r/audacity

So I wanted to just mess around looping some mp3 files for fun, but for whatever reason, after opening audacity, NO audio is present on my device.

I restarted the driver, disable and re-enabled it, even restarting my pc,

But for some damn reason I cant even hear anything after audacity opens

I have a  Rhodes Nt-USB mike that I was using with Audacity and picked up some serious phasing-robotic interference in my test recordings. 

I verified the the hertZ format for the mic’ and Audacity were a match. I also tested in Logic and Garage band and had the same issue. My non-usb mics never had the phasing but go thru a M-Audio Air 192/14.

A lot of my midi and USB gear are all hooked up vie external connections as my MacBook Pro M5 only has 3 “c” connections and those are used for monitors. The external outboard gear all are connected thru the monitor usb connections.

Further testing a swapping cables and using other connection points. Same issue with phasing.

I remove one of the monitor connections and plugged the Rhode

 mic’ directly into the Mac book pro and from there, testing  with Audacity/logic pro/garage band recorded with no issue and no phasing/robotic sound. But also lost a few midi/usb devices as they go thru the monitor that was connected.

Is there any settings or trouble shooting that I can do to eliminate the phasing from having the mic’ connected via hub? I also did a reset in Apples Midi set up…….

All I can find are outdated guides and a link to a github page that doesnt support anything past ubuntu. Is there anything else or am I cooked?

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Does anyone know why does audacity autolimit my recordings from mic? I use laptop gigabye a16 temporarily for recording and it only happens when i use external microphone which is Samson C01pro. When i use built-in mic from the laptop it doesn't happen. I don't have audio enhancements turned on. It doesn't happen on my PC btw.

Am I the only one passionately and desperately wanting a mobile app of audacity? W all the features and updates, even if it cost money, dude I would pay up to 20 bucks for it, I most music and have used primarily audacity for 8-10years I love the work flow and the simplistic feel, I also love the built in effects but I also import vsts like bitcrusher and pitch correction, a mobile app would be nice because my pc just went up on me, and I hate using GarageBand, I tried the web version, it’s buns and pretty limited, I just want an audacity app, and an audacity tshirt because I love audacity so much, please an app would just make my life easier and I could work on projects on both computer(when I get one) and phone

I make my own long form Audio files right? Some are like 30-100 hours long. So I use Audacity and there's no way for you to stop it from logging "Session Files" What's more is they bloat them like crazy....... I put a 3.6gb audio file to work on in the program and afterwards I couldn't export it because the session file had been made to be upwards of 300gbs. It filled the rest of my C: drive and I had to save it to one of my other drives and delete the session file when it was done to fix my storage and subsequently PC speed.

This happens with every file on every project you make, unless when you close the program and hit "No" to the save option. if you don't and you don't know that the file is hidden and you have to change the settings of file explorer to even find it, (File Explorer, Settings, View, Show Hidden Items? YES. Then go to "C:" and go to "users" and "AppData" and find Audacity in "Locallow" or "Local")

Hope this helps someone trying to free up space or wondering what's going on with their PC. Like for weeks I kept wondering where all the space in my C: drive was going but yeah beware of that my friends Audacity will eat up your hard drive space faster than any virus or file/download ever could.

Please I need help trying to isolate backing vocals and harmonies any thing I can do? Using the most recent version as of August/17/2026 8:47pm AK time

When I say 'echo effect', I don't mean making the audio repeat. That's what happens if you click 'echo' in effects.

What I want is something that actually makes your voice sound like an echo, as if you're in an echoey place. Good for mystical characters like gods and genies and things.

Note: Please bear with me, because I am not tech savvy.

I'm using a recorder app on my phone to record some audio. The file that results is an mp4. I convert this to an mp3 using VLC Media Player, then upload it into Audacity (latest version).

Every time I do this, I see what looks like two identical audio tracks, even though I only recorded one: my voice. Based on the research I've done about this, apparently it means the file was in stereo format. I want Mono format so that it's easier to look at and delete things like breath noises.

But when I try to convert this in Audacity, I can select "Mono" but I still see two identical audio tracks, as if nothing has changed.

