Audacity Forum

What are you recording? We never got the goal in that question.

Koz

One of the files claims Windows 8, not Windows 10. I have no idea what that means.
Koz

Maybe I have a clue. Is this is a corporate, heavily interconnected machine? I see "Oracle" and "Java" in your provided setup files. I don't know anybody with an Oracle license or service.

That gives you a unique machine.

Koz

can't due to latency issues. There's two latencies. The one that creates the most trouble is machine latency. If you listen to the computer while you play, your sound will always be "one computer late." Outside of changing the Audacity program, you're stuck with that. We recommend listeni...

how do I record on audacity Baby steps. Windows has to see your headset before Audacity gets it. Close Audacity. Right-click on the little speaker picture in the lower right of your Windows desktop > Open Volume Mixer. Speak into the headset. Do any of the sliders register a bouncing green light? I...

One of the troubleshooting techniques is ask you to do some seemingly unrelated tasks and look for inconsistencies. It didn't work. We're still in ?????? land.

We can troll you later if you want.

Koz

You stumped the band. I've never heard of a problem like this before.
Koz

Getting there. So you have one of these:





Koz

I selected a file in Win10 file explorer and selected "open with...audacity."

That's the long way around. Do you ever right-click > Open With? Right-click should open a dialog directly without involving Explorer.

Koz

"make copy" dialog/warning box but then crashes.

I don't think I've ever seen that warning....

By "crash," you mean Audacity just vanishes, right?

Koz