r/audacity

Hi all - I have a Windows 11 laptop that I've been using for years with Audacity recording via a Behringer UMC404HD interface. I have always been able to record four individual channels with my setup until today when I tried. Now I'm only being given the option to record on one or two channels maximum.

I tried updating everything and restarting the laptop but with the same results. I then downloaded Audacity onto another laptop of mine (Windows 10), connected it in the exact same way to my interface and it immediately gave me the four channels option again.

So far as I can see all of the settings across both my laptops are exactly the same but there must be something I'm missing - any ideas what it could be? I am using Windows WASAPI as the host on both. And again, I've been using the original laptop to record and edit with Audacity for nearly 7 years now and this is the first time I've had this issue.

I'm attaching a portion of an mp3 file of a song recorded from a radio speaker with a microphone. A few seconds in, you'll hear, in the background from another room, my canary or parakeet "singing along" with the song that's playing. I'm wondering if there's a way in Audacity to make the bird chirping more prominent? This is sourced from a cheapie cassette I recorded back in 1969 - and I'm actually surprised it still plays with no jams. The chirps run from three seconds in to about 26 seconds

Thanks.

Looking for an audio editor that does cuts, splits, and denoise for mp3 formats for free. I’ve used audacity but find that I have trouble getting the exact time split I want. I can’t seem to input the time and have it split or cut right there. Any audio software recommended to do that?

Just to give you some context: there are parts of the song where I tend to turn up the volume. But it’s kind of a hassle to have to manually raise the volume when the good part comes along. So I thought, "Why not edit the song and change the volume for that good part?" I tried doing that, but I can't seem to increase the volume for that section; from what I gather, you can't go above 0 dB. Is there any way to change the volume of just one part of the song?

Per the subject, does this plugin work for music? or is this only for speech?

I ask as the installer mentions a "Basic" model + "Speech":

https://preview.redd.it/om2lyxjopbah1.png?width=455&format=png&auto=webp&s=7c000fdfe6097a16ec8526c0f38b363b0a8f0812

Also, I'm on arch=AARM64 ("Apple Silicon"), I heard it doesn't work? but then again this post seemed to suggest it should now?

So new here and asking for help:

Today I tried making drums on Audacity without sampling or recording(Due to not owning any instruments) and I decided to use the tone and noise generators as well as some as efffects but however they don't seem sound like normal drums.

I mainly used ChatGpt to find out on how to make the drums with tones, noise and effects.