in order to use it?

If the latter then the material in the README is almost entirely
irrelevant - it is mainly for developers and contributers to the
program.

You do not need to separate install wxwidgets in order to run the
versions of audacity we distribute for Mac and Windows.

If you want instructions on how to use see our website:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq

Richard Ash

I have used Audacity for a long time.  Today, when I opened the program =
I got a frame only with nothing else. (Gray Background/Full Screen)  To =
close it, I had to use task manager and end task. =20
Then, I downloaded your updated version.  The same thing happened.=20
I also got the same result with your beta version.=20
I have no idea what might have changed in my system to cause this.  =
Please advise.
Pentium 4 1600
Windows XP Home
756M RAM
Road Runner-Cable Modem
None of the above has changed since the program last worked properly.=20
Thanks
Bob Rall
Ridgeland, Ms
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| From "Bob Rall" <brall@...> 
    | Fri, 19 May 2006 16:52:49 -0500
    | I have used Audacity for a long time.  Today, when I opened 
    | the program I got a frame only with nothing else. 
    | (Gray Background/Full Screen) To close it, I had to use task manager 
    | and end task.  Then, I downloaded your updated version.  The same 
    | thing happened.   I also got the same result with your beta version. 
    |  I have no idea what might have changed in my system to cause this.
    | Pentium 4 1600  Windows XP Home  756M RAM 
    | None of the above has changed since the program last worked properly. 

Have you installed any application that has added to or changed your 
sound drivers or sound settings, or installed Service Pack 2? Have you tried 
reverting to a restore point prior to your current difficulty using System
Restore?  If not, create a Restore Point now in case you need to go back 
to it then revert to the latest Restore Point when Audacity still worked.   

If no success, restore your PC to the Restore Point you just saved and 
go to Sounds and Audio devices and ensure your primary audio device 
is selected as the playback and recording device then try deleting your 
Audacity preferences so it will start again as at a fresh install. To do this
run Regedit.exe and delete the key 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Audacity\

so that there are no longer any Audacity preferences visible. Always 
back up the Registry before making changes to it.

If this does not help then try updating your soundcard drivers to the 
latest ones from the manufacturer of the soundcard or motherboard.
Do not use Microsoft drivers as they are only low quality generic 
drivers. To update your soundcard drivers, right-click on the soundcard 
in Device Manager and click "update driver". If you cannot get an 
appropriate non-Microsoft driver, seek a driver from the manufacturer's
website.

If you have recently installed Service Pack 2 then try running Audacity in
Compatibility mode. Right click on Audacity.exe > Properties > 
Compatibility tab > check box to enable compatibility with Windows 2000.


Gale Andrews

Many thanks.  I deleted the registry key and then reinstalled.  All is well
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>
>    | From "Bob Rall" <brall@...>
>    | Fri, 19 May 2006 16:52:49 -0500
>    | I have used Audacity for a long time.  Today, when I opened
>    | the program I got a frame only with nothing else.
>    | (Gray Background/Full Screen) To close it, I had to use task manager
>    | and end task.  Then, I downloaded your updated version.  The same
>    | thing happened.   I also got the same result with your beta version.
>    |  I have no idea what might have changed in my system to cause this.
>    | Pentium 4 1600  Windows XP Home  756M RAM
>    | None of the above has changed since the program last worked properly.
>
> Have you installed any application that has added to or changed your
> sound drivers or sound settings, or installed Service Pack 2? Have you 
> tried
> reverting to a restore point prior to your current difficulty using System
> Restore?  If not, create a Restore Point now in case you need to go back
> to it then revert to the latest Restore Point when Audacity still worked.
>
> If no success, restore your PC to the Restore Point you just saved and
> go to Sounds and Audio devices and ensure your primary audio device
> is selected as the playback and recording device then try deleting your
> Audacity preferences so it will start again as at a fresh install. To do 
> this
> run Regedit.exe and delete the key
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Audacity\
>
> so that there are no longer any Audacity preferences visible. Always
> back up the Registry before making changes to it.
>
> If this does not help then try updating your soundcard drivers to the
> latest ones from the manufacturer of the soundcard or motherboard.
> Do not use Microsoft drivers as they are only low quality generic
> drivers. To update your soundcard drivers, right-click on the soundcard
> in Device Manager and click "update driver". If you cannot get an
> appropriate non-Microsoft driver, seek a driver from the manufacturer's
> website.
>
> If you have recently installed Service Pack 2 then try running Audacity in
> Compatibility mode. Right click on Audacity.exe > Properties >
> Compatibility tab > check box to enable compatibility with Windows 2000.
>
>
> Gale Andrews

Hello

I am interested in using Audacity to record cassette music onto a CD =
with Audacity.  I am having so much trouble.  There's so much static. I =
also don't understand how to cut a song to make it shorter,

Is it possible that someone can tutor me.  I live in Queens, New York.

I appreciate your time.  Thanks.

Sincerely,

Linda

| From "Linda Egelfeld" <lindagolinda@...> 
    | Fri, 2 Jun 2006 23:19:45 -0400
    | I am interested in using Audacity to record cassette music onto a CD 
    |  with Audacity.  I am having so much trouble. So much static.


The process of copying cassette tapes to CD involves connecting the 
cassette player from its headphones out port to the line-in port of the 
computer and recording the tape into Audacity - see

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=records-tapes

then exporting the recording as an audio file and burning that file to an
"audio CD" (assuming you want to play that CD on a standalone CD player
as well as on a computer) - see 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

I am not sure why you are getting "static" but the most likely reason
would be that you are incorrectly connecting the cassette player to the 
microphone port of the computer instead of to line-in. 

   | I also don't understand how to cut a song to make it shorter

If you mean you have excess recording that you do not want to keep,
just select it with the mouse and press Edit > Delete. If you mean you
want to cut the one long track up into smaller pieces so that each piece 
corresponds to a track on the cassette, you can do that by selecting 
each section you want to be a separate track, and Edit > Split, which
puts the section you are cutting out on to a new track. You repeat the 
process until there is no audio left on the original track, and delete that
now empty track by clicking on  [X] on its track panel by the mute/solo
buttons. Then File > Export multiple to export each track as a separate
audio file. 

here is a second way to do it which many users prefer. What you do is
place markers where you want to divide the track and then use the 
"export multiple" command as above -see 
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=split

Finally, when recording the cassette into Audacity it is always a good 
idea to test the recording level first of all with a  loud part of the cassette.
Right click on the downward pointing arrow in the right hand (red)
recording level meters 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_meter.htm

and click "monitor input". This shows you the recording level you will
achieve when recording. As the cassette plays, adjust the recording level
slider on the mixer toolbar

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm

(by the microphone symbol) so the recording meters are almost reaching 
the far right hand side (but not far enough to bring the red hold lights on).
If the recording level meters are not visible, click Preferences > Interface > 
Enable Meter Toolbar. 


Gale Andrews

Matthew,

Since you didn't tell us exactly what you did, I'll have to make
a few guesses and see if it matches what you are seeing.

First, did you press the record button to start a recording of
the first side, then the stop button at the end of that side?
Second, did you press the record button again for the second side?

This would give you two stereo pairs of tracks, both starting at
the left margin at time 0.

The record button starts a recording at time 0.  The assumption
in the program is that successive times you hit the start button
are for layering more tracks that all start at time 0.  Exporting
mixes all tracks that have signal present at the same time.

You can use the time shift tool, the <--> button to the left of the
start/stop button set.  Click on the time shift tool, then highlight
the stereo pair you want to shift and drag it to the right until
the beginning of it aligns with the end of the other track.  You
may have to magnify to get good alignment.  By that I mean, get
it close, then zoom in and fine tune the alignment.

When you record the next one, you can avoid getting two different
stereo tracks if you use the pause ( || ) button instead of stop
when you flip the tape over.  Just remember that you can't edit
until you hit the stop button.

Gordon Weast


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| From "Jake Johnson" <caddojohnson@...> 
    | Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:56:38 -0500
    | I edited a song, and exported as an mp3 file to a folder on 
    | my desktop. I opened the folder to listen to the edited song, it played 
    | but no sound. i have windows xp, i saw the section about OS X 
    | users having this problem but nothing about windows users. Any help?

Most likely Audacity has produced small invalid files (if you check in Explorer
you'll probably find they are only of a few kB size). There are two reasons  
this can happen: 

1  Project rate outside MP3 specification for bit rate chosen

The LAME encoder cannot export at all the combinations 
of Project rate (Preferences > Quality > default Sample Rate)
and bitrate (Preferences > File Formats > MP3 Export) that 
can be set in Audacity. MP3s should be exportable at all bitrates 
using project rates of  44 100 or 48 000 Hz, so just make sure
when you export the MP3 that the Project Rate button at bottom 
left of the Audacity screen is set to one of those two rates.

2 ID3 Tags

Please use only ID3v1 tags and ensure there is some text in the 
Title field. Ensure ID3 dialogs including those that come up 
automatically on export are completed by pressing OK, not escaped
or cancelled. Tags can be edited in Project > Edit ID3 tags or 
as the dialog comes up upon export.  This should not be a problem
in  the Beta 1.3.1 and 1.2.5 versions of Audacity soon to be released,
although ID3v2 is still not yet properly supported there. 

If this is not the reason you may have exported the MP3 with the 
-.....+  gain slider on the track panel knocked to left. There should 
not be a problem, as there can be on OS X, with other applications 
losing sound after running Audacity. What player are you playing 
the MP3 in?

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| From "Hilfiker, Steven - IBG" <Steven.Hilfiker@...> 
    | Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:51:06 -0400
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I am looking to record my vinyl records onto a CD...
    | I went to your FAQ and under How do I record from vinyl records,
    | ........, it says to choose "Line In" as the input source.  When I pull
    | down that box all it shows is (Microphone & Stereo Mix).  
    | How do I get "Line In"?
    | I have looked at several programs and I like Audacity the best for
    | understanding and using the program.  If I can get this to work for my
    | Vinyl I would like to purchase the full program.

Our Audacity program downloaded from
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

is free and without restriction. Please download and use Audacity
from that page. Sometimes people modify and resell Audacity and
then send their users to us for technical support, but we can only 
provide help for Audacity downloaded from our site above.

As for Audacity's input selector on the mixer toolbar
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm

the choices you see in it are governed by the sound device of the 
computer and its drivers. 

Click Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O tab and double check that both 
the playback and recording devices explicitly to your inbuilt sound or 
the sound device you want to use. Do not select "Microsoft 
SoundMapper" on Windows machines. If that does not help it may 
be that an outdated sound driver (or Windows if you are on that
system) is hiding the line-in option. Assuming now that you are on
Windows, you can try the following: 

Open Sounds and Audio devices in the Windows Control panel, click 
on Audio tab, click on Volume under the sound recording panel, click
Options > Properties, select the soundcard in the Mixer device panel 
and ensure all the boxes in the window below are checked. If the 
line-in source you want is listed in that window it should now appear 
in Audacity's input selector, or when you click on Recording Device >
Volume on the same Audio tab of Windows Sounds and Audio Devices
applet.

Note that some notebook/laptop computers do not have a physical line-in 
port. In that case check in your computer manual if your microphone port 
can be toggled to line-in with a switch (if so, set the switch to "line" and 
record from the microphone source), or if you can switch your microphone 
port to line-level in the software. Sometimes this line-level source is called
"mix" or "stereo mix" so if you do not have a physical line-in port, your 
"stereo mix" option may be the way (as it is on some VAIO laptops) to 
switch to line-in.

If it turns out you have neither a line-in port nor any way to switch 
the microphone port to line-in, you need to add a line-in by adding a 
USB soundcard or other USB audio input/output device like a Griffin iMic.   
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/

If you do have a physical line-in port but you are still missing a line-in 
option in Audacity's dropdown selector or the Windows mixer,it probably 
means the soundcard drivers are out of date and not giving you all your 
recording options. Update the drivers to the latest ones for your computer
model from the manufacturer of the soundcard or motherboard. Do not 
use Microsoft drivers as they are only low quality generic drivers. To 
update your soundcard drivers: Start > Settings > Control Panel > 
System, click "Device Manager" button on the Device Manager panel. 
Expand "Sound, Video and Game Controllers" by clicking on the + sign, 
right-click on the soundcard and click "update driver". If you cannot 
get an appropriate non-Microsoft driver, seek a driver from the 
manufacturer's website.

If you have any further questions, please tell us what operating system 
you are on (e.g. Windows XP) and what version of Audacity you are 
using (Help > About). 


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Hello and thanks for the free download. But I am a raw novice. I have =
hooked up my tape player to my computer, and can use your program pretty =
well. But I want to copy to a CD, and I am a little confused. I also am =
not gettint the stereo effect, only left side works.
    I really wish I could get instructions that can take me by the hand =
and show me step by step, how to do this.
    Thank yoyu, Eugene DeFalco

. wrote:
> Hello and thanks for the free download. But I am a raw novice. I have
> hooked up my tape player to my computer, and can use your program pretty
> well. But I want to copy to a CD, and I am a little confused. I also am
> not gettint the stereo effect, only left side works.
>     I really wish I could get instructions that can take me by the hand
> and show me step by step, how to do this.

