Audacity Forum

It would be, yes. We need to wait for someone who knows more about the Windows internals than I do.
I have to ask if you restarted the machine.

Koz

Do you use Skype? Do you leave it running in the background? Try closing it all the way. If you set the Audacity playback control (Speaker Symbol in the Control Bar) to half-way, does it stay there if you close and reopen Audacity? If you watch the Windows volume control when you change the Audacity...

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Koz

You will lose the editing tools if you Paused Audacity instead of Stopping it. Instead of trying to drag-select a portion by eye, you can use the time tools at the bottom of the frame. However, it's probably not a good idea to be doing this in Audacity at all. The way Audacity works decreases the so...

Fascinating. That goes away when you lift the needle? I think you win the "Nobody's ever seen this before" prize for the week. Since the Mac seems to be in good health and a serious USB problem would have caused Audacity to stop working altogether, I'm going with the turntable itself may b...

You're going to find that the radio is expecting a management, INFO or MetaData file to go with the music. Instead of blind playing the music in "Stupid-Mode," it hangs. There might be a way to turn that off. If it's a Sony radio, then it will be in a proprietary format and you can't turn ...

there aren't any times that the bird sounds are alone to capture just that noise. Even if there were, Noise Removal isn't for "Anything I Don't Like." It works best on constant, unwavering sounds like fan noises or air conditioning rumble. It's terrible on noises that constantly change li...

You probably have what I had. One of the Hardware Droids left "Theater Effects" running in the sound system when they gave the computer to me. The computer wouldn't pass any technical sound tests and it took me days to figure out why.

Dig around in the Windows Sound Control Panels.

Koz

Remember the first instruction? Open Audacity but leave the turntable out of it. I was not trying to fix the turntable. I was trying to find out if your computer was OK. Can you try a different USB connection on the Mac (remember to restart Audacity if you change the connection)? If that fails, can ...

When you start recording, does it sound bad right away, or does it get bad over time? Have you turned off Windows Enhanced Services? http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#enhancements Do you shut down Skype completely, or do you leave it running in the background? A...