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Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.

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audacity finds no audio devices

I was recording in audacity with a headset and when I playback the recording, I can’t hear anything I went to this website Ubuntu 23.04: No audio after starting Audacity and followed these 4 steps ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Headphones/Headset with splitter (2 plugged pins) microphone is not working

I recently set up a dual boot on a new pc. I'm not using a laptop (I mention because I came across this issue a lot on lenovo laptops, but the solutions didn't work for me so far). I've looked at and ...
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In Ubuntu 23.04 Audacity will not record at all and there none of the listed options shown work to record audio. ALSA is the only alternative and including my microphone listed in sound settings is ...
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Compiling source code for Audacity 2.4.2 on Xubuntu Linux

After recently switching to Xubuntu Linux 22.04 on my laptop, I am trying to install Audacity 2.4.2 (specifically this version, as succeeding versions of audacity contain spyware that not only steals ...
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Ubuntu 23.04: No audio after starting Audacity

When starting Audacity on a fresh install of Ubuntu 23.04, there is a short clicking sound, and then the audio is gone. Neither Audacity nor other applications (e.g., Audacious) are able to make my ...
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Recording Audacity Output

In Audacity, I'm selecting a short segment of audio and looping it for playback by holding down the shift key. Works great, and I love Audacity's fine-tuned selection and looping features. However, I ...
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Some apps appear twice in Ubuntu

I'm using Ubuntu 22.10. Audacity program appears installed twice in software center, one by Muse group and the other by Dani Llewellyn (much greater in size): I also have webcamoid installed, but it ...
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Unable to import music from external HD into Audacity on Ubuntu [duplicate]

I am using Ubuntu version 20.04 and Cinnamon desktop. I am unable to import music from an external HD into Audacity. When I select "file - import" the external HD is not listed. I read ...
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Playback has never worked for me in Audacity on Ubuntu

Sound playback in Audacity has never worked for me in recent memory: no sound plays, but the equalizer in the UI throbs. This has been the case for several years across a couple of Ubuntu versions and ...
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Audacity mount issue in Jelllyfish

Attempting to install audacity on Jammy Jellyfish via snap due to some previous issues with using ppa. I refreshed the snap, then purged and reinstalled audacity. However, the program does not run, ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Audacity does not show up in PulseAudio Recording tab

Fresh install Ubuntu 22.04. Installed pavucontrol via apt. I can record from microphone. But I want to record from system mix output. Tried following Audacity tutorial: https://manual.audacityteam.org/...
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Unable to record Speaker Output using Audacity in 22.04

It has been a while since I have used Audacity. It was asking for some permission related to ALSA at the beginning, which I allowed. Not sure whether related to that, I do not see any option to choose ...
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Audacity Crash at Startup with Ubutnu Studio 22.04 LTS and Terratec Phase88 PCI (Ice1712 Envy24)

First of all I'm sorry for my bad English. My Setup Asus P6X58D-E -Xeon 5670 6x4GB of DDR3 1600Mhz Ram R9 370 GPU Terratec Phase 88 PCI with RCA Ice/VT1712 Envy24 (And this is probably the key to the ...
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How to record from Mixer

How to record from Mixer? I want to record the audio such as youtube or other audio playing. Dell 5755 Ubuntu 20.04 audacity-linux-3.1.3-x86_64.AppImage ALSA HD-Audio Generic:ALC3223 Analog (hw1,0) ...
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What is the youtube-dl best format?

I'm downloading a video with youtube-dl and trying to get the best possible sound quality. Youtube-dl has an option --audio-quality best that is supposed to achieve that. As I would expect, that doesn'...
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Playback of music files a little distorted after downloading Audactiy on Ubuntu

I attempted to do some editing of an mp3 music file using Audacity on my Linux machine (Ubuntu 18.04). I downloaded Audacity and did the editing. Afterwards, when I played back my file it was a little ...
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What is build directory?

I'm trying to build Audacity following the instructions in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/blob/master/BUILDING.md And the second last step: $ cd <build directory> what does this means? ...
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Where are fonts determined besides System Settings and my browser?

I'm running Kubuntu 20.04. Two places where the font sizes used in an application are determined are the Fonts section of Appearance within System Settings and the browser I'm using (plus the ...
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How can I fix the tiny fonts problem in Audacity?

I'm trying to run Audacity under Kubuntu 20.04, but the font is unreadably tiny. The system fonts have no visible effect. How can I enlarge the fonts that Audacity and its help files it uses?
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Error while loading shared library libx264.so.155 :Permission denied

While starting softwares such ffmpeg and audacity, I am getting error while loading shared libraries: libx264.so.152: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied . I am ...
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Problem with installing plugin in Audacity

I edit my songs in Audacity on my ubuntu 18.04 computer. Recently i downloaded GSNAP plugin(file extension : .so) and followed this article to install it. I should log in with root to edit the plug-...
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Move a file to a directory requiring root permission

I'm a complete noob to Linux and Ubuntu. I'm running Ubuntu Studio 20.04. I downloaded a plugin for Audacity that needs to go from home/greg/downloads into usr/share/audacity/plug-ins. I tried the ...
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Nitroshare Folder Corruption During Transfer

When I transfer an Audacity data folder & AUP file using Nitroshare the AUP file will not open. I get an error that Audacity can not locate the data folder. I have checked the data folder to find ...
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How do I record the desktop sounds and microphone in separated tracks and at same time

I am trying to record the microphone and desktop sounds with Audacity in separated tracks, but in pavucontrol only I can select or "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" (the desktop) or "Built-...
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Microphone not woking in Ubuntu 20.10 in browsers but in Audacity and Ardour

My microphone is not working in browsers, cheese, or any other standard applications but working fine in Audacity, Discord, OBS Studio and Ardour. Can someone point out possible problem and solutions ...
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Ubuntu Studio 20.10: Audacity 2.4.2 failing to record with Behringer UMC404HD interface

I have just freshly installed Ubuntu Studio 20.10 on my desktop computer. I have connected a Behringer UMC404HD interface to my desktop via USB. When I attempt to record in the default installed ...
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Can't compile Audacity from source on Ubuntu 20.04

Trying to build Audacity v2.4.2 on Ubuntu 20.04 from source. Following instructions from http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux What I've done so far: Installed all dependencies Cloned ...
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Determine the settings used to create an existing m4a audio file

I have an m4a audio file and would like to identify the settings that were used to create the recording and determine the resulting file size. Is there a command or program that will display the ...
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How to remove application installed using snap : cannot update snap namespace: invalid argument

I am trying to remove an application from snap ... here is my initial condition sudo snap install audacity # install type audacity audacity is hashed (/snap/bin/audacity) snap list | grep ...
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Audacity snap [pango_font_description_set_size assertion 'size >=0' failed] [closed]

I'm on Ubuntu version 20.04.1 LTS, and Gnome 3.36.3 Running audacity from command-line gives me the following error: Attempting to connect to Audacity failed...retrying Cannot connect to server socket ...
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Audacity not showing pulse audio option

Audacity not showing pulse audio option. I tried installing "alsa" but there is no such thing. I tried installing alsa plugins, but "make" does not work after configuration. I ...
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how do i install an older version of Audacity?

I need to install an older version of Audacity because of the Chain Function. I have no idear how to install it from the source files that are the only ones I can find.
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Rhythmbox fails to play CD tracks after installing Pulse Audio controller and Audacity

Rhythmbox was working correctly on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine but I wanted to record and installed audacity. THen I installed pavucontroller so that audacity could record. But now when I try to play ...
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Is there a Gtk 3 version of Audacity?

I am using Audacity to edit simple sound files (crop, noise reduction, etc) and I consider it to be perfect for small tasks like these. However, after I installed it from the Snap Store, I found it to ...
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Repeating audio noise loop when no music or audio playing in Ubuntu 18.04

When I am not playing music or watching videos on my Ubuntu 18.04 install, there is a constant repeating audio loop thing that plays out of the right side of my headphones (the issue is not with my ...
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Audio freezes for 8 seconds every minute or so when using microphone, every device

For the past several months, I have had a problem with any time I am using the microphone -- VOIP and video conferencing, plain audio recording. It works fine for a minute or so, then audio cuts out ...
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Can't import audio files into audacity from mounted drives

I've recently started experimenting with dual-booting Ubuntu 18.04 on my Windows 10 machine in hopes of eventually building a full linux rig down the line. I work on a lot of sound projects, so having ...
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Audacity Not Running on Ubuntu 18.04.3

When I execute "audacity" by terminal I get the next logs and simply cannot use it: efsandino@mc4-efsandino:~$ audacity Gtk-Message: 09:00:50.299: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar" Gtk-...
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18.04: Audacity and UBUNTU_MENUPROXY error message

I just installed Audacity, and every time it starts up I receive the following message: UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 could not be found Followed by: audacity could not be found. It has been removed from ...
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how can I apply echo cancelation to audiofiles on ubuntu 19.10?

it is possible to apply echo cancellation to microphones while they are recording, e.g. like this How can I apply the same filter to audio files that already exist? If there was a ffmpeg filter for ...
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Recording problem in Audacity

In recording-mode Audacity doesn't accept input signals unless the 3.5 mm input-jack plug is disconnected and connected again while the PC is powered on and Audacity is running . It does not accept ...
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Audacity and Microphone problem

I'm running the most recent versions of Ubuntu and Audacity and I have a vblog microphone installed and it works fine. Every time when I start Audacity, the settings for the microphone in Ubuntu ...
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Can my condenser mic be plugged into Linux Ubuntu directly for use?

I want to know if anyone call tell me If the Rockville RCM03 Pro Condenser Microphone can be plugged in the sound card and used directly with Audacity (recording editing software) and on Linux Ubuntu ...
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Transcription software playback issues

I need to transcribe some audio recordings. Audacity replays the WAV files perfectly, yet when I try to use dedicated software (Parlatype or gTranscribe) the playback jumps and stutters in places. ...
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Audio stops when using Audacity on Ubuntu Studio 18.10

After I open Audacity, no sound will be played. Closing Audacity doesn't fix it. Once I have ran it, my pc won't emit a single sound until I restart it.
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Audacity weird error

I use Ubuntu Studio 18.04.2 LTS (64 bit Linux) and Audacity 2.3.1 Each time I try to record a new track, with another track already recorded, the software crashes and gives me an errors message and ...
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Is there software that can write song music?

I'm looking for software (Ubuntu) to which I could input some song mp3 file and which would display the notes of the song, (like dots on a music sheet, not like the wavy lines of Audacity). I would ...
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How do I install a plugin in Audacity installed via snap?

I installed the latest Audacity 2.3.1 via snap. Now I want to install a plugin but as snap creates read-only images, what's the best way to download and install a plugin.
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Play one track while recording in another track in Audacity

Can Audacity play one track while recording in another track? I’d like to avoid the whole synchronize process later. Or is there any other software for Ubuntu with that option?
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How can I use audacity to record audio output along with mic input?

My goal is to record 4-5 hours of audio for my long form podcast. I need it to be able to accept input from the mic and output from the laptop audio (so I can record conversation I have with other ...
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