![]() I don't concern myself with this option since I'm more interested in how the final exported WAV sounds. ![]() Real-time Sample Rate Converter - Controls how Audacity resamples during playback (if it needs to do so).I prefer to leave this value alone and always manually select the Set Sample Format configuration in the Project view. When importing into Audacity a 24-bit file one wishes to edit, Audacity ignores this value and -always- sets the Project's Set Sample Format to 32-bit. When importing into Audacity a 16-bit file one wishes to edit, Audacity sets the Project's Set Sample Format configuration to this value. More importantly, it controls the sample format precision at which Audacity performs edits (well, sort of.see next two comments). As with Default Sample Rate, Default Sample Formatcontrols the sample format at which Audacity creates a new file if recording directly into Audacity. Default Sample Format - Sample Format in Audacity's terminology is the same as others call bit-depth or word length.When importing into Audacity the file one wishes to edit, Audacity sets the Project sample rate accordingly, ignoring this preference setting. For the purposes of editing recordings made through other mechanisms, it's meaningless. Default Sample Rate - Controls the sample rate at which Audacity creates a new file if recording directly into Audacity. ![]() Here's a breakdown on each of the applicable fields in each tab: The only tabs in which I'm interested for this discussion: Quality and File Formats (partial). I won't bother with most of the preferences, since they generally don't apply to the actual processing of files. So, I've toyed around with Audacity to make sure I know how it works for my purposes, and here's what I've found. Please note it's a slightly steeper learning curve, though.Įdit to add: Thanks to morst for a write-up on how to mixing two sources in Audacity.Īudacity's documentation isn't stellar (though it isn't terrible), and most of the online help or tutorials aren't really focused on the needs of tapers, nor did they answer some fundamental questions I had about how Audacity functions. The short answer is that you may not be able to get 4 simultaneous channels with Audacity unless you venture into compiling Audacity from the source (which on Windows is not very straightforward).While Audacity's a great free audio editor, I think the best value (price / performance) comes with Samplitude SE:Ī whopping €50 gets you far more advanced features, better interface, better sound, ability to handle plugins, etc. It should be fairly straightforward for computer programmers but is definitely an “advanced” topic for most users. Additional information about adding ASIO support is here: Missing features - Audacity Support but this is not for the faint hearted. The instructions posted by Gale are for building Audacity from the source code. This is perfectly legal provided that it is for personal use (may be commercial use but not distributed to others). The problem is that the licensing issues mean that Audacity cannot be shipped with ASIO support (if it is to remain open source) so to get ASIO support it is necessary to build Audacity from the source code and build in ASIO support. The “alternative” that Koz and Gale are talking about is to use ASIO drivers.ĪSIO is not supported by Audacity out of the box due to licensing issues (Audacity is open source but ASIO is not).ĪSIO drivers will usually support as many channels as the device has, so making all 4 channels available to Audacity. Sadly Audacity can only access one recording device at a time (even if they are in the same box) so I can only record 1 or 2 channels at a time. ![]() I’ve got a 4 channel sound card myself, but the Windows (WDM) drivers make it appear as two stereo devices. I would expect to see “4 CHANNEL” pop up if it recognized the PreSonus mixer as having that capability, but Audicity doesn’t appear to have a configuration for that input device. No matter which combination of HOST and INPUT DEVICE I choose, the INPUT CHANNELS never changes from the two types: MONO or STEREO. ![]()
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