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jcompte wrote:I want to record from a TTS web (Text To Speech).

What's that, a website? a program?

I now see that the waveform is expressed in percentage; this is unfortunate since a db scale is much more useful. You can switch to the "Waveform (dB)" view if you prefer: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/track_drop_down_menu.html (Personally I'd prefer the standard "linear"...

The log looks normal.

What settings do you have in the device toolbar?
What are you trying to record?

There are strict requirements for file names imposed by the Windows operating system.
See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library ... 85%29.aspx
and in particular see the section about "reserved characters".

By the way, the Audacity log has a lot of sentences of this kind: I'm not sure why that happens, but I think you will find that it only happens for unsaved projects. If the project has been saved then Audacity is able to "gather statistics" (no error message). As far as I can tell, this e...

Id like to ensure as far as possible I am definitely going to meet the requirements before I record another 16 hours of audio... We can't guarantee, but we should be able to get you in the right ballpark. Your setup sounds good - particularly having a dedicated booth for the job (the recording envi...

Can I edit or mix this videos with background audio clips in Audacity ? Audacity does not edit video. You can edit and mix audio tracks in Audacity, but you will need a video editing program to put the edited soundtrack into your video. If you have further questions, please start a new topic. I hav...

Are you 100% sure that you are not catching the spacebar?
What sort of keyboard do you have?
Are your keyboard or mouse wireless / bluetooth?
Does your computer have any other input devices, such as a track pad, wacom tablet, tracker ball...?
Are you using an ordinary mouse?

mrdelurk wrote:e.g. 48000 samples long, and re-sort its samples by picking, e.g., every 52800th sample as it keeps cycling through it?

Does that make sense? How do you pick the 52800th sample if there are only 48000 samples?

Check that the sample rate is set the same everywhere.