Audacity Forum

Thanks for these replies - I will try looking at these things. (Yes it is the same Computer).

BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH :( I am running Windows XP with service pack 3 Audacity 1.2.6 runs with no problems. 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 ...

BSOD when recording is virtually always a sign of a driver problem. The "correct" solution would be to fix the drivers (most likely the sound card drivers), but if everything else is working correctly it may be easier to work around the problem. Open Audacity 1.2.6 and make a note of the following ...

Following installation of Version 1.3.13 (after helpful advice on Adding L & R channels together - see earlier thread) and successfully converting stereo tracks (obtained on version 1.2.6) to mono, I tried to record. On pressing the record button, the computer shut down giving the "blue screen of de...

Just selecting mono input in Audacity will not sum your L&R channels together. I don't think that is always true. Most USB sound cards will record only the left channel if you select "1 channel (mono)" in Audacity, but I think that some internal sound cards will mix left and right input channels wh...

... I have been transferring old mono lps to audacity to transfer eventually to CD. I have used the stereo option in preferences and it is obvious the two channels are not identical - on any lp sometimes one is slightly stronger and sometimes the other. (may be in future I should use the mono optio...

Thanks, wax cylinder, for getting back so quickly - I will have a good look at the article you suggest. I had tried 'normalize' but that sometimes swings one channel markedly stronger than the other. I had wondered about aligment of the cartridge. I have redone one disc using mono and I get the impr...

Using version 1.2.6 I have been transferring old mono lps to audacity to transfer eventually to CD. I have used the stereo option in preferences and it is obvious the two channels are not identical - on any lp sometimes one is slightly stronger and sometimes the other. (may be in future I should use...