Audacity Forum

I clearly told you guys that I had the same problem with other recording programs, including one made by Adobe. I'm pretty sure it's not Audacity, and is a computer problem. I'm going to predict the past. You're going to find a combination of tools and adjustments and techniques which allow Audacity...

steve wrote: I've not had a complete drop-out either, but I have had the recorded volume go very low for a short time immediately after a loud noise (until the AGC catches up), and (of course)

This happened to me a couple times, where things all of a sudden get really loud right when someone is hanging up.

I'm running on Vista and in my Sounds settings all I have is Playback and Recording, and I can't find any communications tab on there. Yeah it's totally a volume thing. When someone gets louder, it's like it filters that out of the recording, but if someone is talking soft and don't get loud and sta...

It's totally my computer.


I just tried a trial version of Adobe Audition and I had this same problem I had with Audacity.


I have no idea why my computer is doing this, I believe it's filtering stuff. I apologize for wasting your time.

Still, why would a loud signal cause dropouts? I can generate reasons why a very loud digital signal can cause analog damage. Do you see the dropouts on your timeline — when you hear a dropout, do you have a blank spot in the blue waves? If you reduce the volume of the show, do the dropouts go away...

I gave it a shot with these other programs and when I edit them together, I lose out when two people are talking at the same time cause one person seems to always drown the other out based on who is louder. The drops don't seem to happen when there is slow talking in a call, but when there is noise ...

I have tried the iFree Skype Recorder and the quality is not near as good as Audacity can be (when it's not cutting out).

If I can get this program to record Skype, i would be very happy.

I've already turned off the sound enhancements. I've done all of that and I still have this problem.

I actually like everything to come into one channel cause I have no idea how I am supposed to edit two channels into one. I edit everything in Audacity for playback.

I've used a free skype recorder before and while it records fine, I have trouble cause they record within one speaker. Normally everything ends up on the right speaker when I do that. I notice this only happens when there is a lot of talking going on, and then a bit of loudness. Once it starts getti...

I'm having this same problem and I don't understand the problem. I use Audacity to record Skype calls, and when I record a call, it will drop silence in between a lot of talking and then I am left with blank spots. Particularly this happens when there is someone taking for more than a few seconds an...