Audacity Forum

If you mean that you can only select exact seconds, look near the bottom of the main Audacity window and deselect "Snap To".

What operating system, which version of Audacity, what are you trying to record and how?

Not easily. A better option would be SoX

Given all that, it sounds like a USB microphone may be sufficient for your needs. The Logitec USB desktop microphone is a very inexpensive option and great value for money. If you decide to go for a more expensive large diaphragm microphone I would recommend that you look for one that has a recordin...

When I've used Audacity 1.2, both meter levels would flash when recording. That should only happen if you are playing back a track at the same time as recording another track. The green meter shows the level of the signal that is being played and the red meter shows the level of the signal being re...

OK. yes that is due to latency. Run the "latency test" to set-up latency correction (see link in my last post). That should bring the tracks into sync.

planetphillip wrote:Perhaps I am looking for the wrong type of external soundcard. Are there any produced specifically for recording?

Yes, lots. I think there's a couple mentioned in that thread.

The recording meter has red bars, the playback meter has green bars. If the red bars in the recording meter are flickering up and down while you record, then it is recording "something" but may be at too low a level to show in the waveform. Try using the Amplify effect on your recording (w...

It's a common mistake, but we don't know how or why so many people manage to enable "Snap To" without realising. "Snap To" is off by default.

Audacity is not affiliated to Hype and are unable to offer support for their hardware. (They just bundle Audacity software with their product). The recommended version of Audacity is 1.3.13, which you can get from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ Audacity 1.2.6 is a very old version and no lo...