Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio recording and editing application featuring support for a large number of file formats, multitrack mixing and a wide selection of digital effects, with support for more effects via LADSPA (and optionally VST) plug-ins.
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Automatically split a wav file at silences and name them automatically
I would like to cut my recording of old audiotapes, etc. automatically at parts of silence.
The perfect tool would do this:
a batch script, that splits the recording automatically at silence
save ...
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In Audacity, is it necessary to compact or clean-up files to recover disk space?
Not intimately familiar with the program yet.
Is there any step necessary to the recover disk space used for temp files, data which has been deleted from the session, etc.?
Just wondering, because I ...
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How to stop recording after x minuts o silence in Audacity?
I am using Audacity to record sound from webinar recordings. There could be few minutes of silence during the webinar.
I want to set up Audacity to stop recording
the best would be after let's ...
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I am having trouble installing a nyquist plugin on OSX
I am new to mac i have "OSX 10.6". I am trying to install a turntable warp effect. when i download it, I get a file labeled "turntablewarp.ny". My audacity Folder only has 2 sub-folders in it ...
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Remove this 'crackle' from song with Audacity?
I purchased a song from AudioJungle and unfortunately it has some type of crackle artifact that I can't seem to remove. Here's a brief clip of the audio:
http://puu.sh/1WAC6/12bf9a35f5.mp3
You can ...
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Why can't I record my microphone when audio is playing through my speakers?
I have a Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 device in my Compaq Presario CQ-60 211DX, and I want to record a Cyberacoustics headset through it via a standard 3.5mm jack. When I do this normally, ...
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Convert with audacity from bash
I have multiple .wav files (numbered from 1) which I want to convert them to .mp3.
audacity can do that with opening a file and exporting using it's GUI.
Is there a way that I do this with a bash ...
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Record what I hear [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I record system sounds (apps) in Audacity?
How can I record sound that's playing? (obviously I don't want to hold a microphone to the speaker for quality's ...
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Remove Noise from m4b (audiobook) file
I have an audiobook in m4b-format (with metadata such as chaptermarks etc) that unluckily contains a high pitched background noise.
What is the best tool/workflow for OS X to remove this unwanted ...
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LAME library in Audacity
Does anybody know which version of LAME library works with Audacity program?
I would like to export sound into MP3. I downloaded latest Audacity (29.6.2012) and latest LAME lib (28.2.2012), but ...
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Need to split stereo track, discard right channel, and remove noise
I'm using Audacity to process some short audio clips - about 300 of them (!!!), so I'd really rather not repeat my steps manually for each one.
However, I can't seem to find a way to create a chain ...
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How to view the bitrate of a media file in Audacity
How can I view the bitrate of a media file in Audacity? There are lots of instructions on how to change the bitrate of a file, but I can't find anything about finding the bitrate of the original ...
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What free software will slow down audio? [closed]
What free software will slow down audio down to 15% and still sound good ?
I have tried audacity at 15% tempo and it sound terrible. Express scribe only gets down to 25%
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Make recorded voice sound like specific tenor / actor?
This might seem unusual but I need to edit an audio file(wav) that is saying some sentences for a presentation and make it sound like a certain tenor that I can find audio samples in the Internet.
I ...
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audacity - convert multiple .aup's to .mp3's
I have a bunch of about 130 .aup files (all recordings of vinyls) that I would like to convert to mp3. Each .aup is an entire side of the vinyl (I don't want to split the tracks - the whole side as ...
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Sound Mixer on Windows to mix sound over several output devices
I am looking for software that primarily let me mix sound over all devices, sound-cards etc.
For example to have sound mixed over a blue-tooth headset and laptop speakers.
It should also be possible ...
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audacity resampling
When I try to resample an audio file I go to track->resample then set the new sample rate and the sample rate appears as the changed one then I click file->export and save it as wav. When I open the ...
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Batch convert .wav to mp3 and ogg?
I have a few hundred .wav files that I need to convert to both ogg and mp3 format. Is there a way that I can do this in batch either from Audacity or from some other command line tool?
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Completely cutting silence out of an audio file
I record lecture notes, and they contain giant pauses filled with white noise. Is there some way I can get rid of those passages completely? Using Audacity, I can reduce the white noise (i.e. turn it ...
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How can I record a podcast?
There are a couple of podcasts I have heard that I would like to record. How can I do this? I have Audacity, will this help?
I am using Windows XP
The solution I found uses the Stereo Mix option: ...
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Is there an audio recording application/tool that has Tivo-like functionality?
I do a lot of live speech recording that requires me to quickly jump back and then transcribe a particular piece of the audio, then go back to recording again, while still maintaining the full audio ...
