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I'm using a USB microphone Which one? Model numbers? I know the mic works, as I tested it first thing. How? Right-click on the right-hand sound meters (the red ones) and select Start Monitoring. They will wake up and bounce in time to your voice without sending Audacity into formal record. Then mak...

Good Ol' Win7.
Since it partially works now, I'd probably start by turning off Windows Conferencing.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... hancements

Koz

Win7 Laptop?
Koz

While I'm not a UNIX weenie, I can tell you that using Audacity 1.2 can be cause for problems. Download and install Audacity 1.3 from here and see if that doesn't solve your problems.

http://audacityteam.org/download/

Koz

What is the input device? USB microphone? Sometimes you can force it to work by changing Audacity Preferences to 44100, 16-bit (not 32), Stereo. OK and restart Audacity. See if that helps. If you have a USB microphone, you might need to select Mono instead of Stereo. Make sure Audacity Preferences o...

The beginnings of the podcast, everything sounds fine.

Shuda said that earlier. Windows does that. That's part of Windows Conferencing.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... hancements

Koz

You mean the banner that starts with 0.0 on the left and counts up? Mine does move. Exactly which Audacity are you using and on which computer with which operating system? Koz

I kind of assume you're on a Windows machine. You can run into a number of interesting problems. I write a thing about that. Skip down the headers until you get to one you like. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/windowsRecording.html ... and a thing on overdubbing. It describes your built-in microp...

Are you listening on speakers with Playthrough running? That can do it, too. Try using headphones or earbuds.

Koz

If the last thing you did was record "Internet Audio," then that's the setting you have to reset. That setting is also known as "Recording Sound Playing on Your Computer. That gives you uncontrolled layering of your recordings. Go into Windows Control Panels and make sure you're recor...