Audacity Forum

A poor USB connection can cause the symptoms you describe. If Audacity loses the USB signal, it will not regain it, even if the signal itself comes back, until Audacity is closed and opened again. A few things to check: Check that the USB plug is securely inserted in the socket and is clean. Any si...

Can anyone help me? I am recording mostly speech to a laptop using a USB input. The device on Audacity is set to USB CODEC. Recording levels are fine and fully acceptable. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the levels go very high, totally off the scale and stay that way. If Audacity is closed down a...