Please see our FAQ:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq

especially this one about saving your recording on a CD:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

and this one about recording in stereo:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=stereo

Richard Ash

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An error has been encountered in accessing this page.

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2. URL path: /
3. Error notes: File does not exist: /home/groups/w/ww/www/htdocs/
4. Error type: 404
5. Request method: GET
6. Request query string:
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| From andrew martin <anjmart@...> 
    | Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:46:35 -0300
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | My attempt to export a project to iTunes ran into this dead end
    | An error has been encountered in accessing this page.
    | 1. Server: http://www.audacity.sourceforge.net
    | 2. URL path: /
    | 3. Error notes: File does not exist: /home/groups/w/ww/www/htdocs/
    | 4. Error type: 404
    | 5. Request method: GET
    | 6. Request query string:
    | 7. Time: 2006-09-27 11:36:39 PDT (1159382199)

What are you trying to do? If you want to export a Project from Audacity
as an audio file (e.g. AIFF) that you you can play in your iTunes Library
and synchronise with an iPod, you have to first use the File > Export As....
command in Audacity to export the file to a location on the drive, and
then drag that file into iTunes. 

Audacity Project Files ending in .aup are only text files that reference
the audio data in any saved Projects you have in Audacity. Therefore only
Audacity can open .aup files. You should save your work in Audacity with
File > Save Project regularly whilst you are working on your Project. This 
creates an .aup Project file and a _data folder with the same name as the
Project. Once you have exported all the audio files you need from your
Project, you can then delete its .aup file and _data folder.  

If you want to upload an audio file to a web address you need to use
an FTP client like Filezilla, or the Beta version 1.3.0b of Audacity which
has an experimental FTP client for uploading pre-existing files to a web
server.

If you have any further questions, please tell us what operating system 
you are on (e.g. Windows XP,  OS X 10.4) and what version of Audacity 
you are using (see Help > About in the program). 



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Thanks Gale - I do appreciate your prompt response. I am using a  
1.9 GHz G5 iMac with OS 10.4.7. and Audacity 1.2.4b.  I'll try to  
follow your directions as soon as time permits.  My goal is to  
transfer some recreational skating music from an audio cassette to a  
CD. No doubt a contributing factor to my previous lack of success is  
my age [80] combined with my inexperience with computers in general  
and Audacity/iTunes in particular.
On 28-Sep-06, at 3:10 AM, gale@... wrote:

>
>     | From andrew martin <anjmart@...>
>     | Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:46:35 -0300
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>     | My attempt to export a project to iTunes ran into this dead end
>     | An error has been encountered in accessing this page.
>     | 1. Server: http://www.audacity.sourceforge.net
>     | 2. URL path: /
>     | 3. Error notes: File does not exist: /home/groups/w/ww/www/ 
> htdocs/
>     | 4. Error type: 404
>     | 5. Request method: GET
>     | 6. Request query string:
>     | 7. Time: 2006-09-27 11:36:39 PDT (1159382199)
>
> What are you trying to do? If you want to export a Project from  
> Audacity
> as an audio file (e.g. AIFF) that you you can play in your iTunes  
> Library
> and synchronise with an iPod, you have to first use the File >  
> Export As....
> command in Audacity to export the file to a location on the drive, and
> then drag that file into iTunes.
>
> Audacity Project Files ending in .aup are only text files that  
> reference
> the audio data in any saved Projects you have in Audacity.  
> Therefore only
> Audacity can open .aup files. You should save your work in Audacity  
> with
> File > Save Project regularly whilst you are working on your  
> Project. This
> creates an .aup Project file and a _data folder with the same name  
> as the
> Project. Once you have exported all the audio files you need from your
> Project, you can then delete its .aup file and _data folder.
>
> If you want to upload an audio file to a web address you need to use
> an FTP client like Filezilla, or the Beta version 1.3.0b of  
> Audacity which
> has an experimental FTP client for uploading pre-existing files to  
> a web
> server.
>
> If you have any further questions, please tell us what operating  
> system
> you are on (e.g. Windows XP,  OS X 10.4) and what version of Audacity
> you are using (see Help > About in the program).
>
>
>
> Gale Andrews
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| From andrew martin <anjmart@...> 
    | Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:55:51 -0300
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I am using a 1.9 GHz G5 iMac with OS 10.4.7. and Audacity
    | 1.2.4b. My goal is to transfer some recreational skating music 
    | from an audio cassette to a  CD.  

Then assuming you have already successfully recorded your cassette 
into Audacity, and you want to burn a CD that will play on any CD
player (not just in your computer), you need to export it to your 
Desktop as a 16 bit 44 100 Hz stereo AIFF file (see here for how to do
this)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd

Then drag the AIFF from the Desktop into iTunes, then drag it 
within the iTunes interface into a playlist in the left hand pane. 
If there is no playlist there, select the file then File > New Playlist
from Selection. Then File > Burn Playlist to Disc.  Before burning 
the disc, click Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Burning and  
ensure the Disc Format selected is "Audio CD".

  
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I downloaded Audacity and I love it.
The only problem is none of my effects work.
Can you help me.
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"Glass, Robert" <RGLASS@...> wrote:

> I downloaded Audacity and I love it.
> The only problem is none of my effects work.
 
If you want to apply effects or edits to a track, you
first of all have to select all or part of a track, then the Effect menu
and relevant parts of the Edit menu become live.

You can select all of a track by clicking on its track panel (where the
mute/solo buttons are). You can select part of a track by clicking in
the track and dragging to left or right with your mouse, or with the
left or right arrow keys. 

You also cannot apply effects or edits while you are playing , 
pausing or recording a track,

Gale Andrews

Still won't work Gale - As a trial I saved  tune #1 on the desktop as  
an  44 100 Hz AIFF file with the 16 bit option selected. I can copy  
it to the sidebar, with the same icon as a playlist but  it will not  
add to the 'new playlist' you recommended. It won't play within  
iTunes and the icon remains on the desktop.  What went wrong?
On 28-Sep-06, at 5:47 PM, gale@... wrote:

>
>     | From andrew martin <anjmart@...>
>     | Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:55:51 -0300
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>     | I am using a 1.9 GHz G5 iMac with OS 10.4.7. and Audacity
>     | 1.2.4b. My goal is to transfer some recreational skating music
>     | from an audio cassette to a  CD.
>
> Then assuming you have already successfully recorded your cassette
> into Audacity, and you want to burn a CD that will play on any CD
> player (not just in your computer), you need to export it to your
> Desktop as a 16 bit 44 100 Hz stereo AIFF file (see here for how to do
> this)
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd
>
> Then drag the AIFF from the Desktop into iTunes, then drag it
> within the iTunes interface into a playlist in the left hand pane.
> If there is no playlist there, select the file then File > New  
> Playlist
> from Selection. Then File > Burn Playlist to Disc.  Before burning
> the disc, click Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Burning and
> ensure the Disc Format selected is "Audio CD".
>
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
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| On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:55:54 -0300
  | andrew martin <anjmart@...> wrote:
  | As a trial I saved  tune #1 on the desktop as  
  | an  44 100 Hz AIFF file with the 16 bit option selected. I can copy  
  | it to the sidebar, with the same icon as a playlist but  it will not  
  | add to the 'new playlist' you recommended. It won't play within  
  | iTunes and the icon remains on the desktop.  What went wrong?

There is no reason it "won't work" - are you using a reasonably up to date
iTunes version (6 or 7)?  If your tune 1 comprises the whole of the only track on the Audacity screen, you export it using File > Export as AIFF  
(not File > Save Project). If tune 1 is one of  a number of  tracks on screen
you select it by clicking in its track panel and File > Export Selection as
AIFF.  Then drag the AIFF into the main iTunes window. If AIFF refuses to 
work then use WAV 16 bit as the uncompressed export format on the File 
Formats tab of Audacity Preferences. 

Gale Andrews

I have iTunes 7.01.  Before I could export as Wav I had to go to File  
Formats under preferences and check Wav[microsoft 16 bit PCA]  That  
seemed strange since I don't have any Microsoft programs. But until I  
did that there was no Wav export option offered.  Then it worked.   
Great.  But I am still left wondering why AIFF would not work.
On 4-Oct-06, at 12:53 PM, gale@... wrote:

>
>   | On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:55:54 -0300
>   | andrew martin <anjmart@...> wrote:
>   | As a trial I saved  tune #1 on the desktop as
>   | an  44 100 Hz AIFF file with the 16 bit option selected. I can  
> copy
>   | it to the sidebar, with the same icon as a playlist but  it  
> will not
>   | add to the 'new playlist' you recommended. It won't play within
>   | iTunes and the icon remains on the desktop.  What went wrong?
>
> There is no reason it "won't work" - are you using a reasonably up  
> to date
> iTunes version (6 or 7)?  If your tune 1 comprises the whole of the  
> only track on the Audacity screen, you export it using File >  
> Export as AIFF
> (not File > Save Project). If tune 1 is one of  a number of  tracks  
> on screen
> you select it by clicking in its track panel and File > Export  
> Selection as
> AIFF.  Then drag the AIFF into the main iTunes window. If AIFF  
> refuses to
> work then use WAV 16 bit as the uncompressed export format on the File
> Formats tab of Audacity Preferences.
>
> Gale Andrews

| From andrew martin 
    | Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:31:40 -0300
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Eureka!! Wav worked
    | I have iTunes 7.01.  Before I could export as Wav I had to go to File  
    | Formats under preferences and check Wav[microsoft 16 bit PCA]  That  
    | seemed strange since I don't have any Microsoft programs. But until I  
    | did that there was no Wav export option offered. 

To save cluttering the menu, Audacity shows only one uncompressed 
export format in the File Menu (i.e. the one you select on the File
Formats tab of Preferences).  

    |  Then it worked. But I am still left wondering why AIFF would not
    | work.

No idea I am afraid, as I am on Windows, but just exported a 16 bit
44 100 Hz AIFF from Audacity then dragged it into the iTunes Library
(version 7.0.1) without problem. ITunes won't accept 32 bit files but no 
one else has complained about 44 100 Hz 16 bit AIFF with the new 7.0.1 
iTunes. 

If you want to convert the WAV to AIFF in iTunes to keep the file types
consistent: click Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Importing > Import
using AIFF encoder. Then you have a right-click option to convert each 
WAV (and other non-AIFF files) to AIFF. 

Gale Andrews     

 


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Hi,
  Im a somewhat of  newbie when it comes to Audacity but Im starting to get the hang of it, I have had a question or two before and you guys answered it perfectly so i was wondering if you would be able to help me out again. Ok so sit down to record for the first time and i press reord it starts to record but it makes no indentions so to speak on the line, its just a straight line going across, so made sure the miucrophoine is plugged in correctly which it is and checked the recording volumes on audacity itself and on my computer in general also i looked at the Audacity FAQ and it said to check the "Software Playthrough” option. So I did and tried to record again but still the line going across as I record is just straight and horizontal. So i started fooling around with some of the preferences under edit and i hope i didnt screw any of them up they are as follows
   ****Its jsut me playing with my guitar while recording if that matters and im looking to record in .WAV****
  Audio I/O
  Playback- Creative SB Live! (which im sure is right)
  Record- Creative SB Live ! (Im sure thats right too)
  Channels -1 (mono)
  no check in the play other tracks box
  but a check in the play through box
   
  Quality
  Default sample rate -44100
  Default sample format- 32 float
  Realtime converter- High qual
  High quality converter- High qual
  Realtime dither- none
  High quality dither- triangle
   
  File Formats
  When importing......?- Read directly
  Uncompressed Export Format- WAV Microsoft 16 bit PCM
  OGG Export setup- 5
  MP3 Export setup bit rate-128
   
  Spectrograms
  FFT Size- 256 (default)
  Gray scale- Unchecked
  Max. Freq- 8000
   
  Directories- Desktop
   
  Interface-
  All the boxes are checked 
  Language- English
  Min of dB mode display range- -96dB
   
  Keyboard and Mouse 
  I didnt checnge anything and i dont think that they matter
   
  ~Thank You for all previous your help and I hope you can find the problem and get back to me as soon as possible and thank you for taking you time to read this e-mail~

 		
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    | Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:23:50 -0700 (PDT)
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | so sit down to record for the first time and i press reord it starts =
to
    | record but it makes no indentions so to speak on the line, its just
    | a straight line going across, so made sure the miucrophoine is=20
    | plugged in correctly which it is and checked the recording volumes on
    | audacity itself and on my computer in general also i looked at the
    | Audacity FAQ and it said to check the "Software Playthrough=94 option.

