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Crackling when recording from USB is often an indication that the system is struggling to keep up with the constant stream of audio. Little bits of data get dropped and that is heard as a crackle or in worse cases as "stuttering". It seems that the condition is borderline in your case as i...

When I start recording I press the record button and start the tape player Is that a USB tape player? Make and model could be useful. Is it one of those little (portable size) USB cassette players, or a "full size" cassette player? Does it have a headphone output, or an "Aux" or...

Please provide more information.
What sort of computer, which version of Windows, how are you recording the tapes..... any other information that may be useful.

It'll be a "sound system" issue rather than an "Audacity" issue. There's a lot of things that could cause to problem, so we'll need to try and narrow it down. If you open Audacity, generate a tone ("Generate menu") and then play back, does the problem occur? (by default...

but now my sound is higher pitched and the drums sound choppy. The usual cause of that is that some part of the computer is unable to keep up with the audio data, so bits of the data are "dropped" (lost), causing the recording to be choppy and too fast. A common culprit is the USB connect...

If you are on Mac OS X, please check that you have installed Audacity correctly (see here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=75660 For any other platform, please ensure that playback is Stopped (click the "Stop" button). Most functions are disabled during Play, Record ...

I don't understand how I can view the manual without going online. Assuming that you are on Mac OS X, download the recommended DMG file from here (http://audacityteam.org/download/mac) and install Audacity according to the instructions. This will install the Audacity program including the manual on...

Look at your usage of SND-FETCH http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rbd/doc/nyquist/ ... l#index260
What values is it actually getting and where is it getting them from?

Nice trick Consign. Yes that'll work.
You're correct that changing the speed using the drop down menu "Set Rate" just "spreads out" the samples without any other change.

Thaze wrote:only can record up to 2 seconds. plz help

Why is that? What happens after 2 seconds?

By the way, those "error" messages just mean that Audacity can't find the optional Ffmpeg library, which, assuming that you have not tried to install Ffmpeg, is perfectly normal.