audacity

[billy3000]

sorry to crossthread here. was just curious if anyone has played around with
audacity. it is apparently unconditionally free...gotta be a catch there.

[kurama20022003]

I know what you mean and it been plain out free man. No hidden fees or nothig.

[BadAE]

I use it, and KRISTAL too both are free.

[TimOBrien]

Originally Posted by billy3000

...gotta be a catch there.

No catch. Sourceforge.net, the location you downloaded Audacity from, was built to provide a place where developers could freely release their projects that are open to the world.

Look around... lots of really good stuff there....

[billy3000]

Originally Posted by TimOBrien

No catch. Sourceforge.net, the location you downloaded Audacity from, was built to provide a place where developers could freely release their projects that are open to the world.

Look around... lots of really good stuff there....

sourceforge ay? cool!!

I'll go check it out straight away!

[pandamonk]

Hey. I know this is off topic, but you are talking about audacity and kristal. Is there any way to use amplitube uno along with either of these?

[pandamonk]

bump............

[innobidova]

I tried Audacity and couldn't figure out how to record more than one track.

[warble]

Originally Posted by innobidova

I tried Audacity and couldn't figure out how to record more than one track.

Did you try the documentation available from their Website? Seems like a good place to start.....

[beezelbubba]

It is really not so much a multitrack program as it is a wav editor.
I use it to convert MP3's to wav when doing online collaborations.It works well in this capacity.

[David Artis]

A very useful tool.

Get it.

[Tim Brown]

Here's a page over at Sourceforge that is all sorts of audio programs.

http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/t...p?form_cat=115




Tim

[Anfontan]

I encountered a problem with the syncing with audacity when I tried to multi track with it. The documentation said you had to manually sync the track with your mouse, that kind of zapped my creativity for that song.

[recombinant]

Originally Posted by innobidova

I tried Audacity and couldn't figure out how to record more than one track.

simultaneously? i'm not sure if it can do that...

however, if you record more than once in a session it will automatically spawn a separate track.

for my needs right now, I really like audacity -- but i'm not exactly a power user yet. I downloaded the low end sound forge and honestly, I like the capabilities in audacity a lot more... ironic.

hope this helps!

[nashunbooking]

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checking to see why I can't post on here.

[innobidova]

I don't know how I got it to work with a single track before, but now that I'm trying Audacity again it won't let me record at all. It says "Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate."

Audacity recognizes my Firepod in the Audio I/O section of the Preferences. It's currently set on "Channels: 1(mono)" because I only have my guitar plugged in.

This problem isn't really addressed in the manual or on the Audacity website, so do any of you know what to do?

[hrwmusic]

Originally Posted by innobidova

I tried Audacity and couldn't figure out how to record more than one track.

hey since no one else has mentioned this i guess i will. No you cant record more than one track at a time in Audacity. I dont know about krystal (spl?), but you can record unlimited tracks in "Reaper." Its an awesome program with alot of features and of course, it's free!
check it out here im constantly really impressed by it:

http://www.cockos.com/reaper/index.php

new versions come out almost every few days, around three a week, which is crazy. So if anyone does end up downloading it (only about 1 mb), make sure to check for the updates!
best of luck with everything!!
-harry

[hrwmusic]

Originally Posted by innobidova

I don't know how I got it to work with a single track before, but now that I'm trying Audacity again it won't let me record at all. It says "Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate."

Audacity recognizes my Firepod in the Audio I/O section of the Preferences. It's currently set on "Channels: 1(mono)" because I only have my guitar plugged in.

This problem isn't really addressed in the manual or on the Audacity website, so do any of you know what to do?

i know this is standard, but from what i remember, they have a realy good forum. So see if you can get any help there, and of course: check the cables, ect. see if your firepod works with another program, see if its just that line-in thats maybe broken?
best of luck though,
-harry

[innobidova]

Kristal and Reaper are both for Windows only

Originally Posted by hrwmusic

i know this is standard, but from what i remember, they have a realy good forum. So see if you can get any help there, and of course: check the cables, ect. see if your firepod works with another program, see if its just that line-in thats maybe broken?
best of luck though,
-harry

Thanks for the reply, harry. I was just about to post back here, actually! I already posted at the forums and found that Audacity doesn't recognize ASIO drivers or Firewire devices... or something like that . A bunch of users there are suggesting a program called Soundflower which routes all the input to Audacity. By adjusting the settings in Audacity, Soundflower, and the System Prefs, I'm able to do away with the "error" message. It doesn't matter, though, because Audacity quits unexpectedly when I click the record button. I'm just going to give up and wait for my friend to let me borrow his software. I can't see why so many people like to use Audacity for its MP3/WAV conversion as it doesn't work

for me, at least. But, still... argh.

Also, I'm guessing that simultaneous recording of multiple inputs results in one track.

[hrwmusic]

Originally Posted by innobidova

Also, I'm guessing that simultaneous recording of multiple inputs results in one track.

well not for reaper. But good luck w/ everything!

[hipknot01]

i know this is kinda off the subject but does anyone know if the effects, such as guitar distortion sound good on reaper

[billy3000]

Originally Posted by pandamonk

Hey. I know this is off topic, but you are talking about audacity and kristal. Is there any way to use amplitube uno along with either of these?

I've only just recently heard of amplitude. or tube...whatever it is.

[billy3000]

Originally Posted by nashunbooking

...gfhfhfjgfjgfj

checking to see why I can't post on here.

you can

you did!!

[seion]

Originally Posted by recombinant

simultaneously? i'm not sure if it can do that...

however, if you record more than once in a session it will automatically spawn a separate track.

for my needs right now, I really like audacity -- but i'm not exactly a power user yet. I downloaded the low end sound forge and honestly, I like the capabilities in audacity a lot more... ironic.

hope this helps!

You need a sound card that can do mutli-channel recording (mine is a Frontier Design WaveCenter/PCI coupled to a Tango24). I can record 8 channels simultaneously.

[hrwmusic]

Originally Posted by innobidova

Kristal and Reaper are both for Windows only
.

awe man, no, i didnt notice that! Well if your linux theres plenty software, all free for the most part. I actually partitioned my hard drive just to use a linux program. if your really stuck remember: you can have both linux and your other operating system on your comp.


hmmm,
that atleast goes for windows users....does it go for macs too?