Nabble - audacity-help

How do I manually restore temp files?

2007-12-17T11:43:40Z

Hello there.

I was doing a simple recording of a meeting. After the recording was done, I pushed stop. After I pushed stop, I got the mouse pointer showing that endless spinning circle - program not responding.

Long story short, I had to force Audacity to quit.

Now, when I restart Audacity, I get a prompt asking me if I want to delete the temp files or manually restore them.

I've tried searching, but I can't find out how to manually restore these temp files and get my recording back.

Any help would be appreciated.

(I'm working on Windows Vista and the latest release (not beta) version of Audacity, if that helps.)

Thanks,

Nathan

Recording problem

2007-12-16T19:06:26Z

Hey,

I am attempting to record a song w/ Audacity from my laptop. However, when I record, it also records the outside sounds (aka me talking). Is there a way to record the sound straight from the soundcard or speakers? I've tried messing around with the recording devices in Preferences... but to no avail.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Mike

Re: Need help with creating a looping mp3 or swf

2007-12-13T19:16:38Z

Audacity-help wrote:

If the flash player can't play OGG, you can convert it to SWF with SuperPlayer (http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload).

I have used super8 before, and it worked well converting to swf. But it seems there are some settings that the Flash software can put into swf file that causes it to loop instead of looping the player in the template. I have asked the web guys to change it so we can upload a normal file without having to have flash software (then we wouldn't need their template...) but it will take them awhile... Any suggestions on how to add the loop to the swf file if I don't have flash software?

Thanks for your help.

Re: Need help with creating a looping mp3 or swf

2007-12-13T18:05:36Z

sceva wrote:

I want to upload a audio file to play as background music on my website. I use an online website builder, and the template creates a flash website. I can upload an mp3 or swf file of less than .5mb. The web tech guys say I have to change a setting in the mp3 file so it automatically loops (the web template only plays it once without this setting). I have searched the internet, downloaded audacity, acid express, soundforge trial, but I cannot figure it out. I have also read several places that looping an mp3 file leaves a slight break each time it loops. I did get the web tech guys to convert my mp3 into a swf (I don't have flash software), but it has an annoying pause each time it loops.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. thanks.

There is no command you can put in the file to make it loop, and MP3s have silence padding by design that makes an audible break if you loop them. The command you give to the embedded player would be in the web page (see http://www.hypergurl.com/music.html) so it depends if the template allows you to hand code this. To get over the looping problem, export as OGG from Audacity - it's slightly smaller than MP3 and has no silence padding. If the flash player can't play OGG, you can convert it to SWF with SuperPlayer (http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload).

Need help with creating a looping mp3 or swf

2007-12-11T20:56:48Z

I want to upload a audio file to play as background music on my website. I use an online website builder, and the template creates a flash website. I can upload an mp3 or swf file of less than .5mb. The web tech guys say I have to change a setting in the mp3 file so it automatically loops (the web template only plays it once without this setting). I have searched the internet, downloaded audacity, acid express, soundforge trial, but I cannot figure it out. I have also read several places that looping an mp3 file leaves a slight break each time it loops. I did get the web tech guys to convert my mp3 into a swf (I don't have flash software), but it has an annoying pause each time it loops.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Re: Offline Help Manual

2007-12-09T10:57:12Z

Finally, I reinstated version 1.2.5 and just copied the
help File from the 1.2.6 folder into my 1.2.5 folder and that has been very
successful, thank you.

I copied the help File from the 1.2.6 folder into my 1.2.5 folder as you instructed but then couldn't open it because I didn't know how to respond to the window telling me "There is no default application specified to open this document". Please advise how you opened it.

Using two sound cards

2007-12-01T13:59:14Z

By trying to multitrack record with "play other tracks while recording new one" enabled, I have determined that my Intel soundcard is not capable of simultaneously recording and playing. However, I have successfully configured Audacity to play through a Logitech USB sound card. Yet when I attempt to record with the intel while playing back with the Logitech USB, Audacity reports an "error while opening sound device" just as when I was using the Intel for both. What the heck is going on? I have the playback in Audacity's preferences set to "OSS: /dev/dsp1" and recording set to "OSS: /dev/dsp" (stereo).

