Got a question, how do you record in stereo rather than in mono format?
[Edit] --> [Scroll: Preferences] --> [Channels]
I'm also trying to figure out how to record in stereo rather than mono and I went to where the above post suggests and it was already on "2 (Stereo)". However, on my recorded sound window with the info on the left, it says I'm recording in mono and when I click on the pull down menu there, the option for "Make Stereo Track" is greyed out. So, am I recording in stereo or mono and if I'm still in mono, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to change it?
I'm trying to make it for an audition, so if you don't have suggestions of how to make the setting stereo, but you know some work around to make it the same as if I had the stereo option on, that'd be great too.
Thanks!
Edit: I figured it out XD
Leave it me to miss the Tracks -> Add New -> Stereo Track
Thanks for all the tips about audacity though! It really got me going when I first started not so long ago ^_^
Re: Getting Started in Audacity « Reply #48 on Apr 21, 2009, 11:31pm »
I've a dilemma with the lame encoder. For some reason it won't export mp3 files, but it does export .wav files with ease. It always states to "find the lame encoder", but even so it fails to work. Will someone help me out with this?
Reason mainly over the fact, some producers usually prefer mp3's, in addition mp3's are much faster to download as well.
In case, this seems irreparable, could anyone recommend, a trusty wav to mp3 converter, you know free of viruses, spies, and charge? =) Thanks.
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Re: Getting Started in Audacity « Reply #49 on Apr 22, 2009, 8:02am »
Did you follow this part?
"After this, run Audacity, and select "Edit->Preferences", click on the "File Formats" tab, and Press the "Find Library" button in the MP3 Export Setup box. Now select the directory where you unzipped the lame_enc.dll file into, and select the lame_enc.dll file. Now you are ready to start recording!"
If you did, all I can think is that perhaps the .dll is in a directory away from Audacity and it somehow doesn't like that? Other suggestions... Delete the .dll and try downloading and unzipping again? Or try a different version number of the lame .dll? If all else fails, try uninstalling both and re-install? And if that all fails, yeah... you'll just have to get a converter. Sorry, I don't have suggestions for that.
Btw, I've been having a problem of my own while recording in stereo again. No matter what I do, when I export it out to mp3 using the lame dll it always ends up kind of echo-y as if the two tracks got slightly out of sync. It sounds fine before I export, so it isn't a problem with my mic... and if I import it back in after exporting, it's still out of sync, so it isn't just a problem with the program that plays my mp3's. Anyone have ideas of what to try doing to keep it sync-ed up? Thanks ^_^
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Re: Getting Started in Audacity « Reply #51 on May 21, 2009, 4:28pm »
Maybe it's because I use 1.3 beta, but my Audacity doesn't have Effect->FFT thing. I was able to use Gverb for it, but the other effectsounds better...
Re: Getting Started in Audacity « Reply #53 on May 28, 2009, 5:20pm »
one question though, When i add, say, a music track into Audacity, it puts it at the bottom and it starts at first. What if i wanted to put the music under another voice clip later one in the voice acting, how would i be able to do that. I've tried a lot, but i'm probably being dumb.
Another thing about importing audio is that sometimes when i put in a whole song, Audacity speeds it up a bunch for some reason, is there a way to not let that happen.
I'm not sure if this has been asked before but please, i need assistance!
Re: Getting Started in Audacity « Reply #54 on Jun 4, 2009, 7:23pm »
Great guide, a lot of help there.
But I have one problem: I was recording some lines the other day (my mic is built into my laptop), and the lines showing audio recording were there. But when I played it back, there was no sound. The volume levels were normal, and when I recorded something in Windows Movie Maker, I was able to playback normally.
Re: Getting Started in Audacity « Reply #57 on Jun 3, 2010, 2:08am »
I want to offer this suggestion, if only to improve the overall quality of the audio portion of projects people are working on.
Time and time again I come across projects where either the audio is too quiet, sounds like it's in a tin can, underwater, or the voice actor has to "scream" be loud enough to be heard.
1. Get a USB microphone if you do not have one. 2. Record at the highest bit rate and frequency your sound card/usb microphone supports (regardless if you'll be shipping it that way.)
Install the FLAC codec for Audacity and save copies of your projects in this format if you don't have the disk space to keep it uncompressed, and not directly to mp3. Convert to mp3 if the other party wants it in mp3 format, and then, keep it in as high of quality as possible. FLAC is lossless. If you're doing mixing, it's much better to avoid multiple rounds of lossy compression. This applies to music as well.
Let the producer compress the final audio product. The producer should normalize the audio so that all the sound is loud enough without clipping before exporting for use in flash. This is much easier done when there's no compression artifacts.
In flash, the ideal is flattening the audio in Audacity at 16bit stereo uncompressed so that you only have one audio track to deal with. Flash supports having multiple tracks, if you don't need precision timing (or your animations are interactive.) This also results in not saving entire 5 minute songs that you only use 30 seconds of in the swf file.
Exporting from flash for YouTube: Youtube supports MP3 and FLAC in an AVI container, it doesn't support either as a MP4/h264 file.
Most under-5-minute flash cartoons can be exported straight from flash to h264 with the ffdshow VFW codec installed, however this results in uncompressed audio. If you want to save some upload time, you can actually use Audacity to load the AVI file generated from flash, compress the audio (mp3, aac, flac, etc) and then remux the video and audio with virtualdub, mp4box, etc. This can mean the difference between a 100MB and a 15MB file.
Youtube also supports 2 lossless video codecs, if you have the patience (only worth it for 2 minute videos, or where the scenes are mostly static) to upload. This combined with the lossless audio stream results in Youtube videos that are almost as good as the flash originals.
If anyone wants a guide on how to get the best video and audio quality out of Youtube I'll write one, but I think VAC is mostly about audio.
Re: Getting Started in Audacity « Reply #59 on Jul 24, 2011, 10:24pm »
Ok I am not sure where to ask this question so I am going to ask here. When I try to record I get a error message saying- Error while opening sound device please check the input device and settings and the project sample rate. I am not 100% certain that I have done this as I am not sure what all that is, but I do know that I was able to record until 3am this morning. Any help would be welcome. When I am in the sound part of the control panel and I tap on the mic it registers there. Do not know if this helps or not.
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