Audacity Forum

Hi Gale. USB is connected tightly at both ends. Buffering settings match and Playthrough and sound activated recording are both off. The issue is still occurring. What's really funny is, the 3 or so seconds that I do get Audacity to record sound great when I play that back. So I know the mic and the...

How many tracks are you recording? If this is using USB, try another USB cable, tightly connected both ends. Look at buffering settings both in Audacity (Edit > Preferences... then the Recording section then "Audio to buffer") and in any Focusrite settings. If you are using software playthrough in ...

I'm using Windows 7 on an Asus laptop, Audacity 2.1.0. I've recently acquired a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8. The interface reads the microphones and sound, the mixer is picking up the audio. However, when I record with Audacity, the recording will start, and then freeze after 3-4 seconds, sometimes less...