Audacity Forum

What was the problem?
Was it a "\" character in the file name? (that's a very common tripwire on Windows).

What are you trying to record?

To help us troubleshoot the issue, save the "Audio Device Info" (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/hel ... evice_info) and attach the saved text file to your reply.

FossHub provide a worldwide content delivery network. Audacity's own server does not have the capacity to deliver tens of millions of downloads, so FossHub does that for us. Left click on the link on the FossHub download page to start the download. If you have a fast internet connection, the downloa...

The number of tracks in a "project" is limited by the capabilities of the computer, not by Audacity.
My (budget) i7 Linux laptop will handle over 100 tracks with ease.

Is this the mic? https://www.gearbest.com/microphone/pp_ ... EoQAvD_BwE

Just CE wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:09 pm

and it is still not working

You mean it is still recording quietly?

Is the recorded waveform visibly smaller (vertically) than usual?

Firstly, ensure that Skype (or similar) are not running (not even in the background).

Then open the Windows Sound Control Panel, and in the "Communications" tab, set the option to "Do Nothing".

toritb wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:08 am

It won't let me import

Why not? What happens when you try?

Which version of Audacity are you using? (Look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

In the Windows Sound Control Panel , set the "sample rate", for Playback AND Recording, of the "High Definition Audio" device, to 44100. If you can't change the sample rate to 44100, it may be due to a recent Windows update that has partially broken the Windows sound settings, so...