Audacity Forum

WASAPI is very fussy, and unfortunately WASAPI drivers are still sometimes buggy, even though WASAPI has been around for years. If it was working easily with the same hardware, then the problem now may be due to an update, but with so many things possibly involved (Windows drivers, ASIO drivers, WA...

Just brainstorming… Have you tried enabling Stereo Mix? Is there a reason why it is disabled? I believe disabling stereo mix was a result of me trying to troubleshoot this issue the first time it had come up a few months ago. If I remember correctly it may have actually helped, because the issue co...

See if you can get WASAPI loopback recording to work with the internal sound card. Hopefully that will be much easier. If that does work, then there's something else that I'd like you to try, because it's an exciting and useful feature if it works on Windows (I mostly use Linux, which has a complet...

:D Yes, it would have helped if you had mentioned that earlier. Let me guess - you are trying to record an electric guitar, plugged into the Focusrite, but you want it with the software amp simulator effect. How close am I? Haha, not quite :P As I mentioned earlier, I’m just trying to record my com...

Which "host" setting is selected in the Device Toolbar (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/device_toolbar.html) The default is "MME", which is usually the most compatible, but with an oddball problem like this it could be worth trying all options. Sorry, I should have mentioned this part already. ...

Have you tried switching Exclusive Mode off in the Focusrite USB Properties? Ok so, just turned exclusive mode turned off. It didn't help disabling the app at first, but I found out I could more effectively disable that app through the task manager. Now it doesn't run on startup anymore. So I succe...

It looks like ASIO has grabbed exclusive access to the Scarlett. Have you tried rebooting the computer? If the problem still occurs after a reboot, you may need to stop the Focusrite settings app from loading on boot (and then reboot again). I have tried rebooting before, and just tried again, no l...

Because Audacity uses Windows audio drivers, the sample rate also needs to match in the Windows Sound control panel (both the recording and playback tabs). Unfortunately, Microsoft keep changing how to get to the Windows Sound control panel. These instructions are believed to be up to date: https:/...

The relevant setting in Audacity is the "Project Rate" (lower left corner of the main Audacity window). Where are you setting the sample rate for the Scarlett? Thank you for the quick response. The project rate in the bottom left is indeed how I’m checking/adjusting my sample rate. Right now it’s s...

Hi all, I am using audacity 2.3.3 on Windows 10, and using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 as my audio interface. I have an issue that is perplexing me heavily. So the #1 reason I use audacity is so that I can record my computer's internal audio. I've had it set up so that I can just launch the program and...