Audacity Forum

Yes, it was partly the numbers colliding with the bar line that I didn't care for, though somehow your version looks a bit cleaner than what I remember. My initial impression was that I was seeing a programmer's first draft, not the final product, which enhanced the "alpha-ness" of it. I'll download...

Yes, it was 2.0.6. The only reason I didn't stick with the alpha version is the VU meter was kinda hard on the eyes (I assume that will be fixed?) and, well, it's alpha, which to my mind always sounds sketchy until it's a "real" release.

Rikki

First off, I mis-remembered. I meant the alpha version, not beta. 2.1.0, I think it was. Second, I apologize for not being very scientific in my methods earlier. It now seems it wasn't the buffer after all! Or rather, the buffer was one of two variables that needed changing, hence my confusion. Earl...

IT WASN'T SOUNDFLOWER AFTER ALL! Or at least I don't think so. It's hard to tell now since I've tried so many things. What happened was, after not using Audacity for a couple of days when I tried it again the dropout problem suddenly reappeared!! So of course I'm like all, sunuva -- @#$!%$! So I sta...

Yes, that is exactly what I was doing -- using Soundflower as both my input and playback device with Audacity and yes with Soundflowerbed on. I wasn't aware there was any other way to set it up. In fact I thought that's what Soundflower was for, to be the go-between for all audio sources so everythi...

YAY!!!! Updating Soundflower did the trick! No more dropouts! In fact my input levels look healthier, too, so it solved both my problems! I can't remember where I got the idea to update Soundflower, either it was mentioned when I downloaded a new copy of Audacity (thinking mine was corrupted) or whe...

Ah. Security preferences. Got it.

Anyway, tried the beta. Same problem with dropouts. I'll try updating Soundflower.

Thanks, Gale, Still no luck. I tried recording with nothing else running other than Audacity and Safari and I recorded at 16 bit and in mono. Still the same problem. I just now tried your suggestion and downloaded the beta but when I tried to open it I got an error message saying it could not open "...

I read the FAQ and followed all of the suggestions (that's how I learned about increasing the buffer) including setting the recording quality to 16 bit. I even tried recording in mono but the dropouts are still there. The fmfpeg thing might circumvent the problem for video files but I am not always ...

Hi, Thanks for such quick response! I'm not doing anything while recording, really. I may have a bunch of programs running like MS Office stuff but nothing that uses sound. However, thanks to your suggestion I zoomed in to the waveform and didn't see any dropouts, neither flat blue lines nor blank s...