Kubuntu 7.10
Intel Core Duo

"asoundconf list" output:
Names of available sound cards:
Intel
Tra

I am looking for the Help file...

2007-11-25T21:55:38Z

I am looking for the Help file (documentation) to Audacity 1.2.5 or 1.2.6. I downloaded it but it didn't come with a manual or help file. Anyone? thanks

Struggling to record Audio played on the computer

2007-11-25T10:59:04Z

Hi

I'm struglling to rcord the audio that my computer is playing (ie ripping audio from youtube)
In 'Preferences' under ' Playback' i have two options-
Microsoft Sound Mapper-Output or
Realtek HD Audio Output

and under 'Recording' I have-
Microsoft Sound Mapper-input,
Realtek HD Audio Output or
Realtek HD Digital Output

and none of teh combinations of these are allowing me to record the sound that i am playing on my computer, is ther some thing big i'm missing? I set it up to work last year and it was fine, but since then un-installed and re-installed Audacity and can not remeber how i set it up last time :/

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Unable to launch Audacity 1.2.6

2007-11-20T07:14:09Z

I have been unable to launch Audacity 1.2.6.

I installed the program on my laptop which runs Win XP Pro. Unfortunately, upon clicking the application icon, the program proceeded to hangs up, that is, the main program box appears but only the menu bar displays. Moreover, the windows "hourglass" appears signifying the fact that the program is non-functional. I looked in the Taskbar Manager and it showed that the program was "running". However, I could only end the program by means of the Task manager.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program several times to no avail. Since I previously ran previous version of Audacity I can't understand the problems I'm now encountering. I've naturally uninstalled all previous version of Audacity).

Can anyone suggest a method for trouble shooting this problem?
TIA.

Wndy

bug report: Find Zero Crossings doesn't work properly

2007-11-19T17:18:14Z

(I tried sending this to the mailing list, but it didn't appear in the archive, so I'm not sure it was received, so now I'm trying to post it to the forum.)

Find Zero Crossings doesn't work properly. I checked this by fully zooming the waveform horizontally and vertically so that I can see every data point. The beginning and ending points of the selection after Find Zero Crossings might be as far off as +/-0.01 (out of 1) on the vertical scale, and they are not necessarily on a positive slope. Repeating the Find Zero Crossings produces unpredictable results and sometimes results in a change in the selection and sometimes doesn't. This occurs on both 1.2.6 and 1.3.3 beta. I'm using Mac OS X 10.4.10, but the problem has also occurred on older versions of Mac OS X 10.4.

--Menasheh

Recording distorting, help please

2007-11-19T06:10:21Z

Hi, just started trying to use Audacity 1.2.6 to record my vinyl. I've connected the turntable to the amp, and the amp to my laptop using the tape out connections.
Music plays fine through the laptop and I can record fine. However when I playback the recording it is hugely distorted!
I'm assuming I have the settings wrong somewhere, but I'm having no joy in finding where.
Can anybody help?
Thanks.

Re: WAV file not playing in Audacity 1.2.6 with Vista Home Basic

2007-11-14T14:20:08Z

Ha ha that sounds a bit like me!
From the project menu there is an option called import raw data, however that is now irrelevant as I've managed to set it up right now to play and record (don't exactly know what I did though).
My problem now which you might be able to help with is when I choose Export as MP3, it does it but I can't find where it's then saving it. I've looked in the location it tells me it's going to and there's no sign!
Any thoughts?
Thanks.

bertran wrote:

Anthony,

You've got me. I wish we could get someone else with more knowledge/understanding of the situation to respond. I think the pop sound was just the inability of the software to play the file. I'm a little fuzzy on what you mean by raw data. Is that a wav file or some other format?

