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Audacity is very stable and should not crash (with very few well known exceptions as listed in the "readme" notes (see section 3. Known Issues at Release one 1.3.x). To be a bit more precise, Audacity 1.3.13 is very stable. There are known problems on some previous versions. In particular...

I am using 13 version of audacity.... You've posted in the Audacity 1.2 part of the forum. I think the problem is that the playback just isn't starting quick enough, so that it's missing the first part of the file. I know that Windows Media Player does this because someone posted about that earlier...

You can also resize the Meter Toolbar by clicking on the edge of it and stretching it (see here for more details: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Meter_Toolbar#resizing ). While recording I usually have it stretched the full width of my screen, which makes it a lot easier to judge the levels. Whe...

kozikowski wrote:I'm at work and I'm listening to a song from somebody else in the building.

Which is playing through iTunes on your MacBook Pro/Air?

I'm pleased it worked for you.

How are you recording the cassettes?
(The more detail the better - part numbers and model numbers are often useful, along with a detailed description of what it plugged in where.)

Audacity 1.3.13 should recover projects automatically in the event of a crash.
If you're not using Audacity 1.3.13, you can get it here: http://audacityteam.org/download/

I don't know much about tinnitus, but I did help out on a project some time ago.
Let me see if I can find it....

Here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 16&t=26493

Look in the Transport menu.
Is "Overdub" enabled (selected)? (it needs to be).

I also don't think you'll benefit anything noticeable from recording at 24 bits, except it will take more disk space. 16 bits will be enough for cd quality. That depends on whether or not you intend to process the audio in Audacity before burning to CD. If you are just doing a straight recording, t...