Audacity Forum

This most recent Windows Update has solved it. Just as suddenly as the audio interface stopped working, it suddenly started working again after the update. I have no idea what changed, but I am very thankful to the developers of this most recent update. And to everyone who answered my initial questi...

Just a little update for anyone interested. I plugged in the 2i2 into a USB 2.0 port instead of 3.0... I was able to record gameplay with sound. (Very happy about that) However, when I open up Audacity, I get the same error message I always do when I hit record... Error opening sound device etc...

Also, its worth noting that it has begun not working on startup. What I mean by that is when I start my machine, and try to play audio, it does not play the audio. In order to fix that, I have to unplug and replug the 2i2 into the computer. It was not doing that yesterday... Is my 2i2 dying? lol

Yeah. It records any outgoing sound, or any incoming depending on the setting in the drop down in audacity. As far as recording gameplay goes, I use nVdia's shadowplay, which records both audio and video, no external program needed. So that leads me to believe that there is a problem between WIndows...

Hi! thanks for responding. Within audacity, I have changed the record mode to both stereo and mono, neither working with the combination of the default sample rate of 44100. Normally, it works perfectly. I've had this thing since Windows 10 released, and it never gave me problems. I have no idea why...

Hi all! I've read similar posts to this, but none seem to match my specific dilemma. I am using the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 First Gen. It has been working flawlessly for 3 years now, and suddenly just a few days ago, it began to give me issues. The output audio is fine, and my windows 10 machine reco...