Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity ?

2011-02-21 Thread Dieselhead
[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dieselhead Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 4:54 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] OT Audacity ? I am becoming a raving fan of audacity. Here is the question. Is it possible to import the narrated sound from a ppt slideshow into Audacity to edit

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity ?

2011-02-21 Thread Dieselhead
_ From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dieselhead Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 4:54 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] OT Audacity ? I am becoming a raving fan of audacity. Here is the question. Is it possible to import

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity ?

2011-02-21 Thread Fmiser
Dieselhead wrote: I have tried saving the ppt as HTM now, and I get htm and gif files, one .js and one xml file. I can't find anything that looks like a sound file. Am I missing something? Interestingly, when I load the htm, the sound plays. I can't figure out where the sound lives. If

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity ?

2011-02-21 Thread Dieselhead
I got it solved with a work around. i opened the ppt in winders and saved it as htm from there. That produced a .asf file for each slide. Then I went bac to mac and opened the sound files I wanted to edit in Audacity. When I was done, I exported them (.wav) and put them into the slide

[MBZ] OT Audacity ?

2011-02-20 Thread Dieselhead
I am becoming a raving fan of audacity. Here is the question. Is it possible to import the narrated sound from a ppt slideshow into Audacity to edit it? If so, how do you do that? I have tried to drag the speaker symbol in the ppt slide to the Audacity window with no result. There does

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity ?

2011-02-20 Thread Rich Thomas
I think if you play the ppt and have your input set to the right thing (I forget all the choices, but I think one will take in whatever the computer is playing) it will record it. --R On 2/20/2011 5:54 PM, Dieselhead wrote: I am becoming a raving fan of audacity. Here is the question. Is it

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity ?

2011-02-20 Thread OK Don
There's a program called Virtual Audio Cable that you might need to connect the output from the ppt to the input of the recorder. I haven't used it - but will need to for the software defined transceiver I'm going to be building --- http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm On Sun, Feb 20,

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity ?

2011-02-20 Thread Russ Williams
. Open Office is similar. Russ _ From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dieselhead Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 4:54 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] OT Audacity ? I am becoming a raving fan of audacity. Here is the question

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-24 Thread Luther
did you get anywhere with this? Luther Loren Faeth wrote: OK, Youse guys recommended Audacity. I think I was successful to record from a microphone with it. At least there are lots of squiggles on the chart that scrolls across. It won't let me save what I apparently have. The Save is

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-24 Thread Loren Faeth
To Scott, I am pretty sure i used stop. I tried to record from the end, and then stop, and that did not seem to work. I tried play from the beginning and stop and that did not work either. I was able to select all from the edit menu, but with all selected, the file menu options are still

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-24 Thread Luther
have you posted it to any of the Audacity forums? I Googled it and couldn't find anything... Loren Faeth wrote: To Scott, I am pretty sure i used stop. I tried to record from the end, and then stop, and that did not seem to work. I tried play from the beginning and stop and that did not

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-24 Thread Frederick W Moir
Loren, et al. Could the version of the program that you are using be an evaluation copy, with limited functionality? Just A thought. Fred Moir Lynn MA At 11:38 AM 1/24/2009, you wrote: To Scott, I am pretty sure i used stop. I tried to record from the end, and then stop, and that did not

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-24 Thread Luther
Audacity is Open Source, so I don't think they have evaluation versions, only Beta and Stable. Luther Frederick W Moir wrote: Loren, et al. Could the version of the program that you are using be an evaluation copy, with limited functionality? Just A thought. Fred Moir Lynn MA At 11:38 AM

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-24 Thread Frederick W Moir
Luther. That's me. Lost in Space. Fred Moir Lynn MA At 01:22 PM 1/24/2009, you wrote: Audacity is Open Source, so I don't think they have evaluation versions, only Beta and Stable. Luther Frederick W Moir wrote: Loren, et al. Could the version of the program that you are using be an

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-24 Thread Scott Ritchey
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 11:39 To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording To Scott, I am pretty sure i used stop. I tried to record from the end, and then stop, and that did not seem to work. I tried play from the beginning and stop and that did not work

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Anthony Galioto
Try selecting the file, then maybe you will be able to export. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have enough free disk space? - just a shot in the dark. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.com wrote: Won't let me do that

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Rich Thomas
I vaguely recall having to select the whole recording before doing anything with it. --R Loren Faeth wrote: Won't let me do that either. in the file menu, my choices are new, open, recent files and exit. everything else is grayed out. I think I am hosed. But I cant figure out why it

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Loren Faeth
The recording has not been saved yet, so there is no file to open. I am trying to save the file At 07:06 AM 1/21/2009, you wrote: Try selecting the file, then maybe you will be able to export. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have enough free disk

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Loren Faeth
audacity says there is enough space At 09:46 PM 1/20/2009, you wrote: Do you have enough free disk space? - just a shot in the dark. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.com wrote: Won't let me do that either. in the file menu, my choices are new, open, recent

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Loren Faeth
I have tried to do that but have not been successful either. It does not seem to have a select all or control A feature either. At 08:53 AM 1/21/2009, you wrote: I vaguely recall having to select the whole recording before doing anything with it. --R Loren Faeth wrote: Won't let me do that

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Luther
Do you have permission to write to the output dir it wants to use? Have you tried save as? Luther Loren Faeth wrote: I have tried to do that but have not been successful either. It does not seem to have a select all or control A feature either. At 08:53 AM 1/21/2009, you wrote: I vaguely

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Tim C.
window up? Maybe the recorded window is hiding behind? Just shooting into the dark. Good luck, -Tim -Original Message- From: Luther benz-n-h...@gulseth.net Date: Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009 10:24 am Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Fmiser
Loren wrote: yes, did that. Then tried everything i could think of to get it to save the file. If you want it to be a .wav file, you will need to choose export as wav. Save will save in the unique Audacity format. Can you get to Edit Preferences? Under the tab Directories it should report

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-21 Thread Scott Ritchey
Are you sure you stopped recording vs only pausing? -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Loren Faeth Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:00 To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording I have

[MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Loren Faeth
OK, Youse guys recommended Audacity. I think I was successful to record from a microphone with it. At least there are lots of squiggles on the chart that scrolls across. It won't let me save what I apparently have. The Save is grayed out as are a lot of other things on the various menus.

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Lee Einer
For one, you need to hit the stop button before you can save. Loren Faeth wrote: OK, Youse guys recommended Audacity. I think I was successful to record from a microphone with it. At least there are lots of squiggles on the chart that scrolls across. It won't let me save what I

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Loren Faeth
yes, did that. Then tried everything i could think of to get it to save the file. It has been sitting on my desktop for a few days while I tried to figure out how to save the file. It is about an hour and 20 minutes long. At 08:33 PM 1/20/2009, you wrote: For one, you need to hit the stop

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Lee Einer
Have you tried exporting as a .wav or .mp3 file? Lee Loren Faeth wrote: yes, did that. Then tried everything i could think of to get it to save the file. It has been sitting on my desktop for a few days while I tried to figure out how to save the file. It is about an hour and 20 minutes

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Loren Faeth
Won't let me do that either. in the file menu, my choices are new, open, recent files and exit. everything else is grayed out. I think I am hosed. But I cant figure out why it won't let me do anything. When I clicked on new, it opened up a new window., so I decided i could not name the

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread OK Don
Do you have enough free disk space? - just a shot in the dark. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.com wrote: Won't let me do that either. in the file menu, my choices are new, open, recent files and exit. everything else is grayed out. I think I am hosed. But