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How to automatic start recording and duplicating the sound wave in Audacity
I am trying to record a sound wave through mic in audacity and generating its inverse simultaneously. and want to play them simultaneously, but have been unable to do that till now. Is there any way ...
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How do I create a WAV file that only plays on rear speakers?
How do I create or convert a WAV file to play only with rear speakers.
What Windows/Linux software could I use to do that?
I tried to use Audacity but with no results.
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In which program I can generate signal with 3 harmonics 1000Hz frequency?
Generate signal with main harmonic - 1000Hz frequency and two other harmonics (second and third) with the same frequency.
I found Audacity but I don't know how to do such there. Help me please.
P.S. I ...
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Audacity's Export Selection: How can I export a file using the Nero AAC Encoder?
I'd like to use the Nero AAC Encoder to create my lossy files.
Here's what is happening:
I open a WAV file in Audacity.
I select the portion of the audio I need to export and click export ...
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How do I install a plugin for Audacity on OS X?
I'm trying to install one of these plugins.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/nyquistplugins
The there is only a .txt and a .ny file.
The instructions ( ...
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How can I split an audacity recording track at regular intervals?
It look like there are a number of ways to split an Audacity audio recording:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Tracks_and_Clips
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How to increase volume on multiple MP3s at once?
I know how to use Audacity to increase the volume of one MP3 at a time. What I have is a folder of audio files and I'd like to increase the volume of all of them without the need to open each one ...
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How do I automatically split an audio file where a tone occurs?
I have an audio recording in which 1 kHz tones divide its segments. There are so many segments that it would take a while to use Audacity to manually split the file. Is there an automatic plug-in or ...
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How to remove unwanted noise peaks in sound files using any software (in Windows)?
How can I remove the peaks in the top channel shown in the image..? they are noises
This Image is from audacity
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Audacity: Assign left channel to both channels in mp3 file
I'm using Audacity 1.3.12-beta on Mac OS X 10.6.7. In a band we recorded a couple of songs - in mono - and I converted them to mp3 files right away. And of course, I deleted the recordings immediately ...
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Recording audio playback in Windows with PulseAudio?
I would like to record the playback audio of my computer using software such as Audacity. Unfortunately, my audio card software does not come with a stereo mix input, and after reading these two ...
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Audacity: process audio recording
I got an audio file and it was recorded too close to the mic, I can listen to some vibrations at the end of the words and with the 's'. I want to fix it using Audacity. What should I do?
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Audacity Nyquist plugin location in Ubuntu
In Ubuntu, is there a place in my home folder where I can put Nyquist plugins so that Audacity will see them?
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How do I tune the flac options to store ripped music
Using Uuntu 10.4 with Audacity. I'd like to store ripped tracks taken from vinyl with a Sony LX300 turntable (and some CD tracks) in an archival format that I can later convert for use on a portable ...
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Seeking automated toolchain for WAV cleanup and conversion to MP3 (currently using Audacity manually)
I use Finale with the Garritan sounds to convert my music into WAV files; after that I manually load each one into Audacity and
select all
use the "normalize" effect (with default settings)
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How can I record system sounds (apps) in Audacity?
Or another similar program? All I want to do is record the sounds coming from say firefox, or any other app, for use as samples in music. I need to do this in both windows and linux (ubuntu 9.10).
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Quiet Sound while recording using the “Stereo Mix” option on Windows XP
I'm trying to record some of my work, and the video capture program I'm using works fine. It's HyperCam2, and since it's not really professional, I don't care about that little thing in the corner. ...
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Could conversion to MP3 cause a the file to start earlier?
I recorded a track(track1) in audacity on top of another track (track2) and then exported only track1 as an mp3. it now seems that track1 kind of starts 1/2 a second early. Could this happened due to ...
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Choppy sound and recording in Audacity
I have an Audacity project with around 25 tracks, absolutely no overlap between them. I'm trying to record from a microphone with some overlap and the playback gets really chopped while recording and ...
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Where does Audacity keep a user's configuration files?
I've just installed Audacity on SLED 11, from the Education repository if it matters. I'm trying to set some defaults, but need to know where the audacity configuration files live.
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How to record multitrack in Audacity?
I have an Alesis 8 channel USB 2.0 Multimix. I can connect it to the computer through an USB port, obviously. How can I use Audacity to record multiple tracks from it, and have them separate inside ...
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Is there a free “AutoTune” plugin for Audacity?
I have plugged in GSnap in Audacity. How do I get the "tune" effect shown in the video Auto Tuning?
