Audacity Forum

Do you unplug the microphone at the end of a song? Audacity only checks for USB microphones when it starts. Plug the microphone in, wait a second and then start Audacity.

Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices > Recording.
Select your USB microphone.

Koz

Meet Joseph Fourier. We can totally tell you which tones you're singing. The problem, if you're a rich, full, pleasant contralto is you're not just singing "C." You're singing quite a number of them each related to the others by harmonics, multiples, and overtones. This is one single piano...

XP didn't try to manage the sound channels like Win7 does. You're going to have to figure that out no matter whose software you use or which version.

Write back and tell us exactly what you're doing and where it's going wrong.

Koz

Multi-Track - Overdubbing always creates a new track. The value of Overdubbing is the ability to change or filter one instrument independently of all the others.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... rdubs.html

Koz

What, exactly, are you trying to record? Stereo Mix is the step in the middle.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... puter.html

Koz

If you haven't done this yet, it's worth a shot.

Desktop > Go > Utilities > Disk Utilities > select your system drive > Verify Disk and Repair Permissions.

Koz

Recording your voice isn't easy. Export some of your voice by itself as a high-quality MP3 (256 quality or better) and post it here. We can't judge your microphone if we can't hear it.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=64936

Koz

Audacity can produce a Project which is an AUP text file and a _DATA folder with the show in tiny pieces. These only open in Audacity. Audacity will also Export standard sound files like WAV and MP3. It sounds like you saved a Project. Did you leave the AUP file and the _DATA folder in the same plac...

I cant open audacity at all. It crashes right away

That's not the same thing. You get Audacity opening screens and then they crash, or you get an error message and Audacity never shows up at all?

Koz

Some sound formats have a dividing line at the 2GB boundary and another one at 4GB. Microsoft WAV has this which is why it's not an open-ended format. That's the only thing I can think of. Koz