Software playthrough allows you to hear (with a delay) playback of a
recording that you're making successfully in the first place, but as=20
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    | So I did and tried to record again but still the line going across
    | is  horizontal. So i started fooling around with some of the=20
    | preferences under edit and i hope i didnt screw any of them up=20
    | they are as follows=20
    | *Its jsut me playing with my guitar while recording, looking to=20
    |  record in .WAV**
    |   Audio I/O
    |   Playback- Creative SB Live! (which im sure is right)
    |   Record- Creative SB Live ! (Im sure thats right too)
    |   Channels -1 (mono)
    |   no check in the play other tracks box
    |   but a check in the play through box
    |   =20
    |   Quality
    |   Default sample rate -44100
    |   Default sample format- 32 float
    |   Realtime converter- High qual
    |   High quality converter- High qual
    |   Realtime dither- none
    |   High quality dither- triangle
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    |   File Formats
    |   When importing......?- Read directly
    |   Uncompressed Export Format- WAV Microsoft 16 bit PCM
    |   OGG Export setup- 5
    |   MP3 Export setup bit rate-128
    |   Directories- Desktop
    |   =20
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    |   All the boxes are checked=20
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Your preferences look fine as far as they go apart from the software=20
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recording as you make it. The thing you are not looking at which=20
matters is the recording source you want i.e. microphone.  On=20
Windows and Linux you set this in the the mixer toolbar dropdown=20
selector=20
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm

and on OS X this selector is greyed out on default source so in that=20
case you have to go into Apple Audio-Midi Setup and make the default
input source to be the microphone. As I said when I last wrote we do=20
need to know what operating system you are on (e.g. Windows XP,=20
OS X 10.4) and what version of Audacity you are using (see Help >
About in the program) every time you write. We'll assume you are on=20
Windows or Linux as you do not mention a "hardware playthrough"
option in Audio I/O Preferences which you'd have if you were on our=20
OS X version of Audacity.=20

If selecting microphone in the mixer toolbar dropdown does not help
(or if the selector is greyed out), then you need to go into the system
mixer (Sounds and Audio Devices in the Windows Control Panel) or into=20
the SB's own Control Panel and try and select the microphone source=20
there. The microphone (assuming it's not a condenser microphone)=20
should go into the SB's microphone port. If it's a condenser microphone=20
then unless it has battery power it needs to be connected to a mixer or
pre-amplifier and then the mixer or pre-amplifier connected to line-in=20
and the recording source changed to line-in.

If you want to have playthrough of your microphone so you can hear=20
it while it's recording then use hardware playthrough so there is no=20
delay in the playback.  To do this you turn off software playthrough=20
in Audio I/O Preferences then open the system volume control panel
and unmute and turn up the *playback* volume for microphone.=20
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An all day rain last week provided the opportunity to spend a couple  
of trial & error hours with miMac's Audacity/iTunes programs.  To  
limit errors I first edited and printed your email instructions and  
consulted Audacity/iTunes help.

Thanks again Gale. I really appreciate your patience as you continue  
to help me unravel the mysteries of Audacity/iTunes.  As you might  
surmise from my slow responses, finding time to fire up miMac for  
more than a very few minutes per occasion has not been convenient of  
late. Being storm-stayed a few days ago did force me to change my  
ways and allowed me to spend a couple of hours reviewing your emails   
while discovering more about what clicks did what. Result? Now I can  
export 16 bit [whatever that means] edited IAFF files to iTunes. Why  
wouldn't IAFF files export before? I expect I failed to select all  
the 16 bit choices and may have selected 32 bit for at least one of  
them.   Once in iTunes it would be nice if the tracks could be  
compressed but I have yet to find out if that is possible.  But  
compressed or not I can now use Audacity to edit out  the grunts and  
burps that crept into the cassette tape before and after each  
recorded tune, then export enough separate tracks to fill a CD.  
Whoopee!!
Andrew B



On 12-Oct-06, at 6:40 PM, gale@... wrote:

>
>     | From andrew martin
>     | Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:31:40 -0300
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Eureka!! Wav worked
>     | I have iTunes 7.01.  Before I could export as Wav I had to go  
> to File
>     | Formats under preferences and check Wav[microsoft 16 bit  
> PCA]  That
>     | seemed strange since I don't have any Microsoft programs. But  
> until I
>     | did that there was no Wav export option offered.
>
> To save cluttering the menu, Audacity shows only one uncompressed
> export format in the File Menu (i.e. the one you select on the File
> Formats tab of Preferences).
>
>     |  Then it worked. But I am still left wondering why AIFF would  
> not
>     | work.
>
> No idea I am afraid, as I am on Windows, but just exported a 16 bit
> 44 100 Hz AIFF from Audacity then dragged it into the iTunes Library
> (version 7.0.1) without problem. ITunes won't accept 32 bit files  
> but no
> one else has complained about 44 100 Hz 16 bit AIFF with the new 7.0.1
> iTunes.
>
> If you want to convert the WAV to AIFF in iTunes to keep the file  
> types
> consistent: click Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Importing > Import
> using AIFF encoder. Then you have a right-click option to convert each
> WAV (and other non-AIFF files) to AIFF.
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
>
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>

Thanks Gale, I really appreciate your patience in helping me unravel  
the mysteries of Audacity/iTunes.   Being storm-stayed provided me  
with the opportunity to spend more time with miMac  and your email  
advice for most of an afternoon. So now I have a much better  
understanding of which clicks do what  and can now eliminate the  
chirps and burps that  the cassette transferred to Audacity before  
exporting as a 16 bit  AIFF to iTunes.  My guess is that my original  
unsuccessful tries were the result of leaving at least one of the  
options as  32 bit. Now it would be nice  if I could compress the the  
new iTunes tracks but have yet to discover if that is possible  
without downloading something else.
  Andrew B.





On 12-Oct-06, at 6:40 PM, gale@... wrote:

>
>     | From andrew martin
>     | Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:31:40 -0300
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Eureka!! Wav worked
>     | I have iTunes 7.01.  Before I could export as Wav I had to go  
> to File
>     | Formats under preferences and check Wav[microsoft 16 bit  
> PCA]  That
>     | seemed strange since I don't have any Microsoft programs. But  
> until I
>     | did that there was no Wav export option offered.
>
> To save cluttering the menu, Audacity shows only one uncompressed
> export format in the File Menu (i.e. the one you select on the File
> Formats tab of Preferences).
>
>     |  Then it worked. But I am still left wondering why AIFF would  
> not
>     | work.
>
> No idea I am afraid, as I am on Windows, but just exported a 16 bit
> 44 100 Hz AIFF from Audacity then dragged it into the iTunes Library
> (version 7.0.1) without problem. ITunes won't accept 32 bit files  
> but no
> one else has complained about 44 100 Hz 16 bit AIFF with the new 7.0.1
> iTunes.
>
> If you want to convert the WAV to AIFF in iTunes to keep the file  
> types
> consistent: click Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Importing > Import
> using AIFF encoder. Then you have a right-click option to convert each
> WAV (and other non-AIFF files) to AIFF.
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
>
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>
>

| From andrew martin 
    | Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:43:19 -0300
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Whoopee!!
    | it would be nice  if I could compress the new iTunes tracks 
    | but have yet to discover if that is possible without downloading
    | something else.

You said earlier on that you wanted to burn CDs from the cassette
recordings you were transferring into Audacity. If you want to 
burn "Audio CDs" i.e. ones that will play on any CD player (not
just in your computer) then you will have to use the uncompressed
AIFFs you have now imported into iTunes for burning the CDs
because the audio in Audio CDs is uncompressed. 

If you do not mind that the CDs are only playable in your computer 
then you can convert the AIFFs to a compressed format in iTunes by
setting the encoder to either AAC or MP3 on the Advanced : Importing 
tab of iTunes Preferences. You can then burn the resultant M4A (if 
you use the AAC encoder) or MP3 files to a "data CD". 

You can also export your Audacity recordings direct to MP3 if desired, 
by adding the LAME encoder to your computer - see:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

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| From andrew martin 
    | Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:49:51 -0300
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Eureka!! Wav worked
    | Now I can export 16 bit [whatever that means] edited IAFF 
    | files to iTunes. 

The sample format expressed in bits is the number of digits allowed 
for the digital representation of each sample. 16 bits is the standard
sample format used by many applications, but the default 32 bit 
format used by Audacity for recording or importing tracks allows for a
very much greater dynamic range, a much higher signal to noise ratio 
and much more precise editing. 32 bit data takes twice as much space 
as 16 bit data.

So 32 bit is preferable as your default sample format on the Quality 
tab of Audacity Preferences (if disk space or computer power to handle
the data is not an issue), but 16 bit exporting ("uncompressed export 
format" on the File Formats tab of Preferences) is safer to ensure
compatibility for playing the exported files in other applications or 
burning them to CD. 

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| From Glass, Robert 
    | Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:48:30 -0400
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I am new to Audacity and so far I think its great.
    | I just joined the foru, but I can't figure out how to post a question,
    | I also was going to answer a question but could not fin out how to do
    | it.

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I need some help please. First off thank you for the wonderful product
Audacity! It is such a wonderful program and I have found many uses for it. 

 

Here is my issue...

 

I recorded off a sound board last night directly to my notebook and into
Audacity. When I got home I could not find the .aup and .bak files. All I
have is a temp folder with a lot of .au files in it. I have tried the
recovery tool and it worked alittle, but did not recover it all. It says it
found 97 files...however I belive there are more. I would really like to
have this recording and I am hoping that you might be able to provide me
some insight as to what I may have done wrong or if I am experiencing a bug.

 

Thank you very much!

 

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| From Scott Brown - LCM Security 
    | Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:32:47 -0500
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I need some help please. First off thank you for the wonderful product
    | Audacity! It is such a wonderful program and I have found many uses
    | for it.

Thank you.

    | I recorded off a sound board last night directly to my
    | notebook and into Audacity. When I got home I could not find
    | the .aup and .bak files. 

If you mean you were recording while away from the computer, no
Project (.aup file and _data folder) will be saved until you physically
stop the recording and click File > Save Project. There is no .bak file 
until you quit Audacity having already previously saved an .aup file. 

   | All I have is a temp folder with a lot of .au files in it. I have tried
   | the recovery tool and it worked alittle, but did not recover it all.
   | It says it found 97 files...however I belive there are more. I would
   | really like to have this recording and I am hoping that you might be
   | able to provide me  some insight as to what I may have done wrong
   | or if I am experiencing a bug.

If you navigate to the Audacity temporary directory in your File Manager 
(e.g. Windows Explorer) you can view the .au files. 97 files only implies
about 5 minutes of stereo recording data or 10 minutes of mono recording.
Did you get an error when using Crash Recovery and are you looking at 
the right directory - the Audacity temporary directory is as given at Edit >
Preferences > Directories. 

If you see a lot more than 97 files when you view the temporary directory 
it may be that the .au files are not numbered consecutively in the temp.
folder. You can try resorting them by time modified and then batch 
renaming them using a numeric sequence whilst they are sorted by time
modified. If your file manager does not have a suitable tool, you should be
able to obtain suitable free tools on the internet.

The new Audacity 1.4.0 stable which we hope to release in the New Year
will have an automated system to recover data when recordings are
interrupted by a crash. 

If you are not already doing so, you could if you wish subscribe 
to receive news of new Audacity versions at the bottom of this page
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/


Gale Andrews



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You programme is brilliant - but I have hit a snag please help
I recorded from an old 33 record for about 30 mins one side when it =
suddenly stopped not giving me time to save. I repeated the recording =
and the same thing happened.  When I re-opened Audacity I was offered a =
screen about a temporary file which I was told I could save manually.  I =
elected not to delete but can find no way of finding that temporary file =
- I have searched for*.au files without success.  Can I retrieve the =
material?
What does the message bottom left hand corner small font "recording time =
remaining 35 hours 7 mins" mean - is that the limit of my recording - I =
have a lot of records left please.
Many thanks.

On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 12:23 +0000, geoffrey.Foot wrote:
> You programme is brilliant - but I have hit a snag please help
> I recorded from an old 33 record for about 30 mins one side when it
> suddenly stopped not giving me time to save.
What version of audacity are you using? There is a known problem with
audacity 1.2.5 which may cause this, but it should be fixed in the
current (1.2.6) release.

> I repeated the recording and the same thing happened.  When I
> re-opened Audacity I was offered a screen about a temporary file which
> I was told I could save manually.  I elected not to delete but can
> find no way of finding that temporary file - I have searched for*.au
> files without success.  Can I retrieve the material?
The files will be in the audacity temporary directory, which will be
shown on the Directories tab of the audacity preferences (Edit >
Preferences).

> What does the message bottom left hand corner small font "recording
> time remaining 35 hours 7 mins" mean - is that the limit of my
> recording - I have a lot of records left please.
Please see this FAQ:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=general&i=time-remaining

Richard Ash

| From Richard Ash 
    | Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:04:04 +0000
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 12:23 +0000, geoffrey.Foot wrote:
    | > I repeated the recording and the same thing happened.  When I
    | > re-opened Audacity I was offered a screen about a temporary file which
    | > I was told I could save manually.  I elected not to delete but can
    | > find no way of finding that temporary file - I have searched for*.au
    | > files without success.  Can I retrieve the material?
    | The files will be in the audacity temporary directory, which will be
    | shown on the Directories tab of the audacity preferences (Edit >
    | Preferences).

