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CloudDealer wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:20 pm

I even tried going back a version.

Did that make any difference?
If not, go back to 2.4.2 and we'll see what we can do.

See this post: viewtopic.php?p=370392#p370392

Please attach your "Audio Device Info" (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/hel ... stics.html)

This is what I meant, though your Macro also looks OK.

I'm running out of suggestions.
You could perhaps try increasing Jack's buffer settings.

carrot81 wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:40 pm

Is 13 DB too low as DR?

There are no cast iron rules for what the dynamic range should be. If it sounds right to you, then it is right.

shareabrainwave wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:41 pm

I also changed the preferences to "jack audio connection kit" for the host

I thought you couldn't do that


Why do you need to use Jack rather than plain ALSA (or ALSA+Pulse)?

insert 1.5 seconds of silence into a track There's a "trick" to doing that: 1. Select 1.5 seconds, starting from the point where you want to insert the silence 2. Apply the "Repeat" effect (1 repeat) 3. Select 1.5 seconds, starting from the point where you want to insert the sil...

jRveX wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 05, 2020 2:02 pm

1. Wasapi\ loopback Mic
2. "click to monitor" on a meter Mic
3. in cmd run this "powercfg /requests"

I see, you want Audacity to appear to be inactive while monitoring. That would be a feature request.

deivi wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 05, 2020 2:42 am

I'm having the same issue and don't know how to fix it.

To fix it, update to Audacity 2.4.2 https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/