I wish I could be more helpful. I know enough just to be dangerous.

Ross

Re: WAV file not playing in Audacity 1.2.6 with Vista Home Basic

2007-11-14T13:43:01Z

Anthony,

You've got me. I wish we could get someone else with more knowledge/understanding of the situation to respond. I think the pop sound was just the inability of the software to play the file. I'm a little fuzzy on what you mean by raw data. Is that a wav file or some other format?

I wish I could be more helpful. I know enough just to be dangerous.

Ross

Re: WAV file not playing in Audacity 1.2.6 with Vista Home Basic

2007-11-14T07:41:36Z

You might be able to help then as I've just tried to record straight from a turntable. The recording seemed to work fine but when I import it as Raw Data and hit play, I just get that 'pop' noise you described or it may be the first beat of the tune? I've just updated my soundcard driver as recommended but that hasn't made any difference. Am I doing something obviously wrong?
Thanks.

bertran wrote:

anthony330 wrote:

Hi I've just done the same to a Vista laptop and getting the same result, did you get anywhere with it?
Thanks

I never really got to the bottom of why Audacity would not play existing files. After I made this post, I tried recording some new wav files and it worked fine, both in record and playback. I haven't an answer to why it wouldn't play existing samples.

Re: WAV file not playing in Audacity 1.2.6 with Vista Home Basic

2007-11-14T07:26:35Z

anthony330 wrote:

Hi I've just done the same to a Vista laptop and getting the same result, did you get anywhere with it?
Thanks

I never really got to the bottom of why Audacity would not play existing files. After I made this post, I tried recording some new wav files and it worked fine, both in record and playback. I haven't an answer to why it wouldn't play existing samples.

Re: WAV file not playing in Audacity 1.2.6 with Vista Home Basic

2007-11-14T07:03:36Z

Hi I've just done the same to a Vista laptop and getting the same result, did you get anywhere with it?
Thanks

bertran wrote:

I jsut installed Audacity 1.2.6 on my new Vista laptop to do some simple sound recording. I opened a couple of sound files to check playback and when I hit the play button, I heard a quick pop and saw the volume meter jump and that was it. No playback. I see the file and waveform. When I hit shift and play, the timeline marker appears to move along the timeline, but all I get is a constant digital noise. In the I/O section of Preferences, I have tried both Microsoft Mapper and Speaker/Headphones and Microphone selections, both with the same results.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

effects don't keep

2007-11-09T12:56:03Z

Seems after going threw all the effects like click removing ect.it sounds good on play back om my
computer but when I burn it most all of the effect don't come out on the burn.
I'm not sure this softwear work at all !

Mp3 Converting

2007-11-08T16:15:22Z

Okay, I know. This topic has probably been posted over and over and you're all very sick of it by now, but I'm in a hurry, and I need to know how to switch the Audacity file (.aud-?) over to an mp3 because I'm planning on giving a cd of songs I've wrote and recorded for a friend of mine. Can you please explain to me how to do this? I've tried to download LAME for converting, but it hasn't helped at all. Thank you very much!
-Rachel

WAV file not playing in Audacity 1.2.6 with Vista Home Basic

2007-11-04T06:58:19Z

I jsut installed Audacity 1.2.6 on my new Vista laptop to do some simple sound recording. I opened a couple of sound files to check playback and when I hit the play button, I heard a quick pop and saw the volume meter jump and that was it. No playback. I see the file and waveform. When I hit shift and play, the timeline marker appears to move along the timeline, but all I get is a constant digital noise. In the I/O section of Preferences, I have tried both Microsoft Mapper and Speaker/Headphones and Microphone selections, both with the same results.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

tempo for copy and paste

2007-10-25T10:44:28Z

I used a program before were I could change the tempo of the track so that the bars allowed me to easily copy and paste a sound bit in tempo. I don't know how to do this in audacity can someone help me.