While you can shift-select the .au files, import them into Audacity and  
then cut and paste them together, it's pretty tedious. You might want  
to try one of the Crash Recovery Utilities mentioned here
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=CrashRecovery

which will be able to piece the .au files together automatically. 

However the .au files need to be numbered consecutively when
input to the Crash Recovery Utility or errors will occur in the program. 
If this problem occurs you can open Audacity's temporary folder in your 
system File Manager and try resorting them by time modified and then 
batch renaming the .au files using a numeric sequence whilst they are 
sorted by time modified. If your file manager does not have a suitable 
tool, you should be able to obtain suitable free tools on the internet.

Gale Andrews



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what a fantastic bunch you are - thanks.  I will have a go.  I think it 
might be easier to find the record again!!  I lack your wizardry.   but your 
explanation is helpful.
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Cc: "geoffrey.Foot" <margeo@...>
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Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>    | From Richard Ash
>    | Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:04:04 +0000
>    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>    | On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 12:23 +0000, geoffrey.Foot wrote:
>    | > I repeated the recording and the same thing happened.  When I
>    | > re-opened Audacity I was offered a screen about a temporary file 
> which
>    | > I was told I could save manually.  I elected not to delete but can
>    | > find no way of finding that temporary file - I have searched 
> for*.au
>    | > files without success.  Can I retrieve the material?
>    | The files will be in the audacity temporary directory, which will be
>    | shown on the Directories tab of the audacity preferences (Edit >
>    | Preferences).
>
> While you can shift-select the .au files, import them into Audacity and
> then cut and paste them together, it's pretty tedious. You might want
> to try one of the Crash Recovery Utilities mentioned here
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=CrashRecovery
>
> which will be able to piece the .au files together automatically.
>
> However the .au files need to be numbered consecutively when
> input to the Crash Recovery Utility or errors will occur in the program.
> If this problem occurs you can open Audacity's temporary folder in your
> system File Manager and try resorting them by time modified and then
> batch renaming the .au files using a numeric sequence whilst they are
> sorted by time modified. If your file manager does not have a suitable
> tool, you should be able to obtain suitable free tools on the internet.
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
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>
>

I have purchased an ION usb turntable and when I try to use it with  your 
software it turns off my DSL modem and then just freezes. When I try to  turn off 
my PC it wont let me. The only way to reboot is turn it all off at the  wall. 
I contacted ION and they recommended I download version 1.2.6. I have done  
this but it is exactly the same. ION say it is a problem with the software and  
you are the only people that can help. Do you have a phone number in the UK 
that  I can contact for some help?
 
Sincerely
 
 N P Bryan

| From NPBRYAN 
    | Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:47:24 EST
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I have purchased an ION usb turntable and when I try to use it with  your 
    | software it turns off my DSL modem and then just freezes. When I try to 
    | turn off my PC it wont let me. The only way to reboot is turn it all off at the
    | wall. 
    | I contacted ION and they recommended I download version 1.2.6. I have done  
    | this but it is exactly the same. ION say it is a problem with the software and 
    | you are the only people that can help. 

I am not necessarily convinced it is a problem with Audacity. Reports of recordings
freezing with USB turntables are not that uncommon, and may equally be caused
by an inherent fault with the turntable or its cable; freezes can also be caused by
using a USB hub instead of a spare port, or by other USB problems, or by
any number of Windows misconfigurations (if you are on that system). Simply 
disconnecting from the internet may help by reducing the data passing through 
the USB Controllers. 

Are you setting up Audacity properly with the USB codec as the recording device 
in the Audio I/O tab of Preferences?  Have you changed the temporary directory
Audacity uses for the recording data (set on the Directories tab of Preferences) to
a remote drive that is no longer accessible, so causing a freeze? 

If you find you can record properly from another source such as a microphone or
sounds playing on your computer (to try this, set the recording device to your 
inbuilt sound instead of the USB codec), this would implicate the turntable or the
cable, or possibly outdated system USB audio drivers (check in Windows Device
Manager or system control panels for any warnings, or try to update the drivers for
the Universal Serial Bus controllers).

On Windows you can try using Task Manager (ALT + CTRL + DELETE) to force 
quit Audacity which may mean you can avoid pulling the plug. That is an absolute 
last resort, always use the reset button on the front of the machine if at all
possible. 

To see if you can record with another program, you can on Windows go into
Sounds and Audio Devices in the Control Panel, make sure the USB codec is the 
default recording device, then click Start > Run and type "sndrec32.exe" (without
quotes) to launch the Windows Sound Recorder. Press the record button and see
if the computer locks up again.  You can use any recording software to record 
with the turntable but if there are problems with the device itself, its cable, or 
with the system, you may have to address those issues whatever software you 
use. For example if you are on a very slow, old machine with less than 256 MB
RAM, you simply may not be able to use multiple USB devices at once until
you install more RAM.  

If you have any further questions, please tell us what operating system you 
are on (e.g. Windows XP). 


Gale Andrews




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Hi there,
Thank you for this (Audacity) amazing software. I've been using it on my PC 
(without the export to MP3 add-on software) with great results. 
I just however added the Mac (Intel) version to my MacBook Pro and attempted 
to add the LAME MP3 encoder from your Mac download page. When I unzipped the 
folder (successfully) though, I get the following prompt when attempting to 
open the resulting libmp3lame.dylib file - There is no default application 
specified to open the document "libmp3lame.dylib". 
Could you please give me some direction? Do I need to download another 
program?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Sincerely,
Lesley

On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 21:47 -0500, Write2lam@... wrote:
> Thank you for this (Audacity) amazing software. I've been using it on
> my PC (without the export to MP3 add-on software) with great results. 
> I just however added the Mac (Intel) version to my MacBook Pro and
> attempted to add the LAME MP3 encoder from your Mac download page.
> When I unzipped the folder (successfully) though, I get the following
> prompt when attempting to open the resulting libmp3lame.dylib file -
> There is no default application specified to open the document
> "libmp3lame.dylib". 

Please read the instructions given carefully:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

You are not supposed to try and open the libmp3lame.dylib file. You just
need to save it to a folder on your computer. Then you can use the Find
Library button on the File Formats tab of the audacity preferences to
tell audacity where to find the library, and then use audacity to export
to MP3.
The "answer" as to what opens libmp3lame.dylib is that audacity does,
but not with the normal Audacity > Open command (because that is
intended for audio files).

Richard Ash

Hello, I absolutely love the program, I just have a slight problem.  I
bought a new laptop and have been trying to use audacity but when I
record vocals with music and then play them back, the vocals begin to
slip off time after approximately 15 seconds.  Every other computer I've
used your program on I've never had this problem.  My laptop is brand
new and top quality so I don't quite understand why I'm having this
problem.  Please help because I love this program and don't want to have
to use something different. =20

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| From Khaleel Cannon 
    | Thu, 1 Mar 2007 13:53:30 -0000
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I absolutely love the program, I just have a slight problem.  I
    | bought a new laptop and have been trying to use audacity but when I
    | record vocals with music and then play them back, the vocals begin to
    | slip off time after approximately 15 seconds.  Every other computer I've
    | used your program on I've never had this problem.  My laptop is brand
    | new and top quality so I don't quite understand why I'm having this
    | problem.  Please help because I love this program and don't want to have
    | to use something different.  

If you are sure that the newly recorded track does become increasingly 
out of synchronisation with the base track as time progresses (so that using 
the Time Shift Tool <---> top left does not help), then it would appear that
the input is recording at a different rate to that at which the output plays back. 
You will then have the same problem whatever software you use to capture 
your recording.  

If you have multiple sound devices on the computer, check you are not using 
one to play back and another to record (e.g. a USB card to record and the inbuilt
sound to play back). If you do this the clocks of the two devices won't match, so
a recorded track will drift apart from a an imported track. In this case, select the
same device for recording and playback on the Audio I/O tab of Preferences.

If your recording and playback devices are the same, you may have a driver bug
causing the wrong sample rate to be selected for either recording or playback. It 
is quite a common problem with Windows generic drivers, if you are on that 
operating system. We know the computer is new, but the fact is that new Windows
machines often do ship with drivers that won't record properly, especially on 
laptops. Try updating the sound device drivers to the latest ones for your computer
model made by the manufacturer of the sound device or motherboard. These are
normally available from their website, or on Windows you should try updating the
sound device drivers from Device Manager in the first instance. See:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Avoiding_Computer_Resources_and_Sound_Driver_problems#Soundcard_driver_issues

Or you may have a malfunctioning card which runs record and playback 
independently and so doesn't hold synchronisation, or which records at random 
speeds. In this case you will need to replace the soundcard. 

As a workround to bring tracks you've already recorded back into synchronisation, 
you could select all the track by clicking in the Track Panel and Effect  > Change
Speed. You can experiment by entering small values in the "Percent change" box. 
If the newly recorded track is getting ahead of the beat, enter a negative value in
the box or move the slider very slightly to left ; if the new track is falling behind
the beat, enter a positive value or move the slider very slightly to right.      

The other possible cause of loss of track synchronisation is recording length
inconsistencies introduced by dropouts or duplications when the computer doesn't
keep up with the recording process. However this should be audible or even visible 
in the waveform if this is the problem. For some suggestions on avoiding recording
dropouts and duplications (and for general information) please see this page:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Avoiding_Computer_Resources_and_Sound_Driver_problems


Gale Andrews





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Hi

I've just downloaded Audacity and am new to editing music. What I am =
attempting to do is lay a voice track over a piece of music.

The problem that I'm having is the piece of music is in a WAV fileand is =
about 30 mins long but when I import to Audacity it condenses it to =
about 15 secs.

How do I get the track to play at it's normal speed?

Yours Hopefully

Tracey Armstrong

| From Tracey Armstrong 
    | Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:59:24 -0000
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I've just downloaded Audacity and am new to editing music. 
    | What I am attempting to do is lay a voice track over a piece of music.
    | The problem that I'm having is the piece of music is in a WAV fileand is
    | about 30 mins long but when I import to Audacity it condenses it to
    | about 15 secs.  How do I get the track to play at it's normal speed?

There is probably some problem with the WAV file. Do you know what application 
created it? It might not really be a WAV file, or it may be corrupted so that the 
file length is being misread, or it may be a compressed file in a WAV container 
and the compression is confusing Audacity.

If you are on Windows you could try dragging the file into this program 
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload

then follow these instructions to rewrite it to a standard PCM WAV file :

1) in the output container list top left choose "WAV (audio only)"
2) in the output audio codec list top right "WAV pcm 16 little endian"
3) In the "audio" panel select 44 100 in "Sample Freq" and choose either
    "1 channel" if your file is mono or "2 channel" if it's stereo. If you do not 
     know, choose "2 channel". 
4) Right-click > Specify the Output Folder Destination and choose a location 
    for the exported WAV that you can remember. Click "Save Changes". 
5) Ensure the check box by the name of the file you dragged in is checked 
    then click "Encode (Active Files)". When a file size appears to right of the file
    name under "Output Status", you're done. Exit SuperPlayer, open Audacity,
    click Project > Import Audio, navigate to the folder you specified for 
    output in SuperPlayer, select the WAV file and click "Open".

If you are on OS X, or already have iTunes, you can use that program. Drag the 
WAV into iTunes. Set the conversion format in iTunes Preferences at Advanced > 
Importing: Import using WAV encoder. Then right-click or control-click over the
file and you will have an option to convert it to WAV. Then import the converted  
WAV into Audacity.

If you have any further questions, please tell us what operating system you are
on (e.g. Windows XP,  OS X 10.4, and if you are on OS X, whether it is an Intel 
Mac or Power PC). Also please tell us what version of Audacity you are using 
(see Help > About or Audacity > About Audacity in the program). 

Underneath this message there are some tips on recording voiceovers.


Gale Andrews 


****************************************************************

Enable "Play other tracks while recording new one" on the Audio I/O tab of 
Preferences. This will enable you to listen to the tracks already on screen
whilst recording another one, as soon as you press the red "Record" button. 
Your recording will appear on a new separate track and so it can be edited
independently from the other tracks. 
 
If you want to monitor your recording (listen to it while you are recording
it), then on Windows or Linux: open the system volume control panel and 
unmute and turn up the playback volume for your recording source e.g.
microphone. If you are on OS X, use the "hardware playthrough" option on 
the Audio I/O tab instead. If this does not work, use the "Software 
Playthrough" option on the same Audio I/O tab. This works on all operating 
systems, though there is inevitably some delay in hearing the sound with this
playthrough method.  

