Audacity Forum

it really as easy as just clicking play and record? Pretty close - there should be a "mixer" application that you can launch from an icon in the sys tray (near the clock). It will either be the standard Windows Mixer, or one that is specific to your sound card driver. In the mixer you nee...

But I note from reading the article that a Vista route for me in the future could be to configure Audacity with ASIO support - i know they can't ship it that way but IIRC from reading other posts on the forum there are some mandraulics you can perform yourself to make Audacity work with ASIO. They ...

Your sound card driver has probably got a mixer or control panel, most likely with an icon for it in the sys tray (near the clock). You will probably need to adjust the recording volume in there.

Check that the correct audio device is set in "Edit->Preferences->Audio I/O"

If you can't downgrade to XP, you could always upgrade to Linux

My guess would be the sigmtel - is it "on board" (built into the motherboard rather than a discrete device)? Microphone inputs on computers are usually "powered". They have a voltage present so that they can power "electret" microphones which are commonly used with comp...

This kind of problem is quite common with external USB audio devices. What's your set up?

Many PC laptops will output noise when plugged into the charger, so you will need to check that out (take a pair of good headphones along to your local computer shop and insist that they plug in the charger). I don't know if this applies to Macs (koz?) but possibly not. The other major problem with ...

... Using the little slider, reduce each track level to -6. ... If you use "Amplify" instead and set the "New peak amplitude" to -6dB (minus 6), then the mix will usually peak close to 0dB. (assuming that peaks are common to both tracks). As long a neither track exceeds -6 dB th...

A great way to get to grips with Audacity is to work through some of the tutorials. They are pretty easy to follow and will show you how to use many of the features. http://audacityteam.org/manual-1.2/tutorials.html and http://audacityteam.org/help/tutorials I think you will find v.1.3.4 better for ...