Audacity And Effects

[bazwillrun]

Thought I'd try out Audacity as a quick sketchpad for recording.

Problem as follows

Record a few tracks add some effects
Save as Audacity project .aup , no re-rendering as far as i'm aware
Re-open project and decide to remove/change effects.

How do I: 1 see what effects are active ? Is there no indicator of whats being used on the effects list ?
2: Remove effects if i'm lucky enough to find what effects are on?

I usually use Cubase but i wanted something quick and dirty on a seperate PC that I can setup and leave without all the changing of devices and VSTi inputs that I have to do with Cubase for all my different equipment and I/o devices

Did a search and found nothing of any use, from what I can make out it cant be done, have un-installed and re-installed but no difference.

Please prove me wrong

[rojash]

Audacity doesn't work like a DAW such as Cubase or Reaper, which run the effects "live" while the track is playing. Audacity is more of a "sound editor". It uses destructive processing. That is to say, it processes the track while you wait, and once processed the original track can only be regained by using undo.

[bazwillrun]

I'm starting to realise that.
i just wanted something free quick and easy for jotting down ideas.

Think i'll use the free Mu.labs, only 4 tracks but probably enough.

[buildersmate]

Don't claim to be an expert on Audacity but recently been experimenting with it.
Once you have a recorded project open, clicking onto the Effects tab displays that long list of possible effects (about 15 of them - from Amplify to Wah-wah). So any of the effects can be activated (unless perhaps you have a lite version where you are locked out of some?). It confused me for a while - the effects list are greyed-out if you don't have a live project open.

Once you've used an effect, you have to save the project again. Having saved, you can't go backwards unless you 'save as'. That's the way I test it - keeping 2 versions and compare. But keeping more than two versions is a no-no because of the humungous amount of disk space the programme uses to record, until one downloads the output to .wav or whatever.

Can't answer your 2nd question.