If you are on Windows or Linux, double-check your recording source 
is set to the actual source (e.g. microphone) in Audacity's Mixer Toolbar
dropdown selector
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm

It's a common error when recording over other tracks to set the recording
source in the dropdown selector to "stereo mix" or comparable option 
for recording what the computer is playing. You don't want to do this as 
you will record a mix of the existing tracks and the one you are 
recording. 

Always use headphones when recording, even if you are not monitoring the 
recording. If you don't, the microphone may pick up the playback of the 
existing tracks in your recording. 

Note that due to unavoidable latency in consumer-level computer audio setups, 
there will be a delay between singing or speaking into the microphone and that
sound being laid down in the recording. Audacity will try to correct for this by
pushing the recorded track backwards slightly after recording, but you can 
always adjust the synchronisation of the recorded track and the others by using 
the Time Shift Tool <---> (Hotkey = F5) top left of the Audacity screen, to 
drag the recorded track left or right to its correct position.    




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I just downloaded audacity and am having difficulty using.
I have downloaded books to my computer and then to my mp3 player, but my =
mp3 player does not book mark. I am trying to split or segment the book =
into smaller pieces so that I can have something close to a book mark.=20
Can you give me step by step instructions as to how to do this ???

Also, is ther a phone number that I can call ?

Thanks

| From ken 
    | Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:19:36 -0500
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I just downloaded audacity and am having difficulty using.
    | I have downloaded books to my computer and then to my mp3 player,
    | but my mp3 player does not book mark. I am trying to split or segment
    | the book into smaller pieces so that I can have something close to a book
    | mark. Can you give me step by step instructions as to how to do this ???
    | Also, is ther a phone number that I can call ?

Sorry, there is no phone number as we are all unpaid volunteers working remotely 
on our own computers. There is no consistently agreed way in which a player 
can navigate *within* MP3 files. Some players will read "cue sheets" in association
with MP3s. Cue sheets are plain text files denoting the start time of different
"tracks" within the one file. If for example you have "sound.mp3" and "sound.cue"
in the same folder on the drive, a player supporting cue sheets will detect sound.cue
when sound.mp3 is opened, so pressing "next" in the player will then advance to 
the next "track" in sound.mp3. A very few players will even support adding cue
points directly inside MP3 ID3v2 tags. 

So unless your MP3 player supports cue sheets or cue points in ID3 tags, you 
cannot keep your audio book as one MP3 file and have the player navigate within it
with any kind of "marker". You could split each long MP3 into separate MP3s and
then save them to a playlist folder. When you open the playlist folder, the MP3
player should be able to navigate to each MP3 in the folder with the next and
previous buttons. Depending on the player, if you play through the folder without
navigating you may well hear gaps as it moves from one MP3 file to the next.
However if you make your splits at logical points in the track e.g. at chapters
rather than at fixed time points, any audible gaps between the tracks should not
matter much.   

If you have a portable player that can play audio CDs and a CD burner that can 
burn audio CDs without gaps between tracks, you could also consider exporting   
individual WAV or AIFF files and burning them without gaps as an audio CD. 
This limits you to 80 minutes or less per CD, but if you want splits at set time 
points you might find CD players more likely to play seamlessly across a gaplessly
burnt CD than an MP3 player will play a series of MP3s seamlessly. 

Audacity does not have any automatic way of splitting at set time periods but for
making manual splits at particular points then exporting as separate files, see
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Splitting_recordings_into_separate_tracks


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Thanks, good info.
What I need is the exact step by step instructions to split the long mp3 
file into smaller segments--chapters would work. I hope that I can then load 
to my mp3 player and use those as book marks,
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From: <audacity-help@...>
To: "ken" <kcarlile@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>    | From ken
>    | Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:19:36 -0500
>    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>    | I just downloaded audacity and am having difficulty using.
>    | I have downloaded books to my computer and then to my mp3 player,
>    | but my mp3 player does not book mark. I am trying to split or segment
>    | the book into smaller pieces so that I can have something close to a 
> book
>    | mark. Can you give me step by step instructions as to how to do this 
> ???
>    | Also, is ther a phone number that I can call ?
>
> Sorry, there is no phone number as we are all unpaid volunteers working 
> remotely
> on our own computers. There is no consistently agreed way in which a 
> player
> can navigate *within* MP3 files. Some players will read "cue sheets" in 
> association
> with MP3s. Cue sheets are plain text files denoting the start time of 
> different
> "tracks" within the one file. If for example you have "sound.mp3" and 
> "sound.cue"
> in the same folder on the drive, a player supporting cue sheets will 
> detect sound.cue
> when sound.mp3 is opened, so pressing "next" in the player will then 
> advance to
> the next "track" in sound.mp3. A very few players will even support adding 
> cue
> points directly inside MP3 ID3v2 tags.
>
> So unless your MP3 player supports cue sheets or cue points in ID3 tags, 
> you
> cannot keep your audio book as one MP3 file and have the player navigate 
> within it
> with any kind of "marker". You could split each long MP3 into separate 
> MP3s and
> then save them to a playlist folder. When you open the playlist folder, 
> the MP3
> player should be able to navigate to each MP3 in the folder with the next 
> and
> previous buttons. Depending on the player, if you play through the folder 
> without
> navigating you may well hear gaps as it moves from one MP3 file to the 
> next.
> However if you make your splits at logical points in the track e.g. at 
> chapters
> rather than at fixed time points, any audible gaps between the tracks 
> should not
> matter much.
>
> If you have a portable player that can play audio CDs and a CD burner that 
> can
> burn audio CDs without gaps between tracks, you could also consider 
> exporting
> individual WAV or AIFF files and burning them without gaps as an audio CD.
> This limits you to 80 minutes or less per CD, but if you want splits at 
> set time
> points you might find CD players more likely to play seamlessly across a 
> gaplessly
> burnt CD than an MP3 player will play a series of MP3s seamlessly.
>
> Audacity does not have any automatic way of splitting at set time periods 
> but for
> making manual splits at particular points then exporting as separate 
> files, see
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Splitting_recordings_into_separate_tracks
>
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>

| From ken 
    | Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:48:19 -0500
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | What I need is the exact step by step instructions to split the long mp3 
    | file into smaller segments--chapters would work. I hope that I can then load 
    | to my mp3 player and use those as book marks,

I had already given you a link to step-by-step instructions to enable you to split
up a single long track, then export each segment as a separate MP3 file. Here it is
again:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Splitting_recordings_into_separate_tracks

The introductions on that page refers to splitting up recordings made from LPs 
or tapes as that is the most common use for this, but the actual instructions you
need (from "Labels" onwards") is the same. Just import your long .MP3, leave it 
in the one track in the window as you imported it, then follow the instructions 
from "Labels" onwards. 
     

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I recently purchased a BEHRINGER U-CONTROL UCA202.  Then I downloaded =
and installed the AUDACITY software.

I am trying to copy music from my LP records onto CDs.  But I can't make =
anything work. When I start the operation, the

Audacity screen looks like something is happening but apparently nothing =
is.  Is there something else I have to do

or install?  I have seen MP3 or WAV sound files mentioned.  Could that =
be what's missing?  I need someone to take me

by the hand and tell me each and everything to do.  I have WINDOWS XP in =
my computer.  Can you help?

Bob Risvold
36211 321st St N.E.
Arlington, Wa.  98223

brisvold@...

| From Bob Risvold 
    | Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:43:47 -0700
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I recently purchased a BEHRINGER U-CONTROL UCA202.  Then I 
    | downloaded and installed the AUDACITY software.
    | I am trying to copy music from my LP records onto CDs.  But I can't make
    | anything work. When I start the operation, the
    | Audacity screen looks like something is happening but apparently nothing is. 
    |  Is there something else I have to do or install?  I have seen MP3 or WAV 
    | sound files mentioned.  Could that be what's missing?  I need someone to
    | take me by the hand and tell me each and everything to do.  I have
    | WINDOWS XP in my computer.  Can you help?

MP3 or WAV files are what you export from Audacity after making your recording
from the LPs. You can then play these files on Windows Media Player or similar
players on your computer. If you export 44 100 Hz 16 bit stereo WAV files, you 
can burn them to an audio CD, as you want to do. 

Possibly you have not got Audacity configured correctly to pick up the signal from
the Behringer device.  In brief, the end of the cable that goes into the Behringer
must have dual RCA red/white plugs and you need to connect the red plug to the 
right input of the Behringer and the white to the left. At Edit > Preferences in 
Audacity, set the USB Audio Codec (meaning the Behringer) as your recording 
device and the inbuilt sound (not Microsoft SoundMapper) as your playback 
device. Your computer speakers should be plugged into the green line-out port 
on the computer. Go to the Audacity Mixer Toolbar 
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm    

and slide the input volume slider (by the microphone symbol) to right (say 
three-quarters to right to begin with). Then press the red Record button in 
Audacity.

Please read the more detailed instructions here which should help, including
the links thereon under "Instructions" about splitting recordings into separate 
tracks (Section 8) and burning to CDs (Sections 9 and 10):            
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Transferring_tapes_and_records_to_computer_or_CD


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Hi, I just downloaded Audacity yesterday. I have been able to easily =
hook up my cassette tape player and record into the computer. However =
when I try to "export" from "file" to "WAV" I get a message, Cannot =
export audio to D:\ ---. I have been trying for two days to get this to =
somewhere that I can burn a cd. Please help.
I am using Windows XP and 1.2.6 audacity.
thank you, JG

| From jguadagno 
    | Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:35:02 -0600
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I just downloaded Audacity yesterday. I have been able to easily
    | hook up my cassette tape player and record into the computer.
    | However when I try to "export" from "file" to "WAV" I get a message, 
    | Cannot export audio to D:\ ---. I have been trying for two days to get 
    | this to somewhere that I can burn a cd. I am using Windows XP and 
    | 1.2.6 audacity.

Is D:\ a portable hard drive, a second drive on your computer, or your CD drive?  
If it is your CD Drive, you cannot write your exported file to there because 
Audacity does not burn CDs - you have to export to a normal drive or storage 
device, and burn the file to CD with burning software - please see:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_burn_CDs

If D:\ is a hard drive (and assuming if it's a network or portable drive that it is
accessible) the most likely explanation is that you are using File > Export
Multiple and are naming the file using system-prohibited characters, either  
in the Track Popdown Menu
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/menu_track.htm

or in the labels you added with Project > Add Label at Selection. On Windows,
the following characters are not accepted in file or folder names

\ / : * ? " < > |

You might also be typing a destination in the Export Location box in the Export
Multiple dialogue that does not exist  - you cannot create a new directory in this
way. If you are using Export Multiple please see this tutorial:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Splitting_recordings_into_separate_tracks

If none of the above is the problem, please write back and let us know the exact 
steps that lead to the error message. 


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Dear sir,

I bought a Lenco L-3866USB and got PC SW Audacity.

When I want to record LP's frequently the recording stops, the output =
signals(green) disappears and the sound stops.
The only way to continue is to end the program and start again.
I use Windows XP, with 512Mb memory and 160Gb Harddisc.
I use my PC for Video editing without problems.

Any suggestions?

Best rgds Hans

| From hans krusel 
    | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:21:56 +0100
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I bought a Lenco L-3866USB and got PC SW Audacity.
    | When I want to record LP's frequently the recording stops, the output
    | signals(green) disappears and the sound stops.
    | The only way to continue is to end the program and start again.
    | I use Windows XP, with 512Mb memory and 160Gb Harddisc.
    | I use my PC for Video editing without problems.

Please make sure you have the latest release of Audacity (1.2.6) which you 
can download from us at
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

You can see what version you have now at Help > About Audacity.

Unfortunately, reports of recordings freezing with USB turntables are not that
uncommon, and may be caused by any of these:

* A fault with the turntable itself

* A defective USB cable. This problem is widely reported. Please try pushing   
   home the USB cable tightly at both ends, or using a different cable. 

* Using a USB hub. Plug the turntable into a spare USB port.

* Excessive USB bandwidth. Make sure your Project Rate button bottom left 
   of the Audacity screen is not set to more than 48 000 Hz. If other bandwidth
   intensive USB devices are in use, this may cause problems. For example, 
   don't record from the turntable while downloading/uploading to the internet 
   with a USB modem. 

* Problems with the USB Audio Drivers. Check Windows Device Manager for any
   reported problems and/or right-click over the drivers to update them. 

* Loose cartridge/headshell. Turn the tone arm locknut anti-clockwise and remove
   the cartridge/headshell, then reseat it on the tonearm and turn the locknut 
   clockwise to secure the cartridge/headshell tightly. 

