Audacity is a free digital audio editor and recording application, available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other operating systems
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Software recommendation for cleaning out audio recording
How can I clean up noise from audio recordings?
I recorded on a laptop, using a mike that came with a pair of headsets. It's one person speaking, no instruments or echoes or anything, just one human ...
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How to fix an amplitude cutoff? [duplicate]
I'm having a problem trying to find out the right terminology for a problem to be able to fix it: I record audio over a radio transceiver from the mic port.
However by mistake, I recorded the sound ...
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How to beatmatch a section of a track using free software (on Windows) to create a ringtone?
To my amusement I haven't found any readily made ringtone of the song Cellular Phone by Dopplereffekt. I just want to make the main theme (about 3.5 sec.) to a cool ringtone but I don't know how to ...
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Audacity: Exporting time track to csv
I'm looking for a program that can export a time track to a csv file, preferably in Windows. Do you know one?
I've already tried a bunch of free software, without success.
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How do I reproduce this echo effect?
I do not know the name of this effect but I want to use this effect on my audio. Can you please tell me how to do this using audacity.
I think it is a kind of echo but I don't know the decay factor ...
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How to make a voice sound heavier and more mature in Audacity?
I am making a game, and I am using my voice for the sound effects of the spells of the cleric. I'm saying some things in latin.
What I want to do is modify my voice so that it sounds more mature and ...
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How to easily integrate a series of images in pdf with audio using Mac Os X
I made a lesson and would like to put it on the web. I have the audio recording of it. I also have the slides. I made them using Keynote, and then can export them to pdf.
I now need to integrate the ...
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How To Remove the Vocals from a Song? Basic methods won't work [duplicate]
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Removal of voice from single track in audacity
I have an old song. I need to remove the vocals and get only the music from it. I used Audacity (Effects > Vocal Remover). ...
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Audacity: Increase audio volume in audacity software
How can I increase audio volume of a mp3 file in audacity?
I need to cut a part of mp3 song to make a ringtone. But as I save it in by mobile, the volume is too low for this particular file. Is there ...
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How can I create dubstep-style wobble bass lines in Audacity?
What is the most effective way to produce wobbling bass lines, such as that you might hear in the "dubstep" (a.k.a. techno-bass) genre?
My current idea is to generate a linear sine wave that goes ...
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How can I record piano on a laptop without high frequency wahwah?
Example:
http://soundcloud.com/andrewclow/phases-for-piano
(That's particularly bad example, via mp3 and the built in mic, the effect is always there before converting and with a better microphone. ...
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What does GarageBand have compared to Audacity? [closed]
Apple sells GarageBand for about $15/£10 currently. At this price point, what do I gain over something free like Audacity?
My use-case is recording myself singing and playing guitar for home use, or ...
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Removal of voice from single track in audacity
Recently I've been recording some game commentary with a friend. We both have our own computers and headsets. Our plans were to swap our voice tracks and edit them in to each others videos, so we'd ...
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How can I convert garage band files so I can use them on Audacity
I only have a pc. I used to have a mac but after my house got burgled I didn't. But my pc has both Windows XP and Linux on it so I am open to a solution which uses either os. The files are on an ...
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How do I use Audacity to make two tracks match volume?
I have an Audacity project with two mono audio tracks. The first (on top) has been recorded at a high volume, and the second (on bottom) at a much lower volume.
Forgive me if I'm not using the right ...
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What quantity of hiss/muddiness should I expect give various studio setups?
I'm trying to get into home music recording of music that will now and then have some very quiet passages, quiet vocals, acoustic guitar--delicate stuff in addition to louder sections. My current ...
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Does correcting the speed of audio captured from vinyl at the wrong RPM degrade its quality?
I sent a record of mine to an analog -> digital conversion service, and the CD that came back sounded like chipmunks. They had played the record at 45 RPM on their capturing equipment instead of the ...
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Batch processing: strip channel
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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Understanding waveform representation?
I am new to audio things and I have trouble understand the waveform representation, e.g. in Audacity the y-axis goes from -1 up to +1 (please see screenshot below). What does this mean? What does the ...
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How do I improve the recording levels when rcording from mixer to laptop?
I'm an amateur when it comes to all things audio, but I've been put in charge of the audio system at our church.
We're making the switch from recording sermons directly to CD to recording to a ...
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What effects or alterations should I consider for clarity of audio in my video?
I should start out by saying I know just about nothing about audio. I have Audacity, and I've used it for the most basic things like trimming and combining audio clips.
I have a video that consists ...
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What is the bare minimum I need to experiment with recording my voice over a beat without so much latency?
I'm using the (I know, very sad) setup of Audacity on Windows 7 with an onboard sound card, and using the mic on a Microsoft LifeCam.
I'm dragging an MP3 into audacity, and then attempting to record ...
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How can I get rid of phasing on source audio?
I am trying to record a very simple demo with my laptop mic onto Audacity. I've used this same setup on other laptops with no problem. However when I attempt this on my current PC, I get this intense ...
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What could be causing distortion on my MP3 when imported into Audacity?
I appreciate that this is an open ended question; I'm really looking for some pointers on what to look at next.
I recorded 48 minute conversation into an MP3 at 128kbps. It's a stereo recording with ...
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What filter or process should I apply to voice to make it sound like the listener is underwater?
The goal is to alter the sound of voice so it sounds as the listener is underwater or in the womb.
I've got some experience with Audacity, so I'm most interested in how to do it using Audacity.
And ...
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Record Skype conversation with Audacity
I want to record a conversation I am having with a single person over Skype using Audacity. I looked around and found plenty of resources on the Web suggesting it can be done. There were two methods, ...
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Format conversion safety of files linked from Audacity projects
If I record in WAV, create an Audacity project that links to those files, modify the project, export the final cuts, save everything, convert the WAV files to FLAC to save space, then convert the FLAC ...
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Audacity has all my audio, but blocks are repeated
I've just recorded about an hour of audio in Audacity. All the data appears to be there, but unfortunately it's all duplicated -- it seems that blocks of roughly three seconds are repeated, and the ...
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Audacity - export selection across all tracks.
Using Audacity, how can I export my selection but across all tracks? Say I only want from 0:30 to 0:50 of my timeline, but all non-muted tracks. Thanks.
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Audacity - cut without repositioning.
Using Audacity if I trim an audio track the remaining audio is shifted to the left. I want it to stay in position since it is in time with another track. How can I accomplish this?
Thanks!
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Filter applause from videos
I asked this question before on stackoverflow ( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5299338/filter-applause-from-videos ) and got the hint to ask it here:
I am currently watching a video from
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What are some disadvantages of audacity?
I've been using Audacity for a while and it seems like the perfect recording studio: free, open source, great features, easy to use, its easy to fall in love with. However, I want to have a more ...
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How can I get good reverb with audacity?
I am looking for a simple way to get reverb from audacity - similar to a guitar amp that just has a knob from 1 to 10. Is GVerb the correct effect to use for this? It looks too complicated and sounds ...
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How can I edit tracks in Audacity in Sequence instead of in Parallel
I'm trying to do non-linear editing in Audacity. In other words, I have 8 minutes of audio, and my goal is to cut certain sections, and rearrange them. But, when I cut a track in audacity, and paste ...
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What is the best way of dealing with latency in Ableton?
I have a Lexicon Lambda which I use in Ableton and Audacity. Latency is hardly an issue in Audacity, but I can't seem to get it down to a manageable state in Ableton, no matter how many different ...
