• From: A black hole in deep space
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Topic: AUDACITY

I am giving my viewpoint on the audacity audio editor. first it is a free program and with no strings attached you can download a users manual that is in a zipped folder,once opened it reveals a compleat menu of how to tutorials that guide you through the necessary steps to interface your recording gear and if you dont have a good digital recorder it can do just about all you can want but i found out that my digital recorder has all and more of the editing features offered in the audacity program and i came to the conclusion audacity was not needed i wish i could have used the features it was cool looking at the sound graphs and reluctently i removed the program but this was my view and choice the audacity program may work for you but keep in mind it will not make a silk purse out of a sows ass if your tracks are not good redo them audacity will not help

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Hi Russ
So that’s where you’ve  been with your head inside the Audacity manual smile .
I think the Audacity program never set out to replace a more sophisticated digital recorder. Your right in saying that if you have a good track recorder then you gain nothing from Audacity when recording your songs.
As you say it’s free which is a great point in it’s favour and great way to record anything going through your sound card and convert it into a mp3file. For someone who is just starting out or has not got the money to spend on digital recorder it’s one way of be able to record your songs and to some extent fiddle around with them.
Ultimately your right Russ it’s what you put into a recording that counts in the end.
Ark

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I'm not a professional nor do I share my recordings with many people. For those like me, Audacity is fun to noodle around with. I don't think it'll ever compete with a digital recorder but it's short money fun.

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Re: AUDACITY

Audacity is perfect for me.

Don't need the expensive bells and whistles, and cant afford actual studio equipment, so I just play around on the PC, and, at least, I can record and replay myself, which I think is very helpful.

And you gotta love the price.

Just play

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  • From: A black hole in deep space
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Re: AUDACITY

hi ark your right about me burying my head in the tech manuals of audacity its the only way to evauluate and i was sad to have to remove it but i learned a great deal so it wasn't a wasted effort i still would recomend it its great for anyone on a short budget i am working with a vidio editing program now and my head is again stuck in the tech manuals but i managed to compose a new song its very up tempo classical sounding cant tell you how many times i had to redo tracks cause i missed a note and one bad note is not exceptable so back at it i am laying the keyboard tracks and then i will make a vidio with the sound track

arkady wrote:

Hi Russ
So that’s where you’ve  been with your head inside the Audacity manual smile .
I think the Audacity program never set out to replace a more sophisticated digital recorder. Your right in saying that if you have a good track recorder then you gain nothing from Audacity when recording your songs.
As you say it’s free which is a great point in it’s favour and great way to record anything going through your sound card and convert it into a mp3file. For someone who is just starting out or has not got the money to spend on digital recorder it’s one way of be able to record your songs and to some extent fiddle around with them.
Ultimately your right Russ it’s what you put into a recording that counts in the end.
Ark

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Russ
Look forward to hearing and seeing your new piece.
I know what you mean about laying tracks down. Play them though speakers they sound not too bad then listen through earphones and UGGG every bum note fret buzz and mistake hits you in the face.
That's when I usually want to can it and start again.
In the end I save the the thing on the computer. Do something else and go back to it later. Just sometimes it don't sound half so bad as it did in the first place. Not always though so hit the deletion button on that one.

All the best
Ark

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  • From: A black hole in deep space
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Re: AUDACITY

ark i call my new piece "dance of the virgins from memory" i have recorded 1 rhythem track one accusic lead voice track i bass track (i converted my guitar to bass in the effects loop) and a free style drum track i tried to lay a keyboard track but the synthesizer is on the fritz i cant get it to play a simple triad it sounds like two martian dogs in heat so i am googling up the roland corporation and see if i can restore the factory default settings if not i will s#$t can it and buy a used one that works so stay in touch and let me know when you got a new song uploaded to myspace so i can pop over and give a listen take care your friend in america russell

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ark im beginning to think i can fix a rainy day,i tore my synth apart cleaned all the dust and i discovered a little wire that had come loose so i soddered it and lordy lord its works! i had a bigger hassel getting it back together but after a few hours i fineley had a working keyboard and i started recording a track on my digital studio the changes come auful quick and im not a very good keyboard player so i wound up punching in and out and doing a lot of optimizing (deleting previous tracks on the same track)to conserve disk space i still have to overlay some 3 part harmony in a few places mostley aahs no words when its finished i'll email you to let you know im uploading right now its has no vidio i have to hunt for what im looking for.Ifound out somthing after googling roland juno 106 they are very much in demand and used by a lot of known groups because of there versitility and sound so i think i'll hang on to this one see ya

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Re: AUDACITY

Russ
Sounds like you  have had  a bit of tricky job on your hands there. Glad your were able to fix your synth. I don’t think you would not been able to that with a more modern keyboard. Used Roland equipment always go well on eBay they are much in demand as you say.
Still working on some ideas will probably have something complete next week. Let you know when.
All the best
Ark