Is there something I'm doing wrong? How can I get a Mono view of this file?

I just downloaded Audacity (without Musehub) and the installation went fine. I'm on a PC, running Windows 11 Home and have enough memory to support Audacity.

But when I tried to import an audio file, the app immediately shut down and asked me to send an error report. The report is very long and full of technical language/coding that my Luddite ass does not understand.

I've tried multiple times and the app keeps crashing at the same point. Is there any way to fix this -- especially if it's easy for someone who is absolutely not tech savvy to understand?

Any help would be really appreciated!

UPDATE: I really appreciate everyone who had advice and suggestions. Unfortunately, none of these worked, in part because I am just too dumb when it comes to technology (For instance, I can't for the life of me understand anything about Github and why the site doesn't just have a straightforward older version to download rather than separate files, let alone what those files mean or how to run them).

Luckily, I found some other advice that suggested right clicking on the Audacity icon on my desktop and selecting "Run as administrator". That seems to work. I just wanted to put this here in case anyone else had the same question.

Thanks again, everyone, for trying to help -- I really appreciate it!

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like, i want to swap the positions of the whole mono tracks (not just the clips inside, I can move them with no issues), is it possible to do this?

I tried clicking everywhere but they just won't move

Hey guys, so I made a voice clone of my own voice on Cartesia and generated some speech from text. The cartesia version sounds noticeably cleaner, fuller, softer and more "close" than than my own recording I do.

I've uploaded both versions here so you can compare them.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11RWRZojdGl_f4Lru65OFf0G7zD6XPk6g?usp=sharing

I know my version has an accent, ignore that, I'm only talking about the audio quality.

I'd really like to get my actual recording sounding as close as possible to the Cartesia version. I use a Shure MV7+ and Adobe Audition. I'm pretty new to audio processing, so if anyone could point out what's different between the two recordings and give me some specific steps/effects/settings to improve mine, I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks!

I made the recording a couple weeks ago and it was fine until day before yesterday when it started to become garbled...by this afternoon it has become very difficult to listen too. Anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanks for any help!

Through research, advice and a bit of trial and error, this is my current process (once I have edited the episode):

• Select all of the tracks (Command + A) and apply the Normalise effect. Normalise to 0 dB. This will make all tracks as loud as possible without distortion.
• Compressor - even out level across voice tracks - use radio and podcast setting
• Check all track gains set to zero
• Use the track “solo” buttons to listen to one track at a time and find the quietest track.
• Compare another track with the quietest track and use the track Gain control to reduce the volume of the louder track so that it matches the quieter track. Repeat for all the other tracks.
• Export as a mono mp3
• Check/tweak and publish

I'd be grateful for your thoughts and feedback. One thing I haven't quite figured out is how to get the final level right for the whole track, consistent across episodes. I tried the thing where you set the LUFS but it seems to mess everything up. This method seems to work well enough but I know I can do more.

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like genuinely from a distance it looks like a burger with headphones and tbh maybe they should lean into that, would be a unique mascot for a music program

Hi all,

I'm sure this question has been asked before. I used to have no problem recording audio with Audacity via my Windows PC. Now, my Macbook won't seem to allow it - the only host available is 'Core Audio' with Macbook microphone/speakers.

Is there a trusted tool I can download to help record the internal audio?

Thanks for any help!

Title says it all. Been using Audacity without issue for years now for audiobook production. Even managed to record a track and save/send it off just this morning. Then as usual, I opened a new file, recorded a chapter and as soon as I went to save it, it opened the file directory as normal and just crashed.

Kept trying and same thing now, every time. Uninstalled and reinstalled it and it's still happening. I can still save word and video files to the drive and all diagnostics say it's working fine, but for some reason Audacity, whether the same one I've been using or a fresh install keeps crashing whenever I go to save the file. Anyone have any experience with this?

Problem report states:

exception code 0xc0000005
Crash reason: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_WRITE

Crash address: 0xc6a61fb730

Process uptime: 150 seconds

When I click "send" for the crash report, it flashes an error message saying it can't send it which disappears before I can even read it. Any thoughts?