Audacity Forum

What are you recording? Computers are remarkably resistant to clicks and pops and other electrical disturbances, particularly laptops many of which run from the internal battery all the time, whether they're plugged in or not. Not so consumer sound equipment. I have a large sound system connected to...

Did the Fast Track come with simple recording software? Does that work? If the device needs ASIO software to work properly, then this recording will fail because Audacity does not use ASIO. Koz

What, exactly, are you recording?
Koz

No, since I have no data on what's actually causing this problem. Doesn't that message come from Audacity? Koz

Windows can be hostile toward doing what you want.

scan through this..

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... on_Windows

...and roll down to the bottom of this document: USB oddities.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/wind ... rding.html

Koz

the audio quality is compromised. That's polite. It should be awful. That connection is an enormous mismatch. That trick, mentioned in several publications including this one doesn't say that. It says to plug the Stereo Line-Out into the Stereo Line-In. It doesn't say anything about Mono Mic-In oth...

Are you running Parallels software or some variation that allows you to run Windows software on your Mac?

I can't think of a way to get this error -- ever -- other than that. Did you have Audacity 1.2 on this machine before you put 1.3 on? Did you upgrade to Lion, or is it a fresh install?

Koz

How are you playing the records and how is it connected to your computer? What kind of computer?
Koz

what do you suggest?

If you're on a newer Windows machine I suggest you read through this.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/wind ... rding.html

Pay particular attention to the section on Windows Conferencing.

Koz

The other note about where to place the microphone is in a quiet room. Nothing kills a voice recording faster than recording a metrobus or TV in the background or sounding like it was recorded in a bathroom. One of the production people at work has a closet lined with quilts to get his voice away fr...