The final results can be easily exported to wav, ogg or mp3 format To attenuate all of the tracks by a few db. The default 0 db track volume level produced audibleĬlipping when multiple tracks were summed together, so it was necessary Of setting the left/right pan setting for each stereo track pairĪnd adjusting the output levels for a good volume balance between Once the desired number of tracks (3 stereo pairs) was correctly This seemed to get worse as more tracks were addedĪnd may be symptomatic of insufficient CPU speed. The clicks disappeared when all of the tracks were played back Fortunately, this problem only occurred while recording, Previously recorded first track pair made clicks and had some short One minor problem showed up when playing back while recording.ĭuring the recording of the second track pair, the sound from the Identical to those found on a standard tape recorder, and the undoįunction (Control-Z) is used to remove a badly recorded track. Re-recording tracks easy, the rewind/play/stop/record buttons are Input monitor VU meters, and pressing the record button.Īs with most multi-track recording, it was necessary to record, eraseĪnd retry most of the tracks. Matter of setting the input level below the clipping point using the Once the correct settings were applied, recording was a simple These problems also occurred with a more full-featured Sound Blaster Live
#SOMETHING LIKE AUDACITY FOR VIDEO SOFTWARE#
Point sample representation, single track recording and software play-throughĪll resulted in serious dropouts and time distortion on the recordings. Setting was enabled, this is the critical feature that allows The "Play other tracks while recording new one" To 16 bit integer mode and the audio i/o setting was changed toĢ channel (Stereo). Setting up Audacity for multi-track recording took a bit of tweaking. Running the default stable version 1.2.4 of Audacity. The software consisted of the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS "Dapper Drake" distribution The amplifier's line out was connected to the sound card's line in with The sound card was an older no-frills Creative Labs model CT4810 PCI device.Īudio was generated with an electric guitar feeding into a guitar amplifier. This machine was purchased second-hand at a yard sale for a mere $10. The hardware used for this experiment consisted of a fairly ancientħ00 Mhz Pentium 3 box with 384 MB of RAM and an old IBM 20 GB hard drive.
Your author decided to see if Audacity was capable of working as aīasic multi-track music recording system. ItĪ straightforward user interface, recording and playback capabilities,
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