Audacity Forum

That usually means the software from the maker, not Windows. It's not unusual to discover your device does not support Windows 10.

Koz

I think you phrased the question wrong. You want to record the earpiece sound of your [specific model number] headset. I bet all the handy, prebaked responses vanish. One of our handy, prebaked responses is to make sure all your drivers and support software are perfectly up to date with your Windows...

Your process is recommended. You can get really lucky with a Skype recording (and it's certainly fast) but you lose all the production tools. The two downsides are post production time and your specific problem of having one performer crash. You could be stuck troubleshooting across multiple timezon...

We always go into these things with the idea that there is some operating problem, but it doesn't have to be. Something could be breaking. Computer systems don't live forever. But yes. One way to get fast motion is slow down the movie camera. That wandering thing does throw a wrench into the works. ...

One of the complaints is error wandering....

Koz

It's always going fast, right? That's can mean a slow recorder, or a recorder that can't keep up. I'm going with can't keep up since the track seems to be wandering by itself. So good computer hygiene is called for. Make sure it's not filling up. Make sure only the minimum applications are running, ...

Motheboard...always work.

It's good to know that earlier. So the fancy headset is the only thing that fails. That gets it straight down to headset-headphone management.

Koz

Can't you burn that into the code with a "ver" statement? Leaving that up to the user may not be the best idea.

Koz

Basic troubleshooting. Divide the system in half and/or reduce complexity until it starts working.

If basic headphones fails, then there may be something basic or more serious wrong. Everybody thinks that should work, no question.

Koz

Your microphone, near as I can tell, appears as a plain microphone. It pumps plain audio into the system and Audacity records the microphone. Piece of cake. Do you have an iPod or other Personal Music Device? Did it come with earbuds or other headphones? Try plugging those into the Headphone connect...