If you find you can record without interruption from another source such as a 
microphone (to do this, your inbuilt sound must be set as your recording device
in the Audio I/O tab of Audacity Preferences), this clearly suggests one of the
above problems are the cause.  In case of doubt you should contact your
turntable manufacturer for support:
http://www.lenco.de/en/contact/netherlands/consument/techniek

If you find recordings freezing when recording from any sources, there could be 
resource problems such as the system swap file not being large enough. You 
may want to have a look at our list of tips for avoiding recording problems here:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Avoiding_Computer_Resources_and_Sound_Driver_problems

Updating the sound device drivers as mentioned on the above page is always 
highly recommended for Windows users. However this would not solve any 
problem there may be with the turntable as the computer's sound device is not
involved when recording from the turntable, unless you play back the recording
while making it by enabling "software playthrough" on the Audio I/O tab of 
Audacity Preferences. As you are enabling this, you could try turning it off to 
see if it helps. If it does, it definitely suggests you want to look at the above
link and see if there are issues with inadequate computer resources or outdated
soundcard drivers that need to be addressed.


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I tried to do what you suggested but am still doing something wrong.  I 
selected USB Audio CODEC as the recording device but probably the wrong 
thing as the Playback device.  My choices for playback are:  Microsoft Sound 
Mapper-Output,   USB AUDIO CODEC,    Modem#2 Line Playback,    SoundMax 
Digital Audio.      I've tried all of them and nothing works so I must be 
missing something else. Do I also need to install the "Lame MP3 encorder" ?
I'd sure like to get this thing working. So often the instructions say to do 
something but they don't say how to do it or where to do it.
Bob Risvold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <audacity-help@...>
To: "Bob Risvold" <brisvold@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>    | From Bob Risvold
>    | Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:43:47 -0700
>    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>    | I recently purchased a BEHRINGER U-CONTROL UCA202.  Then I
>    | downloaded and installed the AUDACITY software.
>    | I am trying to copy music from my LP records onto CDs.  But I can't 
> make
>    | anything work. When I start the operation, the
>    | Audacity screen looks like something is happening but apparently 
> nothing is.
>    |  Is there something else I have to do or install?  I have seen MP3 or 
> WAV
>    | sound files mentioned.  Could that be what's missing?  I need someone 
> to
>    | take me by the hand and tell me each and everything to do.  I have
>    | WINDOWS XP in my computer.  Can you help?
>
> MP3 or WAV files are what you export from Audacity after making your 
> recording
> from the LPs. You can then play these files on Windows Media Player or 
> similar
> players on your computer. If you export 44 100 Hz 16 bit stereo WAV files, 
> you
> can burn them to an audio CD, as you want to do.
>
> Possibly you have not got Audacity configured correctly to pick up the 
> signal from
> the Behringer device.  In brief, the end of the cable that goes into the 
> Behringer
> must have dual RCA red/white plugs and you need to connect the red plug to 
> the
> right input of the Behringer and the white to the left. At Edit > 
> Preferences in
> Audacity, set the USB Audio Codec (meaning the Behringer) as your 
> recording
> device and the inbuilt sound (not Microsoft SoundMapper) as your playback
> device. Your computer speakers should be plugged into the green line-out 
> port
> on the computer. Go to the Audacity Mixer Toolbar
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm
>
> and slide the input volume slider (by the microphone symbol) to right (say
> three-quarters to right to begin with). Then press the red Record button 
> in
> Audacity.
>
> Please read the more detailed instructions here which should help, 
> including
> the links thereon under "Instructions" about splitting recordings into 
> separate
> tracks (Section 8) and burning to CDs (Sections 9 and 10):
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Transferring_tapes_and_records_to_computer_or_CD
>
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
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>
>

| From Bob Risvold 
    | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:39:04 -0700
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I tried to do what you suggested but am still doing something wrong.  I 
    | selected USB Audio CODEC as the recording device but probably the wrong 
    | thing as the Playback device.  My choices for playback are:  Microsoft Sound 
    | Mapper-Output,   USB AUDIO CODEC,    Modem#2 Line Playback,    SoundMax 
    | Digital Audio.      I've tried all of them and nothing works so I must be 
    | missing something else.

You want to select SoundMax Digital Audio as the playback device in the Audio 
I/O tab of Audacity Preferences - that is your inbuilt sound. You want to plug
your computer speakers into the line-out port of the computer (probably coloured
green), and on Audacity's Mixer Toolbar 
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm

turn up the output volume (the left-hand slider by the speaker symbol). Make 
sure your inbuilt sound playback is not muted, by going Start > (Settings) > 
Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices and in the "Device Volume" panel, 
ensure the Mute checkbox is not checked.  

    | Do I also need to install the "Lame MP3 encorder" ?

No, if you are burning audio CDs for playing on standalone CD players, you have 
no need of LAME. That is meant for exporting MP3s from Audacity, whereas you 
want to export WAV files for burning to your CDs. 


    | I'd sure like to get this thing working. So often the instructions say to do 
    | something but they don't say how to do it or where to do it.

The above should ensure you can hear sound played back in Audacity but you 
need to be specific about what is wrong, or it is difficult to help. What happens
when you press the red Record button in Audacity? Do you get a blue waveform 
drawn on the screen that looks like this
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/images/9/94/Labelsresize.png

or only a flat line in the centre? 


Gale Andrews



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Dear Gale,

thank you for the prompt reply.
I found out a little more.
I am using version 1.3.
When I record  a LP, than it happens frequently that the recording stops in 
between two tracks (the silence period). When I push stop and than record 
again, the recording starts on a new track. It appears that the time between 
the tracks stops the recording some times for an odd reason???.


Brgds Hans
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Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>    | From hans krusel
>    | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:21:56 +0100
>    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>    | I bought a Lenco L-3866USB and got PC SW Audacity.
>    | When I want to record LP's frequently the recording stops, the output
>    | signals(green) disappears and the sound stops.
>    | The only way to continue is to end the program and start again.
>    | I use Windows XP, with 512Mb memory and 160Gb Harddisc.
>    | I use my PC for Video editing without problems.
>
> Please make sure you have the latest release of Audacity (1.2.6) which you
> can download from us at
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
>
> You can see what version you have now at Help > About Audacity.
>
> Unfortunately, reports of recordings freezing with USB turntables are not 
> that
> uncommon, and may be caused by any of these:
>
> * A fault with the turntable itself
>
> * A defective USB cable. This problem is widely reported. Please try 
> pushing
>   home the USB cable tightly at both ends, or using a different cable.
>
> * Using a USB hub. Plug the turntable into a spare USB port.
>
> * Excessive USB bandwidth. Make sure your Project Rate button bottom left
>   of the Audacity screen is not set to more than 48 000 Hz. If other 
> bandwidth
>   intensive USB devices are in use, this may cause problems. For example,
>   don't record from the turntable while downloading/uploading to the 
> internet
>   with a USB modem.
>
> * Problems with the USB Audio Drivers. Check Windows Device Manager for 
> any
>   reported problems and/or right-click over the drivers to update them.
>
> * Loose cartridge/headshell. Turn the tone arm locknut anti-clockwise and 
> remove
>   the cartridge/headshell, then reseat it on the tonearm and turn the 
> locknut
>   clockwise to secure the cartridge/headshell tightly.
>
> If you find you can record without interruption from another source such 
> as a
> microphone (to do this, your inbuilt sound must be set as your recording 
> device
> in the Audio I/O tab of Audacity Preferences), this clearly suggests one 
> of the
> above problems are the cause.  In case of doubt you should contact your
> turntable manufacturer for support:
> http://www.lenco.de/en/contact/netherlands/consument/techniek
>
> If you find recordings freezing when recording from any sources, there 
> could be
> resource problems such as the system swap file not being large enough. You
> may want to have a look at our list of tips for avoiding recording 
> problems here:
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Avoiding_Computer_Resources_and_Sound_Driver_problems
>
> Updating the sound device drivers as mentioned on the above page is always
> highly recommended for Windows users. However this would not solve any
> problem there may be with the turntable as the computer's sound device is 
> not
> involved when recording from the turntable, unless you play back the 
> recording
> while making it by enabling "software playthrough" on the Audio I/O tab of
> Audacity Preferences. As you are enabling this, you could try turning it 
> off to
> see if it helps. If it does, it definitely suggests you want to look at 
> the above
> link and see if there are issues with inadequate computer resources or 
> outdated
> soundcard drivers that need to be addressed.
>
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
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| From hans krusel=20
    | Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:40:05 +0100
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I found out a little more.
    | I am using version 1.3.
    | When I record  a LP, than it happens frequently that the recording st=
ops in=20
    | between two tracks (the silence period). When I push stop and than re=
cord=20
    | again, the recording starts on a new track. It appears that the time =
between=20
    | the tracks stops the recording some times for an odd reason???.

It would make no difference if you were recording from a conventional turnt=
able
into the line-in of the computer if there was near-silence in the signal - =
Audacity=20
does not start and stop recordings according to the amplitude of the input =
signal.
However it sounds as if it could easily be the sort of fault a USB turntabl=
e might
have.

Assuming you mean you have Audacity 1.3.0, 1.3.1 or 1.3.2, you could try Au=
dacity=20
1.2.6 from our site=20
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

or if you mean you have 1.2.3, you can try 1.3.2 from our site. Let us know=
 if it=20
makes any difference, though I doubt it will.  You should try a new USB cab=
le and
the other adjustments I mentioned, and then contact Lenco if the problems=
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> Hello Gale,
>
> The attachment attempts to explain all settings and what I do to run this
> program.  Also, please let me know if you receive this. I may have not
done this email correctly either.
>
> Bob Risvold
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <audacity-help@...>
> To: "Bob Risvold" <brisvold@...>
> Cc: <audacity-help@...>
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help
>
>
>>
>>    | From Bob Risvold
>>    | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:39:04 -0700
>>    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>>    | I tried to do what you suggested but am still doing something wrong.
>> I
>>    | selected USB Audio CODEC as the recording device but probably the
>> wrong
>>    | thing as the Playback device.  My choices for playback are:
>> Microsoft Sound
>>    | Mapper-Output,   USB AUDIO CODEC,    Modem#2 Line Playback,
>> SoundMax
>>    | Digital Audio.      I've tried all of them and nothing works so I
>> must be
>>    | missing something else.
>>
>> You want to select SoundMax Digital Audio as the playback device in the
>> Audio
>> I/O tab of Audacity Preferences - that is your inbuilt sound. You want to
>> plug
>> your computer speakers into the line-out port of the computer (probably
>> coloured
>> green), and on Audacity's Mixer Toolbar
>> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm
>>
>> turn up the output volume (the left-hand slider by the speaker symbol).
>> Make
>> sure your inbuilt sound playback is not muted, by going Start > 
>> (Settings)
>>  >
>> Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices and in the "Device Volume" 
>> panel,
>> ensure the Mute checkbox is not checked.
>>
>>    | Do I also need to install the "Lame MP3 encorder" ?
>>
>> No, if you are burning audio CDs for playing on standalone CD players, 
>> you
>> have
>> no need of LAME. That is meant for exporting MP3s from Audacity, whereas
>> you
>> want to export WAV files for burning to your CDs.
>>
>>
>>    | I'd sure like to get this thing working. So often the instructions
>> say to do
>>    | something but they don't say how to do it or where to do it.
>>
>> The above should ensure you can hear sound played back in Audacity but 
>> you
>> need to be specific about what is wrong, or it is difficult to help. What
>> happens
>> when you press the red Record button in Audacity? Do you get a blue
>> waveform
>> drawn on the screen that looks like this
>> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/images/9/94/Labelsresize.png
>>
>> or only a flat line in the centre?
>>
>>
>> Gale Andrews
>>
>>
>>
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>

Gale Andrews,

You have been helping me as I try to make my "Audacity' program work.
My last two messages to you apparently are being intercepted because =
they are too big.
I am trying to send an attachment to explain everything I am doing.  Can =
you give me a
mailing address so that I can mail this info to you.  I appreciate your =
help.

Bob Risvold
brisvold@...

| From Bob Risvold 
    | Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:15:43 -0700
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | My last two messages to you apparently are being intercepted 
    | because they are too big.
    | I am trying to send an attachment to explain everything I am doing. 
    | Can you give me a mailing address so that I can mail this info to you. 
    | I appreciate your help.

You can write to 

gale_AT_audacityteam_DOT_org 

replacing _AT_ with "@" and _DOT_ with "." as in a normal email address. 
Please note we make no guarantee we can help further. You are merely 
trying to get the Behringer USB device to record, and explicit instructions 
thereto have already been given to you twice. There is nothing you can 
configure that has not been mentioned to you twice already. Obviously I 
assume you have the device plugged into the USB port of your computer.
I believe you may be better advised contacting Behringer by telephone, as 
this might make it easier to figure out what is wrong, and we cannot provide 
telephone support. Additionally, there is always a chance the device itself
is faulty. Support telephone numbers for Behringer are listed here
http://www.behringer.com/05_support/service_template.cfm?lang=ENG&S_SEARCH=2

  
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Greetings:
 
 
I cannot get Audacity to record. I am running windows xp with a M-Audio 410  
digital interface. Can you help?
 
Thanx,
 
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| From ASARLEVI 
    | Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:40:04 EDT
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I cannot get Audacity to record. I am running windows xp with a M-Audio 410  
    | digital interface. 

