Audacity Forum

Audacity does not do "Live".
You can record one or more tracks and then edit and mix them, then Export the final mix as a WAV or an MP3 file, but you can't do it "Live" with Audacity.

See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... ng_devices
Check that you have a recording device enabled.

Are you on Windows Vista?

Are you using a USB microphone or turntable?

Make sure that the project file and the data folder have their original names, and are in their original directory and then you should be able to open the project file (the .aup file).

When the recording starts you should see a "Timer Record Progress" window with a progress bar. Below the progress bar is the "Time Elapsed" (which should increase as the recording progresses) and the "Time Remaining" (which should count down). When the "Time Elapse...

That's a great idea, and you're going to love this - hold down the Ctrl key and use the mouse wheel. Horizontal zooming
(also, SHIFT + mouse wheel gives horizontal scrolling).

I have a Sound Blaster Live card in one of the PCs. It's got a festival of inputs. The Line-In is the second connector down and it's blue. The next down is pink and that's Microphone In. Ah, the good old days when SoundBlaster cards were the bees knees, when beer cost twopence a pint, when you coul...

I'm assuming that you are using the internal version of this sound card and not the USB version. It's been a while since I used a SB card on Windows, so apologies if this is not 100% accurate. Look near the system clock for the icon for the SoundBlaster Mixer (may be called "Creative Sound Mixe...

I've also just had that with Audacity 1.3.8 on Linux. I've not found out why yet. I Exported all the tracks as WAV files, closed the project without saving, then opened a new project and imported the WAV files. The project now saves OK. I'll post here again if I find out more. Please post again if y...