Audacity Forum

every now and again for no discernible reason, the recording begin to sound clipped and chirpy. Could something be checking for updates (such as Windows Update, or your anti-virus updating) or some other scheduled maintenance task? When it next happens, try looking in the Windows Task Manager to se...

AislinnK wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:48 pm

Or maybe I'll actually master Audacity and be able to help someone else out!

That would be terrific - the true spirit of community software

Linda wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:56 am

I found another answer where Windows might block it, it's set to allow.

Are you referring to "permission to access microphone"?

Srirachabanana wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:45 pm

I looked around and I couldn't find anything that quite matched how to fix this problem,

Unfortunately I think it's not fixable.

You might need to update your sound card drivers to use a later version of Audacity, but if Audacity 2.3.2 works for you, I'd suggest that you stick with that.

arlie wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:11 pm

I did something different just recently, which was to request recovery of Audacity files when prompted.

I doubt that is related. I use project recovery very frequently while testing, and I've not observed any connection. Either way, there is no longer a lock file to be left behind.

I was using Audacity 2.2.1 as my "production" version for quite a long time. There are some enhancements in later versions, but I found that I could do everything that I needed with that version. Is there anything specific that you need from 2.4.2 that isn't available in 2.3.3?

Do you know which version you were using previously? If so, then I'd suggest that you try that version. FossHub does not have 'all' previous versions. If your previous version is not available on FossHub, let me know and I should be able to find a copy for you. (Don't resort to random download sites)

Wouldn't 32-bit VST plug-ins be backwards compatible, still work on the 64-bit version? The general rule is that 32-bit VSTs are for 32-bit hosts, and 64-bit VSTs are for 64-bit hosts. I would hope that when Audacity for Windows becomes 64-bit, the developers will be able to make a "VST bridge...

The reason that it is such a long list of redirections is because each page contains important information for users looking for different things. For the majority of Audacity users on Linux, all of this is irrelevant - just install Audacity with your package manager from the distro's repository. TL...