Do you mean this?
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FireWire410-main.html

Have you read its Manual?
http://www.m-audio.com/images/global/manuals/FireWire410-Manual.pdf

Have you installed the drivers from the Firewire 410 driver CD-ROM before 
connecting the device to your computer?

If you have done the above then you would go to the Audio I/O tab of 
Preferences and set the M-Audio as the recording device and (optionally) 
as the playback device. If you want to use M-Audio as playback device you 
would need to plug your headphones into it. Generally on Windows systems
Audacity will not be able to record more than two channels (stereo) at a time, 
so the recording channels dropdown in the Audio I/O tab should be set to 
either mono or stereo.

On Audacity's Mixer Toolbar 
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm

there is a master input level control (by the microphone symbol) which you 
need to turn up. I would assume that the dropdown input selector on the 
Mixer Toolbar would be greyed out. Any necessary configuration of the 
M-Audio device would be done in its software control panel. This is accessed 
by double-clicking the M-Audio logo in the system tray. 

If you are using Audacity 1.2.6 and Audacity is not seeing the device in the 
Audio I/O tab recording devices dropdown, but it is seen in the Windows
Control Panel, try Audacity 1.3.2.



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| From Isabel 
    | Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:47:39 -0500
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | Do you have an "owners manual"?   I am hoping there is
    | something I can download.  

We'd recommend the PDF version of our Manual as that is the easiest
to print:
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/audacity-manual-1.2.pdf

You need a PDF reader to read or print PDFs such as Adobe 
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

You can also download an HTML version of the Manual here:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/audacity-manual-1.2.zip 

To use this you have to extract all the files to one folder then open index.html
in your web browser. 

For further help resources please see our Tutorials on the website
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials

and on our user-editable Wiki:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorials  

and our FAQ
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq


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THANKS VERY MUCH
I LOVE YOUR SOFTWARE

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From: <audacity-help@...>
To: "Isabel" <bella53@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>    | From Isabel
>    | Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:47:39 -0500
>    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>    | Do you have an "owners manual"?   I am hoping there is
>    | something I can download.
>
> We'd recommend the PDF version of our Manual as that is the easiest
> to print:
> http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/audacity-manual-1.2.pdf
>
> You need a PDF reader to read or print PDFs such as Adobe
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
>
> You can also download an HTML version of the Manual here:
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/audacity-manual-1.2.zip
>
> To use this you have to extract all the files to one folder then open 
> index.html
> in your web browser.
>
> For further help resources please see our Tutorials on the website
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials
>
> and on our user-editable Wiki:
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorials
>
> and our FAQ
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq
>
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
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>
>
>

A friend of mine recommended Audacity as a powerful free music recording
software program.

=20

I am trying to run the software on a computer with the following:

=20

Windows 98 SE

700 mhz processor

256 mb memory

30 GB free hard drive space.=20

=20

Unfortunately Audacity has crashed on me multiple times.

=20

The first time at 5 minutes

The second time at 8 minutes

The third time at 10 minutes

The fourth time at 21 minutes.

The fifth time at 7 minutes.=20

And so on.=20

=20

I have deleted and downloaded the program several times and it was
crashes.=20

=20

My friend said this has never happened to him. What could I be doing
wrong?=20

=20

Based on the above is my system capable of running the program?

=20

James Kosler

| From Kosler, James 
    | Fri, 11 May 2007 23:03:58 -0400
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | A friend of mine recommended Audacity as a powerful free musicrecording 
    | software program.
    | I am trying to run the software on a computer with thefollowing:
    | Windows 98 SE
    | 700 mhz processor
    | 256 mb memory
    | 30 GB free hard drive space. 
    | Unfortunately Audacity has crashed on me multiple times.
    |  
    | The first time at 5 minutes
    | The second time at 8 minutes
    | The third time at 10 minutes
    | The fourth time at 21 minutes.
    | The fifth time at 7 minutes. 
    | I have deleted and downloaded the program several times andit was crashes. 
    | My friend said this has never happened to him. What could Ibe doing wrong? 
    | Based on the above is my system capable of running theprogram?

I presume from your description that the crashes are occurring after periods of 
recording. On paper your computer should be capable enough of making a single
track (mono or stereo) recording of reasonable length (but not necessarily of 
editing long multitrack Projects). If you are recording into the sound device of 
the computer (in other words, not recording with a device that connects to the
computer via USB or Firewire), then your best option is to update the drivers of
the sound device to the latest ones for your computer model from the manufacturer
of the device or motherboard. Faulty drivers are a frequent cause of recording 
crashes. Please see:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Updating_Sound_Device_Drivers

As you are on a relatively slow and old computer I'd also suggest your reading 
this page:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Managing_Computer_Resources_and_Drivers

You'll find here recording tips that will help you reduce the resource strain on the
computer when recording, so ensuring that issues such as low memory are 
not contributing to the crashing problem.


Gale Andrews

  









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Is there anyone I can talk to on the phone or online?
I have copied an album and stored it in my computer and can play it from  
there.  However, nothing I do will import the music into my Itunes.   Have tried 
several different ways.  Any suggestions?
 
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| From ESPMAN2 
    | Tue, 22 May 2007 18:28:00 EDT
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I have copied an album and stored it in my computer and can play
    | it from there. However, nothing I do will import the music into my 
    | Itunes.   Have tried several different ways.

If you cannot import your exported audio file into iTunes the most likely
reason is that you have exported a 32 bit WAV or AIFF file from Audacity
instead of a 16 bit WAV or AIFF. iTunes will not accept 32 bit files. Please
see our help on exporting your Project into iTunes here:   
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Exporting_your_Audacity_Project_into_iTunes_and_iPod


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I've solved that problem and thank you for your help.

Now there's a new problem and nowhere do I find a 'troubleshooting' section=20=
in HELP.

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   | From ESPMAN2=20
   | Tue, 22 May 2007 18:28:00 EDT
   | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
   | I have copied an album and stored it in my computer and can play
   | it from there. However, nothing I do will import the music into my=20
   | Itunes.   Have tried several different ways.
If you cannot import your exported audio file into iTunes the most likely
eason is that you have exported a 32 bit WAV or AIFF file from Audacity
nstead of a 16 bit WAV or AIFF. iTunes will not accept 32 bit files. Please
ee our help on exporting your Project into iTunes here:  =20
ttp://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=3DExporting_your_Audacity_Projec=
t_into_iTunes_and_iPod

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| From espman2 
    | Tue, 29 May 2007 21:56:23 -0400
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | Now there's a new problem and nowhere do I find a 'troubleshooting' 
    | section in HELP.
    | I start recording a record and in 4-10 seconds it simply quits. Once in 
    | several attempts it will go for nearly a minute and then stop. 

What sort of turntable are you are recording from?

If it is a USB turntable, these have endemic problems with recordings freezing
up, most commonly due to the low quality or defective USB cables they are
often supplied with. Please see:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=USB_turntables#Troubleshooting

If this a conventional turntable and amplifier setup and you are connecting 
into line-in of the computer, then the most likely explanation is that you have
serious problems with your computer's sound device. You will need to update
its drivers to the latest ones for your computer model from the manufacturer
of the device or motherboard. For help on this please see:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Updating_Sound_Device_Drivers

If you have any further questions, please also tell us what operating system you 
are on (e.g. Windows XP,  OS X 10.4, and if you are on OS X, whether you have 
an Intel Mac or Power PC). Also please tell us what version of Audacity you are 
using (see Help > About Audacity or Audacity > About Audacity in the program). 


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When saving music recorded on micro trak24/96 to my computer...fine.  =
The files are .wav and are huge at 50MB's. How can I save as MP3 or a =
format that is not such a huge file? I'm having trouble sending  these =
large .wav files on e-mail to friends.

Thank you,

Bill Lombardo

| From Bill Lombardo 
    | Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:53:18 -0700
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | When saving music recorded on micro trak24/96 to my computer...fine.
    | The files are .wav and are huge at 50MB's. How can I save as MP3 or a 
    | format that is not such a huge file? I'm having trouble sending  these large
    | .wav files on e-mail to friends.

To export as .MP3 you use the File > Export as MP3 command. To use this 
command you need to have the LAME MP3 encoder on your computer and to
tell Audacity where to find it. Please see:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

At Audacity's default 128 kbps .MP3 export bitrate, these files will take about 
1 MB per minute. You can reduce the size of the exported files by going to the 
File Formats tab of Preferences and choosing a lower bitrate in the "MP3 Export
Setup" panel. For example if you choose 64 kbps the exported MP3 will take
0.5 MB per minute, though it will have somewhat lower quality than the
128 kbps file. If the .MP3 is still too large to email, you can send it over the
internet with a service like http://www.yousendit.com/


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Thank you for your quick response. I cannot find the file needed (LAME MP3)
from the downloaded site you gave me. I downloaded a ZIP file I thought was
it but there is tons of files in it. Which one do I need?

Thank you
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Audacity Help" <audacity-help@...>
To: "Bill Lombardo" <billlombardo@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>     | From Bill Lombardo
>     | Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:53:18 -0700
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>     | When saving music recorded on micro trak24/96 to my computer...fine.
>     | The files are .wav and are huge at 50MB's. How can I save as MP3 or
a
>     | format that is not such a huge file? I'm having trouble sending
these large
>     | .wav files on e-mail to friends.
>
> To export as .MP3 you use the File > Export as MP3 command. To use this
> command you need to have the LAME MP3 encoder on your computer and to
> tell Audacity where to find it. Please see:
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3
>
> At Audacity's default 128 kbps .MP3 export bitrate, these files will take
about
> 1 MB per minute. You can reduce the size of the exported files by going to
the
> File Formats tab of Preferences and choosing a lower bitrate in the "MP3
Export
> Setup" panel. For example if you choose 64 kbps the exported MP3 will take
> 0.5 MB per minute, though it will have somewhat lower quality than the
> 128 kbps file. If the .MP3 is still too large to email, you can send it
over the
> internet with a service like http://www.yousendit.com/
>
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>

| From Bill Lombardo 
    | Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:34:10 -0700
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I cannot find the file needed (LAME MP3)
    | from the downloaded site you gave me. I downloaded a ZIP file I thought was
    | it but there is tons of files in it. Which one do I need?

You have got the wrong zip folder from the sound of it. The file you want from the 
zip folder will be called lame_enc.dll if you are on Windows, or other names if you 
are on OS X. Please follow the more detailed instructions here:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation

according to which operating system you are on (e.g. if you are on Windows, follow
the Windows instructions). 


Gale Andrews  





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I will try when I get home today. I want to thank you for being so prompt in
your response. I am probably a little lame brained and it is nice to know
there is somebody out there to help. It is very appreciated. Talk to you
late...

Bill L.
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From: "Audacity Help" <audacity-help@...>
To: "Bill Lombardo" <billlombardo@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>     | From Bill Lombardo
>     | Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:34:10 -0700
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>     | I cannot find the file needed (LAME MP3)
>     | from the downloaded site you gave me. I downloaded a ZIP file I
thought was
>     | it but there is tons of files in it. Which one do I need?
>
> You have got the wrong zip folder from the sound of it. The file you want
from the
> zip folder will be called lame_enc.dll if you are on Windows, or other
names if you
> are on OS X. Please follow the more detailed instructions here:
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation
>
> according to which operating system you are on (e.g. if you are on
Windows, follow
> the Windows instructions).
>
>
> Gale Andrews
>
>
>
>
>
> Outbound message virus free.
> Tested on: 6/4/2007 6:54:43 AM
>
>
>

I really appreciate your help Gale. I searched my computer after downloading
ZIP file:  lame-3.97b3_.tar. I didn't find lame_enc.dll anywhere. Can I
call...on my dime?

Thanks,

Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Audacity Help" <audacity-help@...>
To: "Bill Lombardo" <billlombardo@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


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>     | From Bill Lombardo
>     | Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:34:10 -0700
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>     | I cannot find the file needed (LAME MP3)
>     | from the downloaded site you gave me. I downloaded a ZIP file I
thought was
>     | it but there is tons of files in it. Which one do I need?
>
> You have got the wrong zip folder from the sound of it. The file you want
from the
> zip folder will be called lame_enc.dll if you are on Windows, or other
names if you
> are on OS X. Please follow the more detailed instructions here:
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation
>
> according to which operating system you are on (e.g. if you are on
Windows, follow
> the Windows instructions).
>
>
> Gale Andrews
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| From Bill Lombardo 
    | Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:56:25 -0700
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I searched my computer after downloading lame-3.97b3_.tar. I didn't find
    | lame_enc.dll anywhere. 

As I suspected you have followed the wrong link and come to the source code 
for LAME. This won't contain lame_enc.dll, which is a compiled library ready to 
encode MP3s, but only the means to build such a library. You don't want that at 
all. Simply go straight to the link I showed you last time: 
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation

and as I now assume you are on Windows, follow the instructions at paragraph 
2.1 "Simple Installation". It is honestly only about a one minute task. 


