Audacity Forum

Audacity passes sound from the selected audio track as the global variable "S" (may be "s" or "S", Nyquist is not case-sensitive). If there is more than one track selected, Audacity passes the first selected track to Nyquist, then the next track, then the next... So Nyq...

and I can hear it fine - i.e. no distortion - when I turn the speakers up How are you doing that? Where are your speakers connected? Do you mean that you're listening through speakers while recording with a microphone? That can cause problems because the mic will pick up the sound from the speakers...

there was a brief hesitation in the playback during the splash screen, That is to be expected because Audacity (or to be more precise, "PortAudio") is looking to see what audio devices are available. However the disturbance should not last more than a few moments. It sounds to me like the...

I'm unclear about your set-up or what has occurred, but there is a tutorial here that may help: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/re ... ables.html

To create a file that can be used in other programs you need to "Export" the song.
See here for details: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ex ... audio.html

For support with SAM 422, please consult their web site.

Have you tried using WASAPI as described here in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... ndows.html

Gale Andrews wrote:If I had only selected audio I might be struggling to understand what that meant.

If you only selected audio it wouldn't matter. Either setting will work.

In context it may be more obvious, or perhaps with a Help button (if they're working now).

I was just wondering if it was a non-ASIO device that you could use Virtual Audio Cable or similar to duplicate the inputs of the single device and work round the application exclusivity that way. Apparently that is possible , but perhaps not very reliable. I've not tried that myself but I hear tha...

Gale Andrews wrote: You can actually aggregate non-ASIO devices in the ASIO4ALL control panel, as I understand it.

"Multi Client Wrapper" is the other way round - it allows multiple applications to access one device.

Does the problem occur if you only, start Audacity and then shut down Audacity? (without playing, recording or anything with Audacity)?