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Assuming it is what we think it is, something in Windows Conferencing thinks the sustained notes in your music are "air conditioning noise" and it's trying it darndest to cancel them out of the show. The "show" in this case -- according to the computer -- is a voice conference to...

Since that is a much older post, you would be after Audacity 2 instead of 1.x. You didn't mention if you had been through the process of direct recording from the internet. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html It's our experience that as the Wind...

I see setting up the playback device is obliquely addressed in the top of that tutorial. I'll see if we can add a note.
Koz

You won't have to rescan if you start Audacity after you plug your equipment in.

Plug your guitar in and Windows finds it and configures it for use. Start Audacity and it asks Windows "'Sup?" What do you know?

Koz

If you install the FFMpeg software package, Audacity will open up the sound part of many video file formats. After that, you can find each of the comments and "do something." There is no "I screwed up" filter, so you'll need to select each word or sentence and either reduce them ...

Audacity has to work with your computer in real time. If your machine is filling up, it will get slower and slower until it will stop responding fast enough for live sound. So if you've been shoveling more and more music onto your hard drive, it will eventually stop. That's the "it never used t...

That's probably Windows helping you. Turn off Windows Enhanced Services.
We wrote about this and I can't find it.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 79#p105433

Read through the bottom of this post.

Koz

Chances are good it's not a hardware problem because it does the same thing for both USB ports. Unless there is a serious USB Manager problem, that's not it. That's why I wanted to know the age of the machine. Portable machines wear out. My touchpad is nearing the End of Life. As a first responder c...

I assume that people like these plug-ins or they wouldn't continue to download them. Wrong assumption. This Person downloaded the plugin once in the heat of production battle meaning to go back later and leave comments if there's time. This single cycle happened with hundreds of people. Developers ...

A very common problem is trying to run USB audio equipment through a USB hub with something else. That only works if the USB device is the only thing plugged in and is a valid way to extend the cable length assuming the hub is wall powered. No fair running the hub with keyboard and mouse. That will ...