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I have to really thank you Gale. It worked...thanks to your patience. I know
I am really lame (no pun intended) but it takes me a while. I get easily
excited. For just being a regular consumer/musician, and to be able to get
this kind of "real" help is really impressive. Please pass on to your
company my thanks for your patient availability and professionalism.

Bill Lombardo


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From: "Audacity Help" <audacity-help@...>
To: "Bill Lombardo" <billlombardo@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>     | From Bill Lombardo
>     | Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:56:25 -0700
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>     | I searched my computer after downloading lame-3.97b3_.tar. I didn't
find
>     | lame_enc.dll anywhere.
>
> As I suspected you have followed the wrong link and come to the source
code
> for LAME. This won't contain lame_enc.dll, which is a compiled library
ready to
> encode MP3s, but only the means to build such a library. You don't want
that at
> all. Simply go straight to the link I showed you last time:
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation
>
> and as I now assume you are on Windows, follow the instructions at
paragraph
> 2.1 "Simple Installation". It is honestly only about a one minute task.
>
>
> Gale Andrews
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I have been using audacity for a few months now to make digital files of =
my old record albums. My problem now is that when I try to make a =
recording, it cuts off just a few seconds (or a minute or so) into the =
process. What would you advise?

Sincerely,

Robert Behre
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843-324-3618

| From Robert Behre 
    | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:05:26 -0400
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I have been using audacity for a few months now to make digital 
    | files of my old record albums. My problem now is that when I try to
    | make a recording, it cuts off just a few seconds (or a minute or so)
    | into the process. What would you advise?

Would I assume you are using a USB turntable such as an Ion or Numark?
If so please see our Troubleshooting help for USB turntables:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=USB_turntables#Troubleshooting

If problems persist please contact the turntable manufacturer using the 
contact details given further down the above page.


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Thank you for your response. I am using an Ion turntable, and the problem 
turned out to be that I had it plugged into the upper usb port on my 
computer instead of the lower one (I have an external hard drive plugged 
into the other; once I switched them, things were fine).

Sincerely,

Robert Behre

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From: "Audacity Help" <audacity-help@...>
To: "Robert Behre" <rbehre@...>
Cc: <audacity-help@...>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-help] Help


>
>    | From Robert Behre
>    | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:05:26 -0400
>    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
>    | I have been using audacity for a few months now to make digital
>    | files of my old record albums. My problem now is that when I try to
>    | make a recording, it cuts off just a few seconds (or a minute or so)
>    | into the process. What would you advise?
>
> Would I assume you are using a USB turntable such as an Ion or Numark?
> If so please see our Troubleshooting help for USB turntables:
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=USB_turntables#Troubleshooting
>
> If problems persist please contact the turntable manufacturer using the
> contact details given further down the above page.
>
>
> Gale Andrews
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I downloaded Audacity 1.2.6 and can not get it to open any files. I try cmmd O and it immediately closes, no warnings or anything. I try to import a file and it does the same thing. It seemed to work perfectly BEFORE I opened iTunes, iTunes gave me the old "not set as default player" so I turned it on. After that it has refused to open anything, I've reinstalled numerous times from a fresh download and still the same.

OS - windowsXP service pak 2

What is going on, can I download a previous version or should I download the beta?


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| From Carlos Santellanes=20
    | Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:43:12 -0700
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I downloaded Audacity 1.2.6 and can not get it to open any files.
    | I try cmmd O and it immediately closes, no warnings or anything.=20
    | I try to import a file and it does the same thing. It seemed to work
    | perfectly BEFORE I opened iTunes, iTunes gave me the old "not set=20
    | as default player" so I turned it on. After that it has refused to op=
en
    | anything, I've reinstalled numerous times from a fresh download and
    | still the same.
    | OS - windowsXP service pak 2

It should not make any difference whether iTunes (or any other player) is t=
he
default player for certain file extensions or not. Note that Audacity does =
not=20
import Quick-Time based files like MP4, M4P or MOV. If you want to import=
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those formats, please see this page:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=3DHow_to_import_files_from_iTu=
nes

When you try to import a file with Project > Import Audio or File > Open,=
=20
Audacity will try to access the directory from which it last successfully i=
mported
or opened a file. If that directory is not accessible, there may be problem=
s.=20
If this is the problem or if some other Preference setting you have made in=
=20
Audacity is creating the difficulty, you can reset your main Preferences to=
=20
safe defaults including making the directory you import/open from to be a=
=20
system default. To do this, go here:=20
http://www.gaclrecords.org.uk/audacitydl.html

scroll to the bottom of the page and right-click over "Audacity reset Prefe=
rences
=2Ereg file for Windows". Save this .reg file to your drive, then double-cl=
ick it and=20
click "yes" when asked if you want to add the information to the Registry.=
=20

Note that if you want to import files from iTunes, then providing the files=
 you=20
want to import are in .WAV, .AIFF or .MP3 format, you can drag them directl=
y=20
from the iTunes interface into Audacity on any Windows computer. To do this
you must hold down CTRL once the drag is hovered over the Audacity window.


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| From Denise Miller 
    | Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:19:25 -0600
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I purchased Audacity for my Treo phone. I had to do a hard reboot
    | and now my password doesn't work to register again. I have V3.05
    | I am user ID Denises's Treo and the number I have is 27353

We make the Audacity audio editor
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

not the dictation software of the same name which you are using.

Please visit the website of the manufacturer of your product 
http://audacityaudio.com/

or email them at 
support@... 


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Hi there !   Can you help me.  I had been using your 'Audacity'  program =
until I lost all the Data on my hard drive.   Could you please advise =
me,  as to how I can get on to that program again.  I'm nearly 80 years =
old,  so I'll just need you to spell it out to me very clearly.   Thank =
you very much in anticipation.   Yours.   Brian Cooney   =
janbri@...   That's me !

| From Brian Cooney 
    | Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:39:13 +1200
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I had been using your 'Audacity'  program until I lost all the Data 
    | on my hard drive.   Could you please advise me,  as to how I can 
    | get on to that program again.  

You just have to download Audacity again and reinstall it. Go here:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

look at the "Stable 1.2.6" panel and click the "Windows" link if you are on
a Windows computer or the "Mac OS X" link if you are on an Apple Mac. 
Near the top of the page you come to, click on one of the recommended 
downloads. 

If the browser asks you if you want to save the file to disc or open it, 
choose to save it.  

If you are on Windows, double-click the .exe installer file you saved to your 
disc and follow the instructions to install the program. 

If you are on OS X, double-click the .dmg to mount it then Option-drag the 
whole of the .dmg contents (not the .dmg itself) into the folder where you
want to install Audacity. For example you can create a new folder called 
Audacity in your Applications folder and drag the .dmg contents into that.

If you need help with Audacity, it has a help file at Help > Contents.   


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Hi there...

I have tried to find the resolve to my problem on your site but been =
unable to do so.

My problem is one of recording.

In the menu for mixer tool bar i have the following option available to =
use as recording selector

Line in=20
CD
Microphone
Stereo Mix.

Now im using a Asus Crosshair mother board with uses a Soundmax HD sound =
card. And this is selcted via the control panal etc for record and play =
back.
However Audacity does not see this card and there fore i can select it.

Can you help>

Dan.

| From Dan 
    | Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:31:37 +0100
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | My problem is one of recording.
    | In the menu for mixer tool bar i have the following option available to
    | use as recording selector
    | Line in 
    | CD
    | Microphone
    | Stereo Mix.
    | 
    | Now im using a Asus Crosshair mother board with uses a Soundmax HD
    | sound card. And this is selcted via the control panal etc for record and 
    | play back.
    | However Audacity does not see this card and there fore i can select it.

I assume you mean that SoundMax is integrated into the motherboard, as
opposed to being a separate soundcard attached to the PCI slots.
  
If Audacity sees the input choices you mention in the Mixer Toolbar dropdown
selector, then it is recognising whatever sound device those choices relate to. 
If you go to the "Recording Device" dropdown in the Audio I/O tab of Audacity
Preferences you can see what device that is. I would recommend choosing 
SoundMax in that dropdown. Does that help you record? If not, then assuming
you are on Windows you should go to the system mixer in the Windows Control
Panel, select the input you want there, turn its volume up, then restart Audacity 
and try to record. A guide to doing this can be found here:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_the_Control_Panel

If the input still does not record it indicates you have problems with the drivers 
of the SoundMax. Therefore (as Soundmax do not provide drivers themselves) 
you should update the sound device drivers to the latest ones for your computer
model made by the manufacturer of the motherboard.  Gather the necessary 
details about your motherboard using the CPU-Z utility mentioned on our Wiki
page:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Updating_Sound_Device_Drivers     
   
then visit the Asus site:
http://www.asus.com/

to look for drivers or contact them for support.


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To the whom it may concern,
hi my name is Sukhraj and i go to Perry Beeches School. I want to cut the v=
ocals out of a song so i can
have the background music only with the instruments aswel, i have read thro=
ugh the tutorial and followed through all the steps but the vocals are stil=
l there so could you please advice me through what is wrong and how to over=
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| From sukhraj chohan 
    | Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:31:04 +0100
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I want to cut the vocals out of a song so i can have the background 
    | music only with the instruments aswel, i have read through the 
    | tutorial and followed through all the steps but the vocals are still 
    | there so could you please advice me through what is wrong
    | and how to overcome this obstacle.

When you say you have read the tutorial, do you mean you have read this 
Frequently Asked Question?
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=editing&i=remove-vocals

As it says there, vocal removal works only in certain stereo tracks. The 
technique noted in the FAQ only works if the vocals are panned in
the centre of a stereo track which doesn't have a lot of reverberation 
added to it. You need to understand that removing vocals is really 
a trick of digital sound manipulation - unless you actually have access to
the original instrumental and vocal tracks that went into the mix, you can
never guarantee to remove the vocals. 
 
There is some more explanation, and a note of other plug-ins you can add
to Audacity to try and remove vocals where they are not centre-panned, here:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Vocal_Removal


Gale Andrews

  


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Hello,I'm attempting to use Audacity to record streaming audio. However, th=
ere is no =93Wave Out=94 or =93Stereo Mix=94 option in the mixer toolbar. T=
here is only "Line Volume", "CD Volume" and "Mic Volume". How can I fix thi=
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| From Cree McCook=20
    | Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:03:09 -0700
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I'm attempting to use Audacity to record streaming audio. However,
    | there is no =93Wave Out=94 or =93Stereo Mix=94 option in the mixer to=
olbar. There=20
    | is only "Line Volume", "CD Volume" and "Mic Volume". How can I fix th=
is?

Assuming you are on Windows, please see:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=3DMixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_t=
he_Control_Panel


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I am having serious problems. I have purchased the ION USB Turntable and it came with the Audacity software. I installed it and it worked fine. Then all of a sudden I would open it and on the toolbar where it should say "File" it has a bunch of ??????? all over. I contacted ION support and they said to install the latest version 1.2.6 so I did and still no success. I did this several times with no success. I uninstalled and search the registry for anything still leeching around somewhere. I turned off Symantec Antivirus and installed and no success. I can't get rid of the ????????? I am running Windows XP SP2 with all the current updates. Can someone please help?
       
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| From Donny Danyluk 
    | Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:14:07 -0700 (PDT)
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    | I am having serious problems. I have purchased the ION USB Turntable
    | and it came with the Audacity software. I installed it and it worked fine.
    | Then all of a sudden I would open it and on the toolbar where it should
    | say "File" it has a bunch of ??????? all over. I contacted ION support
    | and they said to install the latest version 1.2.6 so I did and still no
    | success.  I uninstalled and search the registry for anything still leeching
    | around somewhere. I turned off Symantec Antivirus and installed and no
    | success. I can't get rid of the ????????? I am running Windows XP SP2 
    | with all the current updates. Can someone please help?  

You have changed the language on the Interface tab of Preferences by accident, 
and this preference persists after uninstallation until you change the Preference
in the program itself or in the Windows Registry. To correct the problem please 
see this page:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Changing_the_current_language


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| From Deborah Cochran 
    | Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:03:37 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
    | Subject: [Audacity-help] Help
    |  I am using the audacity for my school work.  Just recently I
    | recorded with a  mp3 downloaded from school and when I play 
    | it back I can barely hear my voice.  The mp3 is okay.  I changed
    | microphones and the recording did not improve.  I don't know what 
    | is causing this.  I have checked all the volume areas that I know 
    | about in the software and on my computer and still no improvement.  

Make sure when you record against the MP3 that you have imported it 
into Audacity, then you can record against it by following these instructions:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=multi-track

Make sure you have chosen microphone as the input source, are plugging 
it into the microphone port of the computer and have turned up the input 
volume slider (by the microphone symbol) on the Mixer Toolbar:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm

If you go to the Recording section of your system mixer in the computer
(e.g. in the Control Panel on Windows or Sounds and Audio Devices on a 
Mac), there may be an "Advanced" or "AGC" button or menu for the 
microphone that will boost its volume.     



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