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"Edit > Preferences > Interface"
"Update display while playing" (top of the "Behaviors" section)

You are using a Windows operating system? Have you tried switching off dithering? Have you checked that you are not causing clipping when using the effects? What sample rate are you using? All these things can have an effect. I shall again ignore your rudeness but advise you that other forum members...

It's not that the Sigma Tel is not compatible, it's that on (some) motherboards that have the Sigma Tel on-board, the drivers offer limited functionality - namely that recording "Stereo Mix" is often disabled. If you are using a USB turntable, this does not use the sound card for recording...

Check in the sys tray first (bottom right hand corner) and disable all non-essential items that are running in the background and make a note of what they are - you may want to check on Google to see which ones you want to permanently uninstall. You may also need to tell Windows to show hidden items...

In reply to a similar posting recently stevethefiddle advised that you can sometimes improve this by changing the tempo in smaller stages rather than all at once. WC Although sometimes it sounds worse - it all depends on the kind of music. Generally, sounds that have fast attack/decay (like drums) ...

Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) now uses Audacity 1.3.4 with JACK support, but it is very flaky and has quite a lot of bugs. I'm not sure what the best solution is - wait until they fix it? build it yourself from the source code? install a deb package? use the Windows version in WINE? .... (any other idea...

The new release of Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) uses Audacity 1.3.4 with JACK support, but it is very flaky and has quite a lot of bugs in this initial release. I'm not sure what the best solution is - wait until they fix it? build it yourself from the source code? install a deb package? use the Window...

<<<samson dynamic mic>>> Samson makes USB Condenser Microphones. That's their hero product line, not dynamic microphones, although they could. What's the model number? Koz That is perhaps a little confusing - there are "Dynamic" microphones, and "Condenser" microphones, and &quo...

VBR = Variable bit rate. Many players display the time wrong for VBR files For a CBR (Constant Bit Rate) file, it is easy for a player to work out exactly where it is in a song and hoow long the song is: example 100 kbps CBR = 100,000 binary digits per second. After 1 second it will have played 100 ...

wingnut wrote:I have selected the mapper, but there is nothing to select from in the mixer toolbar.

stevethefiddle wrote:Try using "Sound Mapper" and select your recording input using the Windows Mixer.

There should be an icon in the sys tray near the clock in th ebottom right corner of your screen.