Audacity recording volume changes manual#

Audacity recording volume changes manual#

‘Dated’ doesn’t just mean ugly looking, it means harder to use: selecting regions and adjusting envelopes is much harder, even things like looping one phrase so that you can practice it - in audacity you have to wade through the main menu each time, or trawl through the manual to discover that you can press shift and spacebar, there are no clues. Re: Tips on the best settings for setting up audacity for recording my playing? In a DAW the effects are applied in real time, so you can make adjustments as you listen to the track.Īudacity also has a very dated user interface, which is not very intuitive and has a steep learning curve, whereas DAWs, although much more powerful, are more intuitive (particularly if you have ever worked with a ‘real’ mixing desk) and faster to learn. The biggest difference you’ll notice is that in Audacity when you want to apply EQ, reverb or another effect you have to guess at the settings, apply it and then listen back to what you have done. A Digital Audio Workstation is primarily focussed on making recordings.

I would suggest you look at Reaper (or another DAW - there are several ranging from free to very expensive, but all do basically the same job.)Īlthough you can record in Audacity, it’s prime purpose is as an audio editor for working on existing recordings. Audacity might not be the best software for what you are trying to do.