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Questions tagged [audacity]

For questions about Audacity,a free open source digital audio editor and recording computer software application, and how to use it.

A free open source digital audio editor and recording computer software application

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How to make Audacity play in loop?

In Audacity, how to make a selection or a whole track play in a loop, i.e. start over at the end.
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How to record and add the voice of my friend for a song who is in another country?

I am an amateur pianist. I want to release a music album. I have a friend in another country who is willing to sing for my music. I play my instruments and send her the mp3. She plays the mp3 and sings and records it and sends a video. What is the…
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How to save audacity project without audio embedded in it

First time using audacity in years. I downloaded the latest version, imported a 2GB audio file, and when I "save as" the project, it saves the audio in the project folder, so that the project is around 2gb. I recall there used to be an option to…
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How to record only piano in Audacity when playing along with a track?

Is there a setting in Audacity where I can only record the piano? I'm trying to record with a track which is also on my laptop. While I am playing the track or MP3, I also play the piano alongside, though my current setting records them both. Is…
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Repair a file using Audacity?

Can someone please tell me what is wrong with the attached audio clip between 9 to 18 seconds. When I listen using my headphone/headset or laptop speakers, they sort of vibrate very rapidly/loudly (hard to describe) and ruins the whole experience.…
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Why does Audacity consider 320kpbs "insane" quality for mp3s?

The title says it all. I know they're just having a bit of fun with the name, but it seems to imply that such quality is basically not needed. Why is that?
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Is there any way in Audacity I can remove a backing track from a guitar performance?

So I have downloaded a backing track for guitar And wrote it into a cd player connected to my mixer (all independent from computer) and then I added the guitar on the mix, then I used a digital recorder to record what I play (boss BR-800) which is…
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Is this type of sound wave possible (Picture)

I apologize in advance if this is off topic for your stack. I saw this picture of a sound wave on a website. I have never seen a design like this for a sound wave. I am under the impression that this is a recording as this site does art from…
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Different waveforms on oscilloscope and Audacity

I don't know that much about electronics and stuff but I converted some videos from Youtube to MP3 where the videos involved some guys putting their fuzz pedals, which are Zvex Fuzz Factory and a DIY Calculator Fuzz, on the oscilloscope in order to…
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How to record voice over existing voice tracks using Audacity

I am trying to record singing using Audacity. Once I hit the record button is record my singing, but how to I overlay the existing recording if I wanted to keep parts of the tracks and re-record some parts.
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USB sound card's microphone does not pick up anything from amplifier

So here's my setup right now. My electric guitar is connected to my amplifier using the standard 1/4" jack cord. The amplifier has a 1/4" headphone socket at the back, and I connected it to a USB sound card using another 1/4" jack cord with a 1/4"…
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Enhancing a frequency band with Audacity

I have an aiff file that's got a mixture of spoken word and music on it. I've isolated the frequency of the voice I want to enhance in the recording. What tool within audacity would I use to bring out that frequency range and suppress the other…
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How to make a backing track from any song. (If possible)

I've seen a lot of tutorials about how to remove vocals and such with audacity, which never seem to work. But I want to know if I can find a song like on YouTube or something and remove all the lead parts, be they vocal or guitar or what ever. Could…
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Audacity copy a portion of a file and save to a new file in a batch

I have a 16 track recording where each mono track is in a separate file. The recording is long (he pressed "Record" and then stopped about 45 minutes later.) I'd like to copy a portion from each track (for example from 0:38 to 4:15) and save each…
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How do I pitch shift a song so that sounds in tune with instruments tuned to 440 Hz?

I have an MP3 file of a specific song where the instruments are not tuned to 440 Hz. When you play along to this song with a 440-Hz-tuned instrument your playing will sound out of tune. There is a way to get the tuning of the song using the program…
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