Audacity Forum

Just wanted you to know that we get the same results with the Mac. Thanks, that's useful information. I think what may be happening is that although the recording levels of individual tracks are OK, the combined level when you have more than one track is going too high. Could you try a couple of te...

Do you think I need a MIDI audio interface? Audacity does not record MIDI, so a MIDI interface will not help with this issue. I'm just playing through the laptop speakers. If your system is configured in the same way when you are using a keyboard as when you are using a guitar, I don't see how ther...

Open a Terminal window and type: Copy the output that appears in the Terminal window and paste it in your reply.

Use headphones rather than speakers. Does that fix it?

Although the symptoms appear to be different, the cause could be the same - see here: Why do my recordings fade out or sound as if they were made in a tunnel?

No the sound cannot be cancelled out. You need to wear headphones.

but am interested in your comment: there are many good reasons not to use V1.3.4 on Win7 what are they? Short answer: bugs. Audacity 1.3.14 has a lot of bug fixes, many of which relate directly to supporting Win7. Audacity 1.3.14 is fine for Win XP. I can't think of any good reason to use an obsole...

I think we need to be a bit more precise with the descriptions. You say you're using a Mac but you posted in the Windows forum. Are you actually getting "static" or is it just the the sound of your recording has a "crunchy" type of distortion? We can only work with what you tell ...

anevsky wrote:I'll see if I can get my wife to give up her dell laptop tomorrow to see if it works better there.

Please let us know the results of that test.
Also if you could test her computer with the Logitech USB headset.

Where are your headphones plugged in (in each case?)