[audacity4blind] Re: Recorded Files are Suddenly Silent
- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:25:22 -0500
I don't think this is an issue limited to visually impaired users. I
think it is an issue that should be addressed as a general one of what a
program should do automatically when it is installed. It is just plain
bad design for a program to change user settings that there is no reason
to change. If the user is using Sound Mapper, no recording program should
change that setting. The program developers don't know what source the
user wants to use and should not ever automatically change such settings
on installation.
>
Gene
> | From Rich De Steno <ironrock@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> | Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:58:52 -0400
> | Subject: Recorded Files are Suddenly Silent
>> I seem to have solved the problem by going into the Transport Tool Bar
>> with CTRL-F6 and changing the input from the sound card to microphone.
>> This is different in the Beta version where it was set to Master.
>
> It's always a good idea to play a little of what you have recorded
> if you are visually impaired.
>
> I agree the latest Audacity version no longer initialises to the
> Windows default device (Microsoft Sound Mapper/Primary Sound
> Capture Driver) and that this can be confusing for visually impaired
> users if this causes the recording input to change. I'll put it on
> Bugzilla when I have time.
>
>
>
>
> Gale
>
>
>> On 8/22/2012 8:26 PM, Gale Andrews wrote:
>> > | From Rich De Steno <ironrock@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > | Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:50:14 -0400
>> > | Subject: [audacity4blind] Recorded Files are Suddenly Silent
>> >> I am using Audacity 2.0. I began a recording project and the first
>> few
>> >> recordings were fine. Now the files are created, but they are
>> silent.
>> >> Even playing them in Winamp, they are silent. If I go back to the
>> >> Audacity Beta with the same setup and the same material, the
>> recordings
>> >> are fine. What could be causing the lack of audio in these files? I
>> do
>> >> not detect anything unusual about the prompts.
>> > Rich,
>> >
>> > There could be a few reasons, but make sure you are using the
>> > current 2.0.1 version of Audacity:
>> > http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ .
>> >
>> > Are you exporting a single Audacity track, or multiple tracks mixed
>> > together? If you have multiple tracks, the first thing to check is
>> > whether any of the mute buttons on the tracks in the 2.x project
>> > are "on". Muted tracks are not exported, so if you had a silent track
>> > in the project but all the other tracks were muted, you would export
>> > a silent file.
>> >
>> > Or are you using Export Multiple?
>> >
>> > Obviously make sure that you have the volume turned up in
>> > the programs in which you play the exported files.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Gale
>
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