Audacity Forum

You don't have to do that. There is a tool that does the same thing, but Transport > Rescan Audio Devices doesn't trip off the tongue nearly as lightly as "restart Audacity." And yes, USB or FireWire devices all work the same way. Any time you install or uninstall audio devices. The only r...

Self Recording is not a guaranteed service. Some computers have it and some don't. Go into Windows setups / control panels and look for a sound device called Stereo-Mix or What-U-Hear, rather than a "real" device like Mic-In or Line-In. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recordi...

Restart Audacity with the microphone plugged in. Audacity only looks for microphones when it starts. Koz

The Audacity forum waits for user authentication for the first few times to make sure you're not trying to sell us insurance or kitchen cabinets. After a certain number of posts, the messages will arrive on their own. Koz

Do Not post an email address on the forum. We are a Spam magnet. Koz

I need to contact a systems administer to get my messages sent to my primary address Nobody is going to send emails to you. Contact with the forum is exclusively through the forum. I can access my files on Audacity but I cant play anything on Windows Media Player or send a file to anyone else. One ...

That's not the actual MP3 file. That's FileUpload.net which keeps trying to install software on my computer. Can you select a portion of the damage and upload it to the forum? http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64936 Audacity does not do forensics. We can't make a damaged recordi...

Try setting Audacity Preferences to mono, 16-bit, 44100.

Koz

It could be the rest of the computer, too. Recording Latency takes into account the round trip with the hard drives and all the interface electronics. If your system is just hanging on or has always been slow, those numbers can vary quite a bit. On larger, faster machines, Recording Latency comes in...

If you have grown-up microphones and sound system but laptop computers, you run into this a lot. I'm a minor deity sometimes for knowing how to get back and forth. Computer interface is not for the easily frightened.
Koz