Audacity Forum

Hi Gale Regarding the configuration file I have to ask, "Who reads the manual?" I sure did not, I know I know everyone will say the manual is there for a reason but being an ex-electronics professional I don't read manuals unless absolutely necessary. Sorry. Maybe that is why this thread was origina...

@Gale Hi.. I have made measurements as requested. I captured samples at 24/96 with the minimum memory set to 100MB and Audacity crashed but interestingly the Available Memory is 300MB, see the attachment. Also, prior to crashing Audacity does appear to be functioning correctly regarding writing data...

@Gale: Yes, I had caching enabled on the XP system because I had mis-understood the purpose of the cache switch. I have now repeated the XP system test and found Audacity grabs memory until aprox. 1.3 GB has been used. This equates to recording for about 35 minutes and then Audacity starts disc writ...

Apologies for not replying earlier regarding the request from Steve for new wording for this function. The delay was partially due to wanting to polish my words and partially due to weekend activities. So, here are my efforts; I would suggest the following revision:- Start with This function is requ...

Problem solved: Unfortunately I missed (missed = I read and did not correctly decode) the comment from Koz, "Audacity has a setting to Always Use Memory for capture instead of shuffling off to hard drive constantly. There is a very firm limit to how long you can go with that. Preferences > Directori...

Thanks guys but my set up with Audacity + XP SP3 and 2G ram is no problem. You seem to be suggesting that if you wish to use Audacity and Win7 then you need a 64 bit system. I have not seen this limitation in the Audacity Wiki recommendations for Win7 as per the cut below:- System requirements Windo...

Audacity 2.0.0, Win7 x32 SP1 2G ram The Audacity recording process freezes at 38minutes and 36.5seconds. By 'process freeze' I mean the audio and time in the 'default view' window (showing the amplitude and time of the recorded audio waveform) stops updating though the record and play-back level met...