Audacity Forum

penna wrote:" why would I select "Background Services" instead of "Programs" ?

It doesn't sound logical does it - but it's correct.
Windows treats the sound system as a "Background Service" - giving priority to Background Services give priority to the sound system.

And the bottom of the Transport menu looks like this?

Audacity 1.2.6 is known to have problems with Windows 7. The recommended version is Audacity 1.3.12 There is documentation specifically for Windows 7 users here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Windows_7_OS Also see here for how to enable recording inputs for Windows 7 (and Vista) : http://wiki.au...

If you mean that you want Recording to continue from the end of the same track - it's called "append record" and you can either select it from the "Transport" menu, or just press SHIFT+R

My PC Playback Vol Control looks eactly like yours above except that it also shows LIne-In on mine which it does not on yours, is that correct, because Line-in is ticked in the Playback Properties? Yes that's exactly right. In the Recording properties Tab, Line-in, and Stero Mix is clicked, what ab...

naitzmic wrote: Now, I was actually able to fix the problem myself after some more tinkering though.
Turned out to be yet another Windows 7 audio issue though,

I could guess at how you did that, but it would be interesting to hear what you actually did (and could help other users with similar problems)

Oh dear - I've no idea why either
What do you mean "garbled"?

As Koz said - very easy to do with midi but near impossible with mixed music (audio). For audio the "Photosounder" effect is probably as close as you will get without spending thousands of pounds. For midi files you can do it with midi filters in Cakewalk - I'm not sure if there are any pr...

Audacity is not compatible with Skype so it is important that Skype is completely shut down before you open Audacity (Skype must not be running even in the background). the drop down box in audacity next to the mike has no options does that mean software has not recognised the mike No, it just means...

Yes, download it.
The 1.3 version of Audacity is generally recommended - you can get it from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_mac