However with Audacity 2.0.0 any attempt to record an incoming signal results in BSOD.
(I installed it from the .exe installer )
I had exactly this problem with the 1.3 beta version last May and gave up trying to resolve the problem. See https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/crash-on-attempting-to-record-with-1-3-13/19270/1
Setting to " microsoft sound mapper" made no difference
A colleague of mine said this was known problem so I am surprised it is still in the latest version.
Have you had any other reports of this?
Audacity uses a lot of computer hardware memory (RAM). Itâs not unusual for Audacity to be the only program you own that does that. If you have a bad stick of RAM way up in high memory and the computer tries to use it, it could crash your computer.
Computers used to take forever to start because they would do a check of memory at the beginning, but they boot quickly now by skipping the check and also, many people put their computer to sleep rather than starting it each time. So you would never know.
Microsoft makes a very nice memory checker and itâs free, but a little rough to use. It volunteers to run itself multiple times and you should do that.
BSOD is common if you have questionable sound devices or sound device drivers. Sound Blasters are known as buggy devices. Are you using SoundBlaster as your default recording and playback device in âSounds and Audio Devicesâ in Windows?
The fact that 1.2.6 works could mean that you have old Sound Blaster drivers and you may want to see if you can you get more recent ones: http://tinyurl.com/5mvmse .
The best way to find out what is causing the BSOD (it isnât Audacity as it does not have the kernel privileges to shut the computer down) is to look at the memory dump.
The first time you click the Analyze button to look at the dump, WhoCrashed will ask you to select the path to the Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows. This is usually in:
C:Program FilesDebugging Tools for Windows .
If you donât have the tools then you can download the required installer by clicking âDownload the required file from Microsoft site nowâ.
If you are not sure where the memory dump is, right-click over My Computer > Properties, which should bring you to âSystem Propertiesâ. Click the âAdvancedâ tab, and then click âSettingsâ under âStartup and Recoveryâ.
