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.
Questions tagged [audacity]
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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?
user62334
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How do I move audio from one portion to another in Audacity?
I want to select a portion of audio and then move it by dragging it to different areas in the same track.
How do I accomplish this?
Arun
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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 separately in Audacity.
Any good solutions out…
andersonbd1
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MME, Windows DirectSound or Wasapi
so im using Audacity and was wondering wich recording device/system I should use for the best audio quality? There is MME, Windows DirectSound and Wasapi.Im on a Windows 7 laptop and I tried them all and I dont see much difference among the three.By…
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Import FFmpeg into Audacity
I'm trying to import FFmpeg into Audacity (so I can encode AAC audio)
But the latest FFmpeg Windows build doesn't include the avformat-55.dll file I need. Where can I find this file, or is it not included anymore?
Ketho
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ffmpeg: Removing parts with silence: Efficiently remove several parts of a Video
I'm trying to remove parts of a video, where there is no (or little) audio. For this I use audacity (Analyze->Sound finder) and export the Label Track. This results in something like this:
0.000000 5.170000 1
12.520000 12.630000 …
3244611user
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How to record both input and output audio simultaneously?
I'm trying to record a phone call made with Google Voice Chat using Audacity. I'm running Linux Mint 17.
In this example, I'm making an outbound phone call from my computer to a person on a normal phone. I will refer to audio travelling from my…
axiopisty
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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 file. I am able to open the file in iTunes, and see…
Frank Henard
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Will editing an MP3 harm the quality?
I recently recorded something in MP3 — I should have done FLAC, but it’s way too late — and I wanted to edit those soundtracks from 5 minutes to about 2 minutes each. I edit in Audacity. Will loading it, removing about half the track, and exporting…
Nick Bailuc
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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 program to do this?
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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 file again and it still shows the old sample rate…
Radek
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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 into silence), but what I'd like to do is crop…
Cookie Monster
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Free solution to create a virtual sound device in Windows? (Skype speakers both virtual and real)
Trying to learn how to record a Skype conversation, I found here that this can be done on a Mac with Audacity and other free applications (by adding an aggregated device and a multi-output device in Mac's Audio MIDI Setup) - and with a superior…
user162573
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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).
I have looked through the preferences of audacity…
Alex
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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?
Rakshit Pai
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