Category Archives: General

Miscellaneous posts that don’t fit anywhere else.

Editing and Overwriting an Audio File

One thing that is quickly learned about Audacity, is that it is NOT a DAW* (digital audio workstation), and is NOT a wave editor. It is a full featured multi-track audio recorder and editor. When “opening” an audio file for editing, the file itself is never modified by Audacity – the audio data is copied … Continue reading Editing and Overwriting an Audio File

FM Encoder Decoder

This is an experimental “proof of concept” plug-in for FM encoding and decoding. It was written as a bit of fun for the Audacity community – a competition in September 2016 for Audacity users, developers and support crew. The plugin can be download here: Installation Instructions: For the current version of Audacity, please see HERE … Continue reading FM Encoder Decoder

Distortion Effect

Audacity includes a wide range of built-in effects, but surprisingly there is no distortion effect. Time to remedy that… Here is a simple distortion effect with 10 types of distortion. Each preset modifies the shape of the waveform in its own particular way. There is also a slider control to set the amount, or “drive”. … Continue reading Distortion Effect