Questions tagged [audacity]
Questions about Audacity, a cross-platform multi-track audio editor and recorder.
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Audacity cannot browse /media directory even if it has permissions
I'm running Ubuntu 24.10.
My /media directory (the usual mountpoint for external HDD) has the following permissions:
$ ls -l / | grep media
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 mag 16 2024 media
The ...
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Can I "clear up" the audio I'm hearing from a video clip in my browser?
I'm listening to some recording of a talk, which was made with a microphone far from the speaker; there's some noise and perhaps a bit of echo and it's not super clear. Now, if this were just an audio ...
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VU (dB) meters for surround 5.1 (PipeWire, KDE, Debian)
I guess this is sort-of a software recommendation question, but if I post it there I think even less people will be familiar with this specific setup (5.1 surround, Debian 12, KDE and PipeWire)
I ...
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How to get audacity to recognize audio input without suspending pulseaudio?
I'm facing the issue that..
$ audacity
..starts audacity, but with missing inputs.
$ pasuspender -- audacity
..starts audacity with all my inputs restored, so I can record from line-in, but then I ...
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How to install VST plugins to Flatpak Audacity?
I want to install the GVST plugin pack so that Audacity (from Flatpak) can see it. I am using KDE Neon (fairly new, I'm not sure how to find the version number). I've tried various directories to copy ...
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OpenSuSE Leap 15.3: Update 2022-55 (1) (recommended update for audacity) fails due to missing ffmpeg-3
Every time I'd like to update my OpenSuSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64) system, the software updater in the systray stumbles upon a recommended update for audacity (2022-55 (1)). It always fails to get installed ...
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Where is the Audacity plugin folder?
I'm trying to install some synths on audacity. I'm running PopOS 20.14. The audacity documentation says you should install plugins to /Library/Application Support/audacity. I cannot find this folder ...
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Audacity only hears system sounds
Audacity only hears system sounds. It is not capable of receiving microphone input.
In alsamixer, every option is unmuted and set to the maximum.
In PulseAudio Volume Control, the visual indicator ...
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How can i use my headset for listening but using laptop built-in microphone to record my voice?
In windows it's very easy. How come in linux there is no solution?
I have already tried using hda-jack-retask, but it was updated in 2014 last time and now its 2020 with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. A lot has ...
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Can't get line-in input into apps
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on an HP laptop and having trouble getting Audacity to record a track from line-in input. This may or may not be an issue with Audacity, it just acts like there's no line-in ...
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Microphone not showing up in Audacity
The mic is visible in "PulseAudio volume control". It is not muted and volume is at 100%. I can see it picks sounds. It is also visible in arecord:
$ arecord -l | tail -n 3
card 3: Microphone [Trust ...
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Audacity won't start after upgrade to Debian Sid (relocation error)
ever since I upgraded Debian stable to Debian sid I cannot start audacity. It gives me this error when I start from command line:
audacity: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_adv-...
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Audacity doesn't work with pulseaudio anymore
UPDATE: Today's upgrade to alsa-lib-1.1.7-2 fixed the issue. (2018-11-23)
Arch Linux, up-to-date. As so often, a -Syu upgrade broke things again. This time it's audacity. Usually audacity, and any ...
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How to clear background noises with sox
Is it possible to convert a mp4 file to mp3 or flac, clearing background noises in the process?
Or is it possible to run audacity totally trough shell, No GUI?
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Support for multiple sample rates during playing and recording in an application like Audacity
This is how I have defined my soundcard's channels in .asoundrc:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "hw:1,0"
}
}
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 1
}
pcm_slave.usb_1 {
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