Another Audacity (2.0.5) question...

[LKMAustin]

I have read through several Audacity posts and none of the advice so far has worked for me so I'm thinking my issue is system-specific. I am trying to record regular old audio cassettes onto Audacity and using a Tascam-us144mkll as an interface. I got one whole side of the first cassette down and saved as an ogg file, emailed it to myself, and played it back on another computer - all good. When I started to record the B-side, Audacity stopped abruptly at about the 4 minute-mark and started telling me the disc was full. I've trashed the thousand or so files Audacity dumped into my file drive, so I stopped getting the "disc is full" warning, but now I am getting "Error while opening sound device. Please check input device settings and the project sample rate." I checked my project rate (44100 Hz) and tried it with 48000 too just in case. I have my midi device selected in Line In and Line out, and Stereo Input chosen. I am running it on a Mac OS X Version 10.8.5 wihth a 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, if that matters. Much of the advice I have found is for Windows on a pc. Any help appreciated! I'm in over my head!

 

[LKMAustin]

Also, strangely - and this may be related - Audacity won't stay downloaded. I have to download it every time I turn on my computer. Or download isn't the right word - it's acting more like a disc drive than a software.

 

[TimOBrien]

Did you launch the installer and click on the icon in the window?

You're supposed to just drag the icon onto the applications folder and that will install it on your hard drive in the Applications folder.
(that's how you install almost all Mac software)

By launching from the opened .dmg file, you are working on a virtual floppy disk and that's filling up.
Install the app properly.

 

[damianhk]

Didn't want to start another thread. I have 2.0.6 and I am new to it. Is there a way that i can see the history of edits for a single track? For instance if i eq'd and added reverb to a track, but forgot what i did, Is there a way to find out, or do i have to start over and reload the unaltered track? I hope you understand my question.

 

[ecc83]

Get a PC (always wanted to say that).

Anyhoos....When I use Audacity I always "export as .wav" then it will play on anything.

Dave.

 

[mjbphotos]

Get a PC (always wanted to say that).

Anyhoos....When I use Audacity I always "export as .wav" then it will play on anything.

Dave.

Dave - you got sucked into answering a year+-old question by a necro-poster!

To the new poster: 'history of edits'? You could save the project under a new name (use date-time) after each change .... that way you could look at the previous version and see what changes you did. Reaper lets you undo any changes, up to a certain number of them. I'm not sure any DAW keeps a log of changes you can then review (but maybe Reaper's can, just never tried!)

 

[bouldersoundguy]

I'm not sure any DAW keeps a log of changes you can then review (but maybe Reaper's can, just never tried!)

Audacity's an editor, not a DAW. When you apply an effect it alters the audio file. If you want eq -> compression you have to apply the eq then apply the compression. If you want to change the eq setting you have to undo the compression and eq, apply a new eq setting and reapply the compression. It's an insanely stupid way to do multitrack recording but some people seem determined to use the wrong tool for the job.