distorted recordings

2007-10-19T08:32:22Z

Hi,
I've been trying to record my voice, but the recording is very low, and distored. I've been using a headset/microphone combination (Emkay CE, if that means anything). I'm wondering if I need to boost the signal, or maybe get a better microphone. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John

Replicating low-pass filter in batch

2007-10-13T10:13:47Z

Hi all,

I have a large number of voice recordings which I need to run Noise Removal and Low-pass filter (cutoff freq. 1015) on. I'm experimenting with the batch facility in Audacity, which seems to allow Noise Removal, but not the extra plugins like low-pass filter. Is it possible to replicate this by using the batch equalizer, for example? I am totally new to all this, so please help me out by describing any settings etc in newbie language!

Many thanks in advance,

TzK.

Re: No sound playing turntable

2007-10-12T01:54:14Z

I've done those steps already. It explains why other sounds are disabled but I've still got music coming from the turntable. Also the actual sound from the computer speakers is low although everything is turned up.

Audacity-help wrote:

Jinks wrote:

I bought a ION ITTUSB Turntable, with Audacity, I've done all the trouble shooting part as well... set playback to pc's speakers. But still no sound.
,
The odd thing is though that I can faintly hear music coming from the turntable itself. I really don't have a clue what's happening. Help.

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

Re: No sound playing turntable

2007-10-12T00:55:32Z

Jinks wrote:

I bought a ION ITTUSB Turntable, with Audacity, I've done all the trouble shooting part as well... set playback to pc's speakers. But still no sound.

The odd thing is though that I can faintly hear music coming from the turntable itself. I really don't have a clue what's happening. Help.

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

Re: Multiple sound clips into one track, but spaced apart

2007-10-12T00:50:51Z

Kent D wrote:

I know there's a way to have more than one sound clip in a single Audacity track, but spaced apart. If I try to paste a new audio clp into an existing track, Audacity just slams it right onto the existing clip in the track...not what I want.

Someone suggested adding in silence to move the clips to the position I want them in, but I know there's a simpler solution. Ideally, I want to have one track for voice clips and a second one for music and effects, rather than having every separate element from my recording in its own separate track.

There is no easier answer, other than using Audacity 1.3.3 which supports multiple clips per track.

Re: No sound playing turntable

2007-10-11T17:09:02Z

Ok, I turned everything off, disconnected then turned it on and it works. But the music can also be heard from the turntable directly, seems to be coming from the stylus? It's just annoying.

Also now that my turntable sound works, I can't hear sound in winamp. Wtf!

No sound playing turntable

2007-10-11T15:45:46Z

I bought a ION ITTUSB Turntable, with Audacity, I've done all the trouble shooting part as well... set playback to pc's speakers. But still no sound.

The odd thing is though that I can faintly hear music coming from the turntable itself. I really don't have a clue what's happening. Help.

Negative side of waveform attenuated

2007-10-07T15:02:56Z

Hi,

I'm using Audacity on a Mac to digitize my vinyl LP collection. I noticed that on certain recordings, the negative side of the waveform appears to be attenuated. In the quiet parts of the music, the negative and positive sides are symmetrical, but in the louder parts, the peaks go farther on the positive side than the negative side. In fact, they never seem to go lower than -0.5. They don't seem clipped, just sort of dampened.

Does anyone know what might be causing this? Is it just a inherent property of some of the old LP recordings, or does it indicate a problem with my digitizing setup?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Recording Issue

2007-09-28T13:57:32Z

I've just brought a new PC which runs Vista. The old PC ran XP. I've been using Audacity 1.2.4b on the XP machine and have installed this version on the new Vista machine but the input menu will not allow me to select an input. I copy from Wave and Input but this is not an option. I've alos installed the latest verion of Audacity but still no joy. I've updated the sound driver as per Audacity's help section but again still no joy.

Please help.

Multiple sound clips into one track, but spaced apart

2007-09-27T18:29:39Z

Sorry for what I know is an EASY question to answer!

I know there's a way to have more than one sound clip in a single Audacity track, but spaced apart. If I try to paste a new audio clp into an existing track, Audacity just slams it right onto the existing clip in the track...not what I want.

Someone suggested adding in silence to move the clips to the position I want them in, but I know there's a simpler solution. Ideally, I want to have one track for voice clips and a second one for music and effects, rather than having every separate element from my recording in its own separate track.

Help?

Thanks!

Kent

Re: Exported clip sounds terrible?

2007-09-17T06:02:20Z

I tried, but then the two tracks are automatically combined again. I need the gap between the two to insert the other wav?
Without combining the two again though, I did manage to get stereo on the export, but only on the first bit before the insert, but then the second bit after is only only the right speaker?

You want to get the first file back onto its own single track, Edit > Cut the track which has the second file , put the cursor in the first track where you want to insert the track, then Edit > Paste. If the WAVs you imported are mono, that's how your single combined track will play (you should it hear it out of both speakers if they are set up correctly).

Gale Andrews

Stewart Noy wrote:

Hi,

I've imported 2 wav files.
The one I've split into two so that I can insert the other short wav file in the middle.
So I have three tracks but when I export to a wav file it is not in stereo but the tracks play on individual speakers. How do I export the three tracks into one stereo file?

Re: Exported clip sounds terrible?

2007-09-17T00:16:34Z

You want to get the first file back onto its own single track, Edit > Cut the track which has the second file , put the cursor in the first track where you want to insert the track, then Edit > Paste. If the WAVs you imported are mono, that's how your single combined track will play (you should it hear it out of both speakers if they are set up correctly).

Gale Andrews

Stewart Noy wrote:

Hi,

I've imported 2 wav files.
The one I've split into two so that I can insert the other short wav file in the middle.
So I have three tracks but when I export to a wav file it is not in stereo but the tracks play on individual speakers. How do I export the three tracks into one stereo file?

Exported clip sounds terrible?

2007-09-16T12:48:48Z

Hi,

I've imported 2 wav files.
The one I've split into two so that I can insert the other short wav file in the middle.
So I have three tracks but when I export to a wav file it is not in stereo but the tracks play on individual speakers.
How do I export the three tracks into one stereo file?

Thanks

Stewart

Re: remove silences

2007-09-10T20:34:10Z

| From John Landosky
| Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:19:57 -0700 (PDT)
| Subject: [Audacity-help] remove silences
| I'm using a voice recorder to record data hands-free. I'm generating
| long audio files which I then need to transcribe. To shorten the
| transcription process, I'm trying to use Audacity to delete the silences
| between numbers before I listen to the files. I've found "Analyze -
| Silence finder" and used it to identify zones of silence, but I can't figure
| out how to then automatically delete those zones. Is there a way to do
| this with Audacity? If not, does anyone have any other suggestions?

You cannot delete the silences automatically with the 1.2.x series of Audacity,
though of course you can manually do so by zooming in, selecting each silence
and Edit > Delete. The better solution is to use our Beta 1.3.3 version of
Audacity and use Effect > Truncate Silence. Please note if you are on OS X
you need to be on 10.3 or later to use the Beta, and on any operating
system we recommend if you are opening a 1.2.x Project file in the Beta that
to be completely safe you back up the .aup file and _data folder first. Please
set the "Max Silent Duration" in Truncate Silence to to 5 milliseconds or less
(but not to zero as this corrupts the audio) then the remaining silence should
not be audible. Also this feature currently only works on mono tracks. To use it
on a stereo track:

* Click on the track PopDown Menu:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/menu_track.htm

and choose "Split Stereo Track"
* Click in the Track Panel of the upper track (above the mute/solo
buttons) to select all of it, then run Truncate Silence
* Click in the Track Panel of the lower track and similarly run
Truncate Silence
* Click on the PopDown Menu of the upper track and choose
"Make Stereo Track".

Truncate Silence will work on stereo tracks in the next versions of Audacity.

Gale Andrews

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