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Sorry we didn't get to you sooner, but glad that you've got it fixed. I'll mark this topic as solved.

Am I right in thinking that if I high pass filter the low freq should not be there at all? Not quite. A high-pass filter allows frequencies above the "filter frequency" to pass, virtually unaffected, while lower frequencies are progressively reduced in level. It is never a total "cut...

Check in the Windows Sounds control panel to see if there are any recording inputs enabled. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#vistacp If there are, then select "Transport menu > Rescan Audio Devices" and the available recording inputs will appear in the Device Toolbar ...

Click the "Replot" button to refresh the spectrum plot.

I am able to set Audacity to 44100 Hz but if I start to record it simply opens up stereo tracks at 48000 Hz. The default sample rate for Audacity is set in Preferences: "Edit menu > Preferences > Quality" Similarly the default number of channels is in "Edit > Preferences > Devices&qu...

The error messages say that your sound system has crashed.

If the sound system crashes, it will usually recover automatically, but that is too late for Audacity which requires a continuous and stable data stream.

If it's freezing or crashing the entire computer it is likely to be a sound card driver problem.

Information on this page may be useful: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Updat ... ce_Drivers

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the manual and the product are out-of-synch The link that I gave is for the "latest version" of the manual, which is the "development" version. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/High_Pass_Filter which is in sync with the soon to be released 2.0.1 version. The "current rele...

I've tried Audacity on various Linux platforms, mainly for unattended VOX recording, with the same annoying problem: the program crashes for no apparent reason. Just disappears. Winks out. Dies. If the problem occurs with multiple Linux distributions on the same